Ipswich Town: First look at designs for new training ground

Three brand new pitches were installed at Playford Road last season, at a cost of £1.5m, with focus then switching to upgrading the buildings and facilities around them.

Liverpool-based architects KKA, who designed Bristol City's new-look stadium and training ground when Town chief executive Mark Ashton was there, were tasked with the job of designing a 'world class' set-up.

Now the EADT and Ipswich Star can share those designs with you for the first time after Ashton presented them to players and staff recently. What Ipswich Town's new training ground 'performance centre' will look like. (Image: KKA/ITFC)

The entrance to Ipswich Town's new training ground. (Image: KKA/ITFC)

The main entrance to the site will now be off Rushmere Street, with a new parking area built to the right of where the dome currently is and a new state of the art 'performance centre' erected to the left of it overlooking the first team training pitch.

The current main building will become the dedicated academy building.

The planned layout of Ipswich Town's new-look training ground. (Image: KKA/ITFC)

Speaking to the EADT and Ipswich Star back in November, Ashton was quizzed on the timeframe of the training ground redevelopment.

He explained: "In an ideal world I’d like to break ground before the summer, then you’ve probably got a 10-12 month build time on it. We’ll move at breakneck speed."

How entrance and parking will work at Ipswich Town's new training ground. (Image: KKA/ITFC)

An alternative look at plans for the 'performance centre' that will overlook Ipswich Town's main first team training pitch. (Image: KKA/ITFC)