Southwold
Southwold is a small town and civil parish on the English North Sea shore 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 kilometres) south of Lowestoft, 29 miles (47 kilometres) 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 Citizens" 2011 Census figure gives an overall of 1,098 persons for the community. The 2012 Housing Record by the Southwold and Reydon Society concluded that 49 per cent of the dwellings in the town are made use of as second residences and let to holiday-makers. Although once house to a number of different markets, Southwold's economic climate nowadays is primarily based on services, and also particularly hotels, vacation accommodation, catering, and tourist. With the bordering areas largely given over to farming, the town is an essential industrial centre for the area, with a variety of independent shops, cafés and also restaurants; as well as a market on Mondays and Thursdays. Nevertheless, there has actually been a significant fad in recent years for retailing chains, consisting of food as well as beverages, clothes and also stationery shops, to take over previously independent retail properties. Adnams Brewery is located in Southwold, as well as is the town's largest solitary company. Although the fishing fleet and also the market generally is much reduced, Southwold Harbour continues to be among the primary angling ports on the Suffolk coastline. In 2012, added facilities for the fleet were constructed there, as part of the fixing and also reinstatement of the Harbour's North Wall.