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Felixstowe (/ ˈ f iː l ɪ k s t oʊ / FEE-lic-stoh) is a port town and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. The estimated population in 2017 was 24,521. [1] The Port of Felixstowe is the largest container port in the United Kingdom. [2] Felixstowe is approximately 72 miles (116 km) northeast of London.
The Port of Felixstowe, in Felixstowe, Suffolk, is the United Kingdom's largest container port, [1] dealing with 48% of Britain's containerised trade. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In 2017, it was ranked as 43rd busiest container port in the world and 8th in Europe, with a handled traffic of 3.85 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). [ 4 ]
Following the formation of a local board of health for Felixstowe and Walton in 1887, one of the first actions of the new board was to commission public offices for the area. [1] The site they selected, which was on the seafront, was given to the town by the lord of the manor, E. G. Pretyman, who lived at Orwell Park.
Other towns include Felixstowe, Framlingham, Leiston, Aldeburgh, and Saxmundham. The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972 , as a merger of the municipal borough of Aldeburgh , along with Felixstowe , Leiston-cum-Sizewell , Saxmundham and Woodbridge urban districts , and Blyth Rural District and Deben Rural ...
Felixstowe School is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Felixstowe, Suffolk, England.. The school was formed in September 2011 from the merger of Orwell High School and Deben High School.
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Traditionally, only the three deep-water ports of Ipswich, Harwich and Felixstowe, on the confluence of the River Orwell and River Stour, were included. The name has since changed to mean the following five ports: Port of Felixstowe in Suffolk; Port of Ipswich in Suffolk; Harwich International in Essex [1] Harwich Navyard in Essex; Mistley in Essex
Felixstowe Ferry is a hamlet in Suffolk, England, approximately two miles northeast of Felixstowe at the mouth of the River Deben with a ferry to the Bawdsey peninsula. Two Martello towers dominate the sea front.