Holiday Destination: Southwold

Southwold is a small town on the North Sea coast, in the Waveney district of the English county of Suffolk. It is located on the North Sea coast at the mouth of the River Blyth within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Southwold is a charming north Suffolk seaside town on the Suffolk Heritage Coast. Almost an island, being bounded by the North Sea to the East, by the River Blyth and Southwold harbour to the South West and by Buss Creek to the North, there is just the one road in to and out of Southwold. The town is around 11 miles south of Lowestoft and 29 miles north east of Ipswich. It is within the parliamentary constituency of Suffolk Coastal. Southwold was the home of a number of Puritan emigrants to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the early seventeenth century. Richard Ibrook, born in Southwold and a former bailiff of the town, emigrated to Hingham, Massachusetts, along with Rev. Peter Hobart, son of Edmund Hobart of Hingham, Norfolk. Rev. Hobart was formerly an assistant vicar of Southwold's St. Edmunds Church after his graduation from Magdalene College, Cambridge. Hobart married as his second wife in America Rebecca Ibrook, daughter of his fellow Puritan Richard Ibrook. The immigrants to Hingham were led by Robert Peck, vicar of St. Andrews' Church in Hingham and a native of Beccles.

Climate

Summer 28° °C (82.4 °F), Winter 16 °C (61 °F)

Tourist Season

Winter is best season for tourism in Southwold.

Accommodation

Hotels and Cottages.

General Information Of Southwold

• Land Area: 116.49 sq mi (301.71 km2)
• Population: One Thousand.
• Capital City: Suffolk.
• Language: English.

Tourist Attraction in or Near by Southwold

Southwold Pier

Southwold Pier is a pier in Southwold. Whilst many English seaside piers are in decline, Southwold Pier is enjoying renewed popularity. It includes a collection of modern coin operated novelty machines designed and constructed by the inventor Tim Hunkin. The pier was built in 1900, when it extended for a distance of 810 feet and finishing with a T shaped end. The pier end was practically destroyed by a gale in 1934, with the T shaped end being swept away. A series of events during the Second World War and a further major storm in 1979 reduced the pier to approximately 100 feet.

Southwold lighthouse

Southwold Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Southwold, Suffolk, England. It was constructed by Trinity House from 1887 and was taken into service in 1890. It replaced three lighthouses which had been condemned due to serious coastal erosion. The lights it houses are white when seen from directly out to sea for navigation and red from the sides. It has additional charm because it is situated within an area of town houses. The lighthouse is unusual in that the light itself is switched on and off in sequence four flashes every 20 seconds, rather than using lenses to create a rotating beam. Trinity House organises visits during the summer.

The Broads

The Broads are a network of mostly navigable rivers and lakes in the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. The Broads, and some surrounding land, were constituted as a special area with a level of protection similar to a National Park by The Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act of 1988. The Broads Authority, a Special Statutory Authority responsible for managing the area, became operational in 1989. The total area is 303 square kilometres, most of which is in Norfolk, with over 200 kilometres of navigable waterways. There are seven rivers and 63 broads, mostly less than 4 metres deep. Thirteen broads are generally open to navigation, with a further three having navigable channels. Some broads have navigation restrictions imposed on them in autumn and winter.

Beccles

Beccles is a market town and civil parish in the Waveney District of the English county of Suffolk. The town is shown on the milestone as 109 miles from London via the A145 Blythburgh and A12 road, 98 miles northeast of London as the crow flies, 16 miles southeast of Norwich, and 33 miles north northeast of the county town of Ipswich. Nearby towns include Lowestoft to the east and Great Yarmouth to the northeast. The town lies on the River Waveney on the edge of The Broads National Park. It had a population at the 2001 census of 9,746.Worlingham is a suburb of Beccles. The combined population of Beccles and Worlingham in 2005 was estimated at 13,580. Beccles is twinned with Petit Couronne in France.

Accessibility

Bus Terminal

The Bell

Ferry Road
Southwold, Suffolk, UK

Vision Express Opticians-Lowestoft

110 London Road North
Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK