Aldeburgh
Aldeburgh is an English town on the North Sea shore in the county of Suffolk, to the north of the River Alde. It was residence to the composer Benjamin Britten and also has been the centre of the worldwide Aldeburgh Festival of arts at nearby Snape Maltings, started by Britten in 1948. It remains an arts and also literary centre, with a yearly Poetry Event as well as numerous food festivals and various other occasions. As a Tudor port, Aldeburgh was provided district standing in 1529 by Henry VIII. Its historic buildings consist of a 16th-century moot hall and also a Napoleonic-era Martello Tower. Second residences compose concerning a 3rd of its real estate. Visitors are attracted to its Blue Flag tile beach 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 among the most effective in the nation. Aldeburgh has a town council and exists within the East Suffolk non-metropolitan area. Aldeburgh ward, which includes Thorpeness and also other neighborhoods, 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.