Southwold
Southwold is a small town and civil parish on the English North Sea coast 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 is about 11 miles (18 kilometres) south of Lowestoft, 29 miles (47 kilometres) north-east of Ipswich and 97 miles (156 km) north-east of London, within the parliamentary constituency of Suffolk Coastal. The "All Typical Locals" 2011 Census figure gives an overall of 1,098 individuals for the town. The 2012 Housing Record by the Southwold and also Reydon Society wrapped up that 49 percent of the dwellings in the town are made use of as 2nd residences and also allow to holiday-makers. Although when residence to a number of different markets, Southwold's economy nowadays is mainly based upon services, and also specifically hotels, vacation accommodation, wedding catering, and tourist. With the surrounding areas largely given over to agriculture, the community is a vital industrial centre for the location, with a number of independent stores, cafés and also dining establishments; and a market on Mondays as well as Thursdays. Nonetheless, there has been a significant fad in the last few years for retailing chains, consisting of food and also drinks, apparel and stationery shops, to take over formerly independent retail premises. Adnams Brewery is located in Southwold, as well as is the town's biggest solitary employer. Although the fishing fleet as well as the market generally is much lessened, Southwold Harbour stays one of the primary angling ports on the Suffolk coastline. In 2012, extra centers for the fleet were built there, as part of the fixing and also reinstatement of the Harbour's North Wall.
