Betfred Opening Times Ipswich
Opening times for all three Betfred betting shops in Ipswich: Upper Brook Street and Westgate Street in the town centre, and Nacton Road on the east side. Every shop shows whether it is open right now and how long you have before it closes today.
Checking times…
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Time now in Ipswich
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— —Last Betfred in central Ipswich closes in
— —Until you share your location, “nearest” means nearest to the Cornhill: Betfred, 22 Upper Brook Street (IP4 1EB).
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Betfred Ipswich opening times at a glance
- Betfred shops in Ipswich
- 3 branches
- In the town centre
- 2 of the 3
- Earliest weekday opening
- 08:00 — Upper Brook Street and Nacton Road
- Closing time, weekdays and Sunday
- 22:00 — all 3 shops
- Christmas Day
- Every shop closed — required by law
Ipswich has three Betfred shops and all three close at 22:00 on weekdays and on a Sunday. The one wrinkle is Saturday at Upper Brook Street, which closes at 21:30 — earlier than it does on a Sunday. Nacton Road on the east side has the longest week of the three, opening at 08:00 Monday to Saturday and 08:30 on a Sunday. Full published weekly times are available for all three.
The 2 Betfred shops in Ipswich town centre
The two town-centre branches, on Upper Brook Street off the Buttermarket and on Westgate Street towards the New Wolsey Theatre, about a quarter of a mile apart.
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Betfred, Upper Brook Street22 Upper Brook Street, Ipswich IP4 1EB
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Betfred, Westgate Street37 Westgate Street, Ipswich IP1 3DX
Upper Brook Street opens at 08:00 Monday to Saturday and 09:00 on a Sunday, closing at 22:00 except on a Saturday, when it shuts at 21:30. Westgate Street opens at 08:30 Monday to Saturday and 09:30 on a Sunday and closes at 22:00 every day. Upper Brook Street has a Jennings and a Coral within a few doors; Westgate Street is the nearer of the two to Portman Road. Distances are straight-line estimates from the Cornhill. Street View opens at the shop’s position, so you may need to turn the view to face the shopfront.
Ipswich Betfred opening times compared
The full weekly pattern for all three branches in one table, town-centre shops first. Today’s column is highlighted.
All three close at 22:00 Monday to Friday and on a Sunday. Saturday is the only day with a difference at the end: Upper Brook Street closes at 21:30 while the other two hold 22:00. The starts vary more — Nacton Road and Upper Brook Street at 08:00 in the week, Westgate Street at 08:30, and Sunday openings from 08:30 to 09:30.
| Shop | Mon – Fri | Saturday | Sunday | Find the shop |
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| Upper Brook Street22 Upper Brook Street, IP4 1EB | 08:00–22:00 | 08:00–21:30 | 09:00–22:00 | |
| Westgate Street37 Westgate Street, IP1 3DX | 08:30–22:00 | 08:30–22:00 | 09:30–22:00 | |
| Nacton Road360 Nacton Road, IP3 9NA | 08:00–22:00 | 08:00–22:00 | 08:30–22:00 |
Earliest and latest Betfred shops in Ipswich
Full weekly times are published for all three branches, so this section covers every shop on the page.
Open earliest
Upper Brook Street and Nacton Road open at 08:00 Monday to Saturday, and Westgate Street at 08:30. On a Sunday, Nacton Road is first at 08:30, then Upper Brook Street at 09:00 and Westgate Street at 09:30.
Open latest
All three close at 22:00 Monday to Friday and on a Sunday. On a Saturday, Westgate Street and Nacton Road close at 22:00 and Upper Brook Street at 21:30. The Coral on Lloyds Avenue closes at 19:00, so in the evening the Betfred shops are among the few options in the centre.
The Saturday exception: 22 Upper Brook Street closes at 21:30 on a Saturday but 22:00 on a Sunday — one of the few Betfreds on this site that trades later on Sunday evening than on Saturday evening. For a late Saturday bet in the centre, Westgate Street is the one.
Betfred Ipswich Sunday opening times
All three Ipswich shops close at 22:00 on a Sunday.
| Shop | Opens | Closes | Find the shop |
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| Upper Brook Street22 Upper Brook Street, IP4 1EB | 09:00 | 22:00 | |
| Westgate Street37 Westgate Street, IP1 3DX | 09:30 | 22:00 | |
| Nacton Road360 Nacton Road, IP3 9NA | 08:30 | 22:00 |
Nacton Road runs 08:30 to 22:00 on a Sunday, Upper Brook Street 09:00 to 22:00 and Westgate Street 09:30 to 22:00. Every Ipswich Betfred is open for the evening kick-offs.
Betfred Ipswich bank holiday opening times
Betting shops in England can trade on every bank holiday bar one. Premises licences issued under the Gambling Act 2005 carry a condition that gambling facilities cannot be provided on Christmas Day, so all three Ipswich branches close on 25 December by law rather than by choice.
On the other bank holidays, Ipswich branches usually run either their normal times for that day of the week or a slightly shorter day. Betfred has in past years announced a chain-wide 20:00 close on bank holiday Mondays, which would cut two hours off all three Ipswich branches, so check the window card the week before. Dates in the tables below update automatically.
Easter opening times
Betting shops have been allowed to open on Good Friday since the Gambling Act 2005 came into force, and there is no Easter Sunday restriction in Great Britain. Across the Easter weekend, expect each Ipswich branch to follow its usual pattern for that day.
| Day | Falls on | Next date | What to expect |
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| Good Friday | Friday before Easter Sunday | — | Normal weekday times |
| Easter Saturday | Saturday before Easter Sunday | — | Normal Saturday times |
| Easter Sunday | First Sunday after the first full moon on or after 21 March | — | Normal Sunday times |
| Easter Monday | Day after Easter Sunday | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
May and August bank holidays
The early May, spring and summer bank holidays all fall on a Monday. Check the window card or the Betfred shop finder the week before; a 20:00 bank holiday close would take two hours off every Ipswich branch.
| Bank holiday | Falls on | Next date | What to expect |
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| Early May bank holiday | First Monday in May | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
| Spring bank holiday | Last Monday in May | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
| Summer bank holiday | Last Monday in August | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
Christmas and New Year opening times
The festive fortnight is the only stretch of the year when Ipswich times move far from the weekly pattern. Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve normally finish early, Boxing Day — the biggest racing day of the winter — runs close to normal, and New Year’s Day starts later.
| Day | Date | Next date | Usual pattern in Ipswich |
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| Christmas Eve | 24 December | — | Normal opening, early close around 18:00 |
| Christmas Day | 25 December | — | Closed all day, every shop |
| Boxing Day | 26 December | — | Normal opening, close around 20:00 |
| Substitute bank holiday | When 25 or 26 December falls on a weekend | — | Normal times for that day |
| New Year’s Eve | 31 December | — | Normal opening, early close around 18:00 |
| New Year’s Day | 1 January | — | Later start around 10:00, close around 20:00 |
Each Ipswich branch sets its own festive times and usually posts them in the window from mid-December. The live countdowns on this page follow the standard weekly times and the Christmas Day closure only, so check the window card before travelling on 24, 26 or 31 December or 1 January.
How the live opening times work
Everything live on this page reads the clock in Ipswich (UK time), not the clock on your device, and compares it against each shop’s published times. That keeps the status right even if you are checking from abroad.
The panel at the top
The top panel covers the two town-centre branches on Upper Brook Street and Westgate Street. It tells you how many are open right now, which is next to close, and how long until the last one shuts for the night. Nacton Road has its own live row in the section below.
The shop rows
Open now means the shop is inside its published times and the countdown shows how long is left. Closed shows when it opens next. Counters stop taking cash bets a few minutes before closing so staff can settle slips, so if you are collecting winnings, aim to arrive ten minutes before the time shown.
Map, directions and Street View
Each row has three buttons. Map drops a pin on the shop, Directions plans a route from wherever you are, and Street View shows the street around the shop so you can spot the frontage before you set off. Tap “Use my current location” and the lists re-order themselves so the closest shop is always at the top, and the directions button points to the nearest of all three Ipswich branches.
Betfred across the rest of Ipswich
One more branch sits on Nacton Road, about two miles south-east of the town centre towards the Ravenswood estate. It publishes full weekly times.
Betfred in Nacton Road 1 shop
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Betfred, Nacton Road360 Nacton Road, Racecourse, Ipswich IP3 9NA
Nacton Road runs 08:00 to 22:00 Monday to Saturday and 08:30 to 22:00 on a Sunday — the longest week of the three. It sits in a parade with a Ladbrokes next door at 352, and further Ladbrokes shops at the Ravenswood Centre, Foxhall Road and Austin Street serve the surrounding estates.
Betfred near Ipswich
Ipswich is Suffolk’s county town, and the nearest Betfred branches outside it are across the Essex border and up the coast.
Colchester, about eighteen miles south-west, has a Betfred of its own, and Lowestoft lies up the coast to the north. Felixstowe, Woodbridge and Stowmarket have betting shops but no current Betfred listing. The licensing register carries two further Ipswich entries: 34 Carr Street (IP4 1EN), which does not appear in current listings, and 330a Nacton Road, which is the same shop as 360 Nacton Road.
All three branches on this page are licensed by Ipswich Borough Council. If you are heading for Felixstowe or Colchester rather than Ipswich itself, use the location button above: the directions button always routes to the nearest of the three Ipswich branches.
Other bookmakers in Ipswich
Ipswich has several other bookmakers alongside Betfred; the main ones are listed below.
Ladbrokes has the most shops in Ipswich, nine, including 3 Princes Street in the centre and 352 Nacton Road next to the Betfred. Coral has four, including 5–5a Upper Brook Street and 36 Lloyds Avenue; Jennings trades at 47 Upper Brook Street; and William Hill has one shop in the town.
We are still confirming full weekly times branch by branch for the non-Betfred shops in Ipswich, so they are not listed with live status on this page yet. Upper Brook Street is the stretch to know: the Betfred, a Coral and a Jennings are within a few doors of each other. Every bookmaker in the town is closed on Christmas Day by law.
About Betfred in Ipswich
| Trading name | Betfred |
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| Licensee | Done Brothers (Cash Betting) Limited |
| Head office | Birchwood, Warrington |
| Licensing authority | Ipswich Borough Council |
| Branches in Ipswich | 3 betting shops |
| In the town centre | 2 of the 3 |
Betfred began in Salford in 1967, when brothers Fred and Peter Done opened their first betting shop, and it runs its estate from Birchwood in Warrington, about 190 miles north-west. Ipswich has three branches — two in the town centre and one on the east side — and Betfred is second to Ladbrokes locally. All three keep late hours, closing at 22:00 on every weekday and on a Sunday.
For visitors, 37 Westgate Street is the one to know on a matchday: about a third of a mile from Portman Road, home of Ipswich Town, and half a mile from Ipswich station. Upper Brook Street is a few minutes from the Cornhill, the Buttermarket and the Waterfront. Nacton Road serves the east side of town and the Ravenswood estate.
Frequently asked questions
- How many Betfred shops are there in Ipswich?
- Three, all licensed by Ipswich Borough Council: 22 Upper Brook Street and 37 Westgate Street in the town centre, and 360 Nacton Road on the east side of town. All three publish full weekly times. The licensing register also lists 34 Carr Street, which does not appear in current listings, and a second Nacton Road entry that is the same shop as 360.
- What time does Betfred open in Ipswich?
- Upper Brook Street and Nacton Road open at 08:00 Monday to Saturday; Westgate Street at 08:30. On a Sunday, Nacton Road opens first at 08:30, Upper Brook Street at 09:00 and Westgate Street at 09:30.
- What time does Betfred close in Ipswich?
- All three close at 22:00 Monday to Friday and on a Sunday. On a Saturday Westgate Street and Nacton Road hold 22:00, and Upper Brook Street closes half an hour earlier, at 21:30.
- Which Betfred in Ipswich is open latest on a Sunday?
- All three close at 22:00 on a Sunday. Nacton Road gives the longest Sunday, opening at 08:30.
- Is Betfred open on Christmas Day?
- No. Every betting shop in Great Britain is closed on Christmas Day. It is a condition attached to premises licences under the Gambling Act 2005, not a company decision.
- Are Betfred shops in Ipswich open on bank holidays?
- Yes. Good Friday, Easter Monday and the May and August bank holidays are all trading days, usually on normal or slightly shortened hours. Betfred has in past years announced a chain-wide 20:00 close on bank holiday Mondays, which would cut two hours off all three Ipswich branches. Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve normally close early, and New Year’s Day opens later.
- Which Betfred is nearest to Portman Road and Ipswich station?
- 37 Westgate Street is the closer of the town-centre pair to Portman Road, home of Ipswich Town, about a third of a mile away, and to Ipswich railway station, about half a mile south-west. Upper Brook Street is a few minutes from the Cornhill and the Buttermarket.
- How do I find the nearest Betfred to me in Ipswich?
- Tap “Use my current location”. Every list on this page then re-orders nearest-first, and the directions button at the top routes you to the closest of the three Ipswich Betfred shops.