Southwold
Southwold is a town and civil parish on the English North Sea coastline in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk. It lies at the mouth of the River Blyth within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The community has to do with 11 miles (18 km) south of Lowestoft, 29 miles (47 kilometres) north-east of Ipswich as well as 97 miles (156 kilometres) north-east of London, within the parliamentary constituency of Suffolk Coastal. The "All Common Locals" 2011 Census figure offers a total amount of 1,098 individuals for the town. The 2012 Housing Report by the Southwold as well as Reydon Society concluded that 49 percent of the dwellings in the town are made use of as second houses and also allow to holiday-makers. Although once residence to a number of various markets, Southwold's economic climate nowadays is mostly based upon solutions, and specifically hotels, vacation lodging, food catering, and also tourist. With the surrounding areas largely given over to farming, the town is an essential industrial centre for the area, with a number of independent shops, cafés as well as restaurants; as well as a market on Mondays and also Thursdays. Nonetheless, there has been a marked pattern recently for selling chains, including food as well as beverages, apparel and also stationery shops, to take over previously independent retail properties. Adnams Brewery lies in Southwold, and also is the community's largest single employer. Although the angling fleet and also the sector normally is much decreased, Southwold Harbour continues to be one of the main angling ports on the Suffolk coast. In 2012, added centers for the fleet were constructed there, as part of the repair work as well as reinstatement of the Harbour's North Wall.
