Parks · East of England
Broomhill Park
Broomhill Park — woodland park in Ipswich, Suffolk, England.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Westerfield · 2.0 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Broomhill Park is a public park in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "woodland park in Ipswich, Suffolk, England". Coordinates: 52.0691°, 1.1442°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Suffolk Coast & Heaths
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Broomhill Park is a semi-natural woodland park between Sherrington Road and Valley Road in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. In older times it was called Broom Hill. The park contains many fine historic oaks and an abundance of Scots Pines. The park contains Broomhill Pool, a Grade II listed lido, which the Broomhill Pool Trust is campaigning to re-open.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
For many years this was a privately owned hilltop wood on the outskirts of Ipswich called Broom Hill. In the 19th and early 20th century the land between the hill and Norwich Road was sold for housing. Broom Hill Road for example was built in 1888. In 1925 George Sherrington sold Broom Hill to Ipswich Borough Council. A ring road around Ipswich was built in 1926 and Valley Road then divided the woodland in half, with a larger piece to the North of Valley Road, and a smaller piece to the South.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.0691, 1.1442
- County
- Suffolk
- District
- Ipswich
- Parish
- Ipswich, unparished area
- Postcode
- IP1 4HR
- Parliamentary constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
- Nearest railway station
- Westerfield — 2 km
- Opening
- All year
- Official site
- www.savebroomhillpool.org
Sources
- wikidata: Q4975323 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Broomhill Park (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Broomhill Park, Ipswich - geograph.org.uk - 189873.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Broomhill Park?
- Broomhill Park is in Suffolk, East of England, United Kingdom (postcode IP1 4HR), in the parish of Ipswich, unparished area.
- Who owns Broomhill Park?
- Broomhill Park is owned by Ipswich Borough Council.
- Is Broomhill Park a protected site?
- Yes — Broomhill Park is part of the Suffolk Coast & Heaths National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Broomhill Park free to visit?
- Yes, Broomhill Park is free to enter.
- How do I get to Broomhill Park?
- The nearest railway station is Westerfield, about 2.0 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode IP1 4HR.