Aldeburgh
Aldeburgh is an English community on the North Sea coastline in the region of Suffolk, to the north of the River Alde. It was residence to the author Benjamin Britten and also has actually been the centre of the global Aldeburgh Event of arts at close-by Snape Maltings, started by Britten in 1948. It stays an arts as well as literary centre, with an annual Verse Festival and numerous food festivals and also various other events. As a Tudor port, Aldeburgh was approved borough standing in 1529 by Henry VIII. Its historical structures include a 16th-century moot hall and also a Napoleonic-era Martello Tower. 2nd homes make up regarding a 3rd of its real estate. Visitors are drawn to its Blue Flag roof shingles beach and also fisherman huts, where fresh fish are offered daily, by Aldeburgh Yacht Club, and by its cultural offerings. 2 family-run fish and also chip stores are cited as being among the most effective in the country. Aldeburgh has a town council and lies within the East Suffolk non-metropolitan district. Aldeburgh ward, that includes Thorpeness as well as other areas, had a population of 3,225 in the 2011 census, when the mean age of the occupants was 55 as well as the average age 61.