Aldeburgh
Aldeburgh is an English community on the North Sea shore in the region of Suffolk, to the north of the River Alde. It was home to the author Benjamin Britten and has been the centre of the worldwide Aldeburgh Celebration of arts at neighboring Snape Maltings, established by Britten in 1948. It stays an arts and literary centre, with an annual Poetry Celebration as well as numerous food festivals and also other events. As a Tudor port, Aldeburgh was granted borough status in 1529 by Henry VIII. Its historical buildings consist of a 16th-century moot hall as well as a Napoleonic-era Martello Tower. Second residences compose regarding a third of its housing. Visitors are attracted to its Blue Flag shingle beach and also fisherman huts, where fresh fish are marketed daily, by Aldeburgh Yacht Club, and also by its social offerings. 2 family-run fish and also chip shops are mentioned as being amongst the most effective in the nation. Aldeburgh has a community council and also lies within the East Suffolk non-metropolitan district. Aldeburgh ward, which includes Thorpeness and various other neighborhoods, had a population of 3,225 in the 2011 census, when the mean age of the occupants was 55 and also the mean age 61.
