Southwold
Southwold is a town and civil parish on the English North Sea coastline 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 has to do with 11 miles (18 kilometres) south of Lowestoft, 29 miles (47 kilometres) north-east of Ipswich and also 97 miles (156 km) north-east of London, within the parliamentary constituency of Suffolk Coastal. The "All Normal Homeowners" 2011 Census number gives an overall of 1,098 individuals for the town. The 2012 Housing Report by the Southwold as well as Reydon Society concluded that 49 per cent of the residences in the town are used as 2nd houses and allow to holiday-makers. Although once house to a number of different sectors, Southwold's economy nowadays is generally based on services, and also specifically hotels, vacation accommodation, catering, as well as tourism. With the bordering areas largely given over to farming, the town is a vital business centre for the area, with a number of independent stores, cafés and also restaurants; and a market on Mondays and Thursdays. Nonetheless, there has been a marked pattern over the last few years for retailing chains, consisting of food as well as drinks, apparel and also stationery shops, to take over previously independent retail facilities. Adnams Brewery is located in Southwold, and also is the community's biggest solitary company. Although the angling fleet as well as the sector generally is much reduced, Southwold Harbour continues to be one of the main fishing ports on the Suffolk coastline. In 2012, extra centers for the fleet were constructed there, as part of the repair service as well as reinstatement of the Harbour's North Wall.
