Southwold is a small town and also civil parish on the English North Sea coastline 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 community has to do with 11 miles (18 km) south of Lowestoft, 29 miles (47 km) north-east of Ipswich and 97 miles (156 kilometres) north-east of London, within the parliamentary constituency of Suffolk Coastal. The "All Normal Homeowners" 2011 Census figure offers an overall of 1,098 individuals for the town. The 2012 Housing Record by the Southwold and also Reydon Society concluded that 49 percent of the houses in the community are made use of as 2nd houses as well as allow to holiday-makers. Although when house to a variety of different markets, Southwold's economic climate nowadays is mostly based upon solutions, and especially hotels, vacation accommodation, catering, as well as tourism. With the bordering locations largely given over to agriculture, the town is an important industrial centre for the area, with a variety of independent shops, cafés and also dining establishments; as well as a market on Mondays as well as Thursdays. However, there has actually been a significant pattern in recent years for retailing chains, consisting of food as well as drinks, clothing as well as stationery stores, to take over previously independent retail properties. Adnams Brewery is located in Southwold, and also is the community's biggest single employer. Although the fishing fleet as well as the industry normally is much diminished, Southwold Harbour remains one of the major angling ports on the Suffolk coast. In 2012, additional facilities for the fleet were created there, as part of the repair as well as reinstatement of the Harbour's North Wall.