Southwold
Southwold is a small town and also civil parish on the English North Sea coast in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk. It lies at the mouth of the River Blyth within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The town is about 11 miles (18 km) south of Lowestoft, 29 miles (47 kilometres) north-east of Ipswich as well as 97 miles (156 km) north-east of London, within the parliamentary constituency of Suffolk Coastal. The "All Common Locals" 2011 Census figure gives a total of 1,098 individuals for the town. The 2012 Real estate Record by the Southwold as well as Reydon Society ended that 49 percent of the homes in the town are used as 2nd homes and allow to holiday-makers. Although when house to a variety of different sectors, Southwold's economic situation nowadays is mostly based on services, as well as particularly hotels, vacation lodging, catering, and tourist. With the surrounding areas mainly given over to agriculture, the community is an essential business centre for the location, with a variety of independent shops, cafés and also restaurants; as well as a market on Mondays and also Thursdays. However, there has actually been a significant pattern in recent years for retailing chains, consisting of food and also beverages, apparel as well as stationery shops, to take over previously independent retail properties. Adnams Brewery is located in Southwold, and also is the community's largest solitary company. Although the fishing fleet as well as the market generally is much decreased, Southwold Harbour remains among the primary angling ports on the Suffolk coast. In 2012, additional centers for the fleet were built there, as part of the repair work and also reinstatement of the Harbour's North Wall.
