Aldeburgh
Aldeburgh is an English community on the North Sea coast in the region of Suffolk, to the north of the River Alde. It was house to the composer Benjamin Britten as well as has been the centre of the worldwide Aldeburgh Event of arts at nearby Snape Maltings, founded by Britten in 1948. It continues to be an arts and also literary centre, with an annual Verse Event and several food festivals and also other events. As a Tudor port, Aldeburgh was given borough condition in 1529 by Henry VIII. Its historic structures consist of a 16th-century moot hall and also a Napoleonic-era Martello Tower. Second homes make up about a third of its real estate. Site visitors are attracted to its Blue Flag tile coastline and angler huts, where fresh fish are offered daily, by Aldeburgh Yacht Club, and by its social offerings. 2 family-run fish and also chip stores are cited as being amongst the very best in the nation. Aldeburgh has a town council as well as lies within the East Suffolk non-metropolitan area. Aldeburgh ward, that includes Thorpeness and various other neighborhoods, had a population of 3,225 in the 2011 census, when the mean age of the citizens was 55 as well as the mean age 61.
