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a pond in the middle of a park with trees and grass around it, under a cloudy blue sky

Christchurch Park, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK, is an historical area of rolling lawns, wooded areas, and arboreta close to the town centre and the town's first public park, opened in 1895. The formal gardens are planted with seasonal bedding displays, rose and shrub beds, an island herbaceous bed, formal carpet bedding and a large rockery. The Park is home to over 100 bird varieties including a large selection of ducks, geese and swans which inhabit the two large ponds.

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a large brick building sitting in the middle of a lush green field next to trees

Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK, is a substantial Tudor brick mansion house, built c.1548. The Grade I listed building is located within Christchurch Park. Since 1885 it has been used as a museum and the rooms are preserved as past inhabitants would have known them, complete with original items such as furniture, fine clothing and children's toys. The museum also holds a collection of paintings by renowned local artists including John Constable and Thomas Gainsborough.

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some red flowers are growing in front of a white house and stone walls on the street

It initially grew around the wool combing industry, until the onset of the plague, which swept the town from 1663 to 1665. To prevent the spread of the disease, the town was chained at either end, which succeeded in its task but at the cost of two-thirds of the populace. The town did not recover for nearly two hundred years, with the canalisation of the River Gipping in the late 18th Century and the introduction of the railway

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