Aldeburgh
Aldeburgh is an English community on the North Sea coast in the area of Suffolk, to the north of the River Alde. It was residence to the author Benjamin Britten and also has been the centre of the worldwide Aldeburgh Celebration of arts at nearby Snape Maltings, founded by Britten in 1948. It stays an arts and literary centre, with a yearly Poetry Celebration as well as a number of food festivals and also other occasions. As a Tudor port, Aldeburgh was provided borough standing in 1529 by Henry VIII. Its historical structures include a 16th-century moot hall and a Napoleonic-era Martello Tower. Second houses comprise concerning a third of its real estate. Site visitors are attracted to its Blue Flag roof shingles coastline as well as angler huts, where fresh fish are offered daily, by Aldeburgh Yacht Club, and also by its social offerings. Two family-run fish and also chip stores are mentioned as being among the very best in the country. Aldeburgh has a town council and also exists within the East Suffolk non-metropolitan area. Aldeburgh ward, that includes Thorpeness and other communities, had a population of 3,225 in the 2011 census, when the mean age of the inhabitants was 55 and also the median age 61.