Aldeburgh
Aldeburgh is an English community on the North Sea coast in the county of Suffolk, to the north of the River Alde. It was home to the author Benjamin Britten and also has actually been the centre of the international Aldeburgh Event of arts at close-by Snape Maltings, established by Britten in 1948. It stays an arts and literary centre, with an annual Poetry Event and also numerous food festivals and various other occasions. As a Tudor port, Aldeburgh was approved borough standing in 1529 by Henry VIII. Its historic buildings include a 16th-century moot hall and also a Napoleonic-era Martello Tower. 2nd homes compose about a 3rd of its real estate. Site visitors are drawn to its Blue Flag roof shingles coastline as well as fisherman huts, where fresh fish are marketed daily, by Aldeburgh Yacht Club, as well as by its social offerings. Two family-run fish and also chip stores are pointed out as being amongst the most effective in the nation. Aldeburgh has a town council and also lies within the East Suffolk non-metropolitan area. Aldeburgh ward, which includes Thorpeness and also other communities, had a population of 3,225 in the 2011 census, when the mean age of the occupants was 55 as well as the median age 61.