Southwold is a small town as well as civil parish on the English North Sea coast in the East Suffolk area of Suffolk. It exists at the mouth of the River Blyth within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The community has to do with 11 miles (18 kilometres) south of Lowestoft, 29 miles (47 km) north-east of Ipswich and also 97 miles (156 km) north-east of London, within the parliamentary constituency of Suffolk Coastal. The "All Normal Homeowners" 2011 Census number provides an overall of 1,098 persons for the town. The 2012 Real estate Report by the Southwold as well as Reydon Society ended that 49 per cent of the houses in the community are used as second residences and let to holiday-makers. Although as soon as residence to a variety of various sectors, Southwold's economic situation nowadays is generally based upon solutions, as well as especially hotels, vacation accommodation, catering, and tourism. With the bordering locations mainly given over to agriculture, the town is an important business centre for the location, with a number of independent stores, cafés as well as restaurants; and a market on Mondays and Thursdays. Nevertheless, there has actually been a significant trend over the last few years for selling chains, consisting of food and also beverages, clothes as well as stationery shops, to take control of previously independent retail facilities. Adnams Brewery lies in Southwold, and is the town's biggest solitary company. Although the angling fleet and the market generally is much reduced, Southwold Harbour continues to be among the main fishing ports on the Suffolk coast. In 2012, added centers for the fleet were constructed there, as part of the repair and also reinstatement of the Harbour's North Wall.