The Shipwrights Arms Hotel

Each of the bedrooms has been carefully restored to retain as many as possible of the original 1760 features; yet at the same time, to tastefully include the modern appointments that the discerning guest of the 21st century requires for their comfort and enjoyment. Here at the the Shipwrights you will find a level of service unequalled in Ipswich. Ring us from the Ipswich Train station or Bus station and we will pick you up free of charge and drop you off when you need to leave. For a reasonable fee we will even supply transport to and from, all major London Airports. Our rooms are spotless and our staff are friendly courteous and caring. Our Chef sources our meat, fish and vegetables locally with the exception of exotics, If you have any dietary needs you just have to let us know and we will go all the way to assist. Ipswich is steeped in history. It has played a major role in the history of England for nearly 1,500 years. The town was awarded a Royal Charter by King John in 1200 and has been a gateway to Europe for centuries. By the year 1500 the town was made a King's Port - one of only eleven enjoying many trading priveleges. Adventurers from the town were among the first to settle in the New World, founding, in 1607, Jamestown, Virginia. The town was a centre for emigration to America throughout the 1600's. King Henry VIII's Chancellor, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, was born in Ipswich. Wolsey's Gate, near the town's Waterfront renaissance, is testament to the great college that was destroyed in the Reformation. Shakespeare, in his play ""Henry VIII"", reminds us of the importance of the town in Wolsey's day: ""Those twins of learning that he rais'd in you, Ipswich and Oxford"". Other famous people connected with Ipswich include artist Thomas Gainsborough who, lived in the town in the 1750's, and John Constable, who was born a few miles away and visited Ipswich frequently to study and to paint. There are 4 golf courses within a 20 minute drive.