Southwold
Southwold is a village and civil parish on the English North Sea coast 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 kilometres) north-east of Ipswich as well as 97 miles (156 kilometres) north-east of London, within the parliamentary constituency of Suffolk Coastal. The "All Common Locals" 2011 Census figure provides a total amount of 1,098 individuals for the community. The 2012 Housing Record by the Southwold as well as Reydon Society ended that 49 per cent of the houses in the town are used as 2nd houses and allow to holiday-makers. Although once residence to a number of different sectors, Southwold's economic situation nowadays is generally based upon solutions, as well as especially hotels, vacation accommodation, food catering, as well as tourism. With the bordering locations mainly given over to agriculture, the town is a crucial business centre for the area, with a number of independent shops, cafés and also restaurants; and also a market on Mondays as well as Thursdays. Nevertheless, there has been a significant trend recently for selling chains, consisting of food and also drinks, clothes and stationery stores, to take over previously independent retail premises. Adnams Brewery is located in Southwold, and also is the community's largest solitary company. Although the fishing fleet as well as the market typically is much diminished, Southwold Harbour continues to be among the main fishing ports on the Suffolk coastline. In 2012, added facilities for the fleet were constructed there, as part of the fixing and also reinstatement of the Harbour's North Wall.
