Southwold, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Southwold is a seaside town and civil parish on the English North Sea coast 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 town is about 11 miles (18 km) south of Lowestoft, 29 miles (47 km) north-east of Ipswich and 97 miles (156 km) north-east of London, within the parliamentary constituency of Suffolk Coastal. The 2012 Housing Report by the Southwold and Reydon Society concluded that 49 per cent of the dwellings are used as second homes or let to holidaymakers.

Economy Once home to several industries, Southwold's economy centres on services: hotels, holiday lets, catering and tourism. With surrounding areas largely given to agriculture, the town is an important commercial centre, with independent shops, cafés and restaurants and a market on Mondays and Thursdays, although there has been a recent trend for retail chains in food and beverages, clothing and stationery to take over the independent units.

Adnams Brewery remains in Southwold as its largest single employer. The fishing fleet is much diminished, but Southwold Harbour remains one of the main fishing ports on the Suffolk coastline. In 2012, additional fleet facilities were constructed there as part of the repair and reinstatement of the Harbour's North Wall.

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Southwold has a population of over 1,098 people. Southwold also forms part of the wider East Suffolk District which has a population of over 239,552 people. Southwold is situated 18 km south of Lowestoft.

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  • Arnold Bidlake Mitchell |

    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Architect Arnold Bidlake Mitchell is associated with Southwold. He also designed for Lott's Bricks, an instructional construction toy.

  • Henry William Binns |

    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Architect Henry William Binns is associated with Southwold.

  • Cecil Howard Lay |

    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Painter/Architect Cecil Howard Lay is associated with Southwold. He designed the village sign at Biddenden, Kent.

Antipodal to Southwold is: -178.32,-52.327

Locations Near: Southwold 1.68,52.327

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lowestoft 1.707,52.503 d: 19.6  

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Great Yarmouth 1.729,52.606 d: 31.2  

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Long Stratton 1.234,52.485 d: 35  

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Norwich 1.283,52.617 d: 41.9  

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ipswich 1.15,52.05 d: 47.5  

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stowmarket 1,52.19 d: 48.7  

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cromer 1.3,52.935 d: 72.3  

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Clacton-on-Sea 1.146,51.792 d: 69.8  

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tendring 1.133,51.783 d: 71.1  

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dereham 0.94,52.681 d: 63.7  

Antipodal to: Southwold -178.32,-52.327

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