Southwold is a small town as well as civil parish on the English North Sea coast in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk. It exists at the mouth of the River Blyth within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The town has to do with 11 miles (18 km) south of Lowestoft, 29 miles (47 kilometres) north-east of Ipswich and also 97 miles (156 km) north-east of London, within the parliamentary constituency of Suffolk Coastal. The "All Usual Residents" 2011 Census number provides an overall of 1,098 individuals for the community. The 2012 Housing Report by the Southwold and also Reydon Society ended that 49 percent of the homes in the town are made use of as 2nd houses and let to holiday-makers. Although once home to a variety of different markets, Southwold's economic situation nowadays is mainly based on services, and specifically hotels, holiday lodging, wedding catering, and also tourist. With the bordering locations mostly given over to farming, the community is an essential commercial centre for the area, with a variety of independent shops, cafés as well as restaurants; and a market on Mondays and also Thursdays. Nevertheless, there has been a marked trend in the last few years for retailing chains, consisting of food as well as drinks, clothing and stationery shops, to take over formerly independent retail facilities. Adnams Brewery lies in Southwold, and is the community's biggest single company. Although the fishing fleet and also the sector typically is much reduced, Southwold Harbour stays among the primary angling ports on the Suffolk coastline. In 2012, added centers for the fleet were constructed there, as part of the fixing as well as reinstatement of the Harbour's North Wall.