The Wet Dock is found to the south of Ipswich town centre. When built it was the largest enclosed dock of its type in Europe, though it is now too small for commercial shipping which uses the quays down river and at Felixstowe. Pauls foods can be seen to the left of the Georgian Customs House (now dock offices) which are seen in the centre of the northern quayside. To the right of this is a new office development based on an old maltings. Other quayside tourist attractions of restaurants, galleries, clubs and a marina. The eastern end of the dock is to be further developed by Suffolk College, the present buildings of which can be seen on the extreme right.

The river Gipping used to flow where the wet dock is now found but was diverted along the New Cut seen in the bottom left. The red roofs of the Buttermarket can be clearly made out in the top left.

Four roads run down to the dock complex across the centre of the mediaeval town and can be seen quite clearly in the picture. These are, from left to right; Lower Brook Street, Fore Street, Water Street and Grimwade Street. These roads mark the lines of streams that used to flow down the valley sides to the river. The junction of these roads with the northern edge of the dock one way system which can be seen clearly marks the original edge of the marshes during Saxon times. Since then the wharfs and quays have been built out into the river to their present position.