Chantry Park is a park located west of Ipswich town centre, in the Ipswich district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is the largest park in Ipswich and extends over 124 acres. Chantry Park was opened to the public on 17 May 1928 and was designated a Conservation Area in 2005.[1]

Chantry Park
Chantry Park Location within Suffolk
Area	0.50181 km2 (0.19375 sq mi)
District	Ipswich
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
List of places UK England Suffolk 52.053190°N 1.1173975°E / 52.053190; 1.1173975

Chantry Park itself is Grade II listed park,[2] and it contains three Grade II listed structures:[3] The Chantry[4] and the gate house and entrance gatepiers (which share a listing).[5]

The Chantry

The Chantry is a large mansion built in the eighteenth century, and substantially altered in the nineteenth century. At one time the mansion was the home of Sir Fitzroy Edward Kelly, a prominent lawyer, politician and judge, who sat as Member of Parliament for the Ipswich constituency.[4]

The Chantry now houses a Sue Ryder neurological care centre, caring for people aged 18 and over with a range of neurological conditions such as Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis.[6][7]

Events

In 1934, Chantry Park hosted that year's Royal Agricultural Show, organised by the Royal Agricultural Society of England.[8]

From 23 to 26 August 2019[9] around 160,000 people attended Ed Sheeran's ÷ Tour.[10] After the shows, work to partly restore the park began on 2 September 2019.[11]

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