Aldeburgh
Aldeburgh is an English town on the North Sea coast in the region of Suffolk, to the north of the River Alde. It was house to the composer Benjamin Britten and has actually been the centre of the worldwide Aldeburgh Festival of arts at close-by Snape Maltings, founded by Britten in 1948. It remains an arts and also literary centre, with a yearly Verse Event and also several food festivals as well as various other events. As a Tudor port, Aldeburgh was given borough standing in 1529 by Henry VIII. Its historical structures include a 16th-century moot hall and a Napoleonic-era Martello Tower. 2nd homes make up regarding a 3rd of its housing. Visitors are drawn to its Blue Flag roof shingles beach and also angler huts, where fresh fish are marketed daily, by Aldeburgh Yacht Club, and also by its social offerings. 2 family-run fish and chip stores are cited as being amongst the most effective in the country. Aldeburgh has a community council as well as exists within the East Suffolk non-metropolitan district. Aldeburgh ward, that includes Thorpeness as well as various other neighborhoods, had a population of 3,225 in the 2011 census, when the mean age of the citizens was 55 and also the mean age 61.