Southwold is a town and also civil parish on the English North Sea coast in the East Suffolk area of Suffolk. It exists 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 also 97 miles (156 km) north-east of London, within the parliamentary constituency of Suffolk Coastal. The "All Common Citizens" 2011 Census number offers an overall of 1,098 persons for the town. The 2012 Real estate Record by the Southwold and also Reydon Society ended that 49 per cent of the dwellings in the community are used as second residences and allow to holiday-makers. Although when house to a number of different sectors, Southwold's economy nowadays is mostly based on services, and especially hotels, holiday lodging, catering, as well as tourism. With the surrounding areas largely given over to agriculture, the community is an important industrial centre for the area, with a variety of independent stores, cafés as well as dining establishments; and a market on Mondays and also Thursdays. Nonetheless, there has actually been a marked fad in the last few years for selling chains, including food and beverages, clothes as well as stationery shops, to take over formerly independent retail properties. Adnams Brewery is located in Southwold, as well as is the community's biggest single company. Although the angling fleet and the industry normally is much reduced, Southwold Harbour continues to be among the major angling ports on the Suffolk shoreline. In 2012, extra facilities for the fleet were constructed there, as part of the repair and reinstatement of the Harbour's North Wall.
