Aldeburgh
Aldeburgh is an English town on the North Sea coast in the county of Suffolk, to the north of the River Alde. It was residence to the composer Benjamin Britten and has actually been the centre of the international Aldeburgh Festival of arts at nearby Snape Maltings, founded by Britten in 1948. It remains an arts and also literary centre, with a yearly Verse Festival as well as several food festivals and also various other events. As a Tudor port, Aldeburgh was provided borough condition in 1529 by Henry VIII. Its historic buildings include a 16th-century moot hall and also a Napoleonic-era Martello Tower. 2nd residences compose about a 3rd of its real estate. Site visitors are drawn to its Blue Flag shingle coastline as well as angler huts, where fresh fish are offered daily, by Aldeburgh Yacht Club, and also by its cultural offerings. 2 family-run fish and chip stores are mentioned as being amongst the best in the country. Aldeburgh has a community council as well as exists within the East Suffolk non-metropolitan district. Aldeburgh ward, which includes Thorpeness as well as various other neighborhoods, had a population of 3,225 in the 2011 census, when the mean age of the residents was 55 and the typical age 61.
