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Southwold is a seaside town and civil parish on the North Sea, in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England.It lies at the mouth of the River Blyth in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, 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 ...
The first municipal building in the town was an ancient guildhall which was destroyed in the great fire which engulfed the town in April 1659. [2] [3] A second town hall was built shortly after the Battle of Solebay in June 1672. It was a single-storey rectangular building on Bartholomew Green with a cottage attached.
The Southwold Earthworks is located in the township. It is an example of a pre-contact site associated with the indigenous Neutral people. The period of Neutral occupation is dated to approximately 1450–1550. It was designated as a National Historic Site in 1923. [2] Southwold was named in 1792 after Southwold in Suffolk, England. The ...
The IP postcode area, also known as the Ipswich postcode area, [2] is a group of 33 postcode districts in the east of England, within 15 post towns.These cover most of Suffolk (including Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds, Aldeburgh, Brandon, Eye, Felixstowe, Halesworth, Leiston, Saxmundham, Southwold, Stowmarket and Woodbridge), southern and southwestern Norfolk (including Thetford, Diss and Harleston ...
The town of Southwold lies to the north of the river and is the nearest town to Walberswick, around 1 mile (1.6 km) away. Walberswick is around 11 miles (18 km) south of Lowestoft on the North Sea coast. It is 7 miles (11 km) east of Halesworth and 28 miles (45 km) northeast of the county town of Ipswich.
Beginning at Southwold market place, the A1095 forms the town's High Street. It passes close to Southwold lighthouse and Adnams Brewery before becoming Station Road. [2] It runs past the site of the former Southwold railway station before becoming Mights Road and crossing Buss Creek at Mights Bridge.
Southwold Sailors' Reading Room; Southwold Town Hall This page was last edited on 13 February 2019, at 19:25 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Southwold 13-9-2014: Headline: Southwold, Lighthouse: Image title: Southwold 13-9-2014 Southwold Lighthouse is a coastal mark for passing shipping and guides vessels into Southwold Harbour. The lighthouse is situated near the centre of Southwold, midway between Lowestoft and Orford, the round white tower stands amongst rows of small houses.