Aldeburgh
Aldeburgh is an English community on the North Sea coastline in the region of Suffolk, to the north of the River Alde. It was home to the author Benjamin Britten and has actually been the centre of the worldwide Aldeburgh Festival of arts at neighboring Snape Maltings, founded by Britten in 1948. It remains an arts and also literary centre, with an annual Poetry Festival as well as several food festivals as well as various other occasions. As a Tudor port, Aldeburgh was approved borough status in 1529 by Henry VIII. Its historic structures consist of a 16th-century moot hall as well as a Napoleonic-era Martello Tower. 2nd homes make up regarding a third of its real estate. Visitors are drawn to its Blue Flag roof shingles coastline and also angler huts, where fresh fish are sold daily, by Aldeburgh Yacht Club, and also by its cultural offerings. 2 family-run fish and also chip stores are cited as being among the most effective in the country. Aldeburgh has a community council and exists within the East Suffolk non-metropolitan area. Aldeburgh ward, which includes Thorpeness as well as other areas, had a population of 3,225 in the 2011 census, when the mean age of the citizens was 55 and the average age 61.
