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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 Blyth Navigation was a canal in Suffolk, England, running 7 miles (11 km) from Halesworth to the North Sea at Southwold.It opened in 1761, and was insolvent by 1884. Its demise was accelerated by an attempt to reclaim saltings at Blythburgh, which resulted in the estuary silting up.
Easton Bavents is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Reydon, in the East Suffolk district of the county of Suffolk, England. Once an important village with a market, it has been much eroded by the North Sea. A map of Suffolk dating from about 1610 shows it to have been the most easterly ecclesiastical parish in England. [1]
The bascule span of the bridge, which opens up southwards when required, [33] lies around 12 metres (39 ft) above water level during high tides, [34] with the space between the two main spans in the water being around 35 metres (115 ft) - safety features fitted to the span walls limit shipping with a maximum width of 32 metres (105 ft) to be ...
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.
Tide mills at Woodbridge have operated off the tide from the river Deben since at least 1170. The present mill, built in 1793, is producing stone ground wholemeal flour in the traditional way. [5] It marks the point from which the River Deben flows into the Deben Estuary. In 2009, the Deben Estuary Partnership was developed to enable the local ...
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Southwold Pier is a pier in the coastal town of Southwold in the English county of Suffolk. It is on the northern edge of the town and extends 190 metres (620 ft) into the North Sea . Whilst many English seaside piers are in decline, Southwold Pier is enjoying renewed popularity. [ 1 ]