Aldeburgh
Aldeburgh is an English town on the North Sea coast in the area of Suffolk, to the north of the River Alde. It was home to the composer Benjamin Britten as well as has been the centre of the global Aldeburgh Festival of arts at neighboring Snape Maltings, established by Britten in 1948. It remains an arts and also literary centre, with a yearly Poetry Festival and numerous food festivals and also other events. As a Tudor port, Aldeburgh was granted borough standing in 1529 by Henry VIII. Its historic buildings consist of a 16th-century moot hall as well as a Napoleonic-era Martello Tower. 2nd houses compose concerning a third of its real estate. Visitors are drawn to its Blue Flag tile coastline and also angler huts, where fresh fish are sold daily, by Aldeburgh Yacht Club, and also by its social offerings. 2 family-run fish and also chip stores are mentioned as being amongst the very best in the nation. Aldeburgh has a town council as well as exists within the East Suffolk non-metropolitan district. Aldeburgh ward, that includes Thorpeness and other neighborhoods, had a population of 3,225 in the 2011 census, when the mean age of the inhabitants was 55 and also the typical age 61.
