Southwold is a town and also civil parish on the English North Sea coast in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk. It exists at the mouth of the River Blyth within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The town is about 11 miles (18 kilometres) south of Lowestoft, 29 miles (47 kilometres) north-east of Ipswich and also 97 miles (156 kilometres) north-east of London, within the parliamentary constituency of Suffolk Coastal. The "All Usual Locals" 2011 Census figure provides an overall of 1,098 persons for the town. The 2012 Housing Record by the Southwold and also Reydon Society wrapped up that 49 per cent of the houses in the town are used as second homes as well as allow to holiday-makers. Although as soon as house to a number of different markets, Southwold's economic climate nowadays is generally based upon solutions, as well as particularly hotels, holiday lodging, catering, as well as tourism. With the surrounding locations mainly given over to farming, the community is a vital business centre for the location, with a variety of independent stores, cafés as well as restaurants; as well as a market on Mondays as well as Thursdays. Nonetheless, there has been a significant fad recently for retailing chains, consisting of food and beverages, garments as well as stationery shops, to take control of previously independent retail properties. Adnams Brewery lies in Southwold, and also is the community's biggest single employer. Although the fishing fleet as well as the sector generally is much diminished, Southwold Harbour stays one of the primary angling ports on the Suffolk coastline. In 2012, added centers for the fleet were created there, as part of the fixing and also reinstatement of the Harbour's North Wall.