Southwold
Southwold is a small town and civil parish on the English North Sea coastline 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 km) north-east of Ipswich as well as 97 miles (156 kilometres) north-east of London, within the parliamentary constituency of Suffolk Coastal. The "All Normal Locals" 2011 Census number offers an overall of 1,098 individuals for the community. The 2012 Real estate Report by the Southwold and Reydon Society concluded that 49 per cent of the houses in the community are used as 2nd houses as well as allow to holiday-makers. Although when residence to a variety of various sectors, Southwold's economic climate nowadays is mostly based on solutions, as well as especially hotels, vacation accommodation, wedding catering, and also tourist. With the surrounding areas mainly given over to farming, the community is a vital commercial centre for the area, with a variety of independent stores, cafés and restaurants; and also a market on Mondays and Thursdays. Nonetheless, there has actually been a marked trend over the last few years for selling chains, consisting of food as well as beverages, clothes as well as stationery shops, to take control of previously independent retail premises. Adnams Brewery is located in Southwold, as well as is the town's biggest single employer. Although the fishing fleet and also the sector typically is much diminished, Southwold Harbour continues to be among the major fishing ports on the Suffolk shoreline. In 2012, extra centers for the fleet were built there, as part of the repair work and also reinstatement of the Harbour's North Wall.