Southwold
Southwold is a small town as well as civil parish on the English North Sea shore in the East Suffolk area of Suffolk. It lies 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 km) north-east of Ipswich and also 97 miles (156 kilometres) north-east of London, within the parliamentary constituency of Suffolk Coastal. The "All Normal Homeowners" 2011 Census figure provides an overall of 1,098 persons for the community. The 2012 Housing Record by the Southwold and also Reydon Society wrapped up that 49 percent of the residences in the community are made use of as second homes as well as let to holiday-makers. Although when home to a number of different markets, Southwold's economy nowadays is primarily based upon services, and also particularly hotels, holiday accommodation, event catering, and tourism. With the bordering areas mostly given over to agriculture, the town is a crucial industrial centre for the area, with a number of independent shops, cafés as well as dining establishments; as well as a market on Mondays as well as Thursdays. However, there has actually been a significant trend in recent years for selling chains, consisting of food as well as drinks, apparel as well as stationery stores, to take control of previously independent retail properties. Adnams Brewery lies in Southwold, and is the town's biggest solitary company. Although the angling fleet and also the sector usually is much diminished, Southwold Harbour remains among the major fishing ports on the Suffolk coast. In 2012, additional centers for the fleet were constructed there, as part of the repair work and also reinstatement of the Harbour's North Wall.