Aldeburgh
Aldeburgh is an English community on the North Sea coastline in the county of Suffolk, to the north of the River Alde. It was home to the composer Benjamin Britten as well as has been the centre of the worldwide Aldeburgh Festival of arts at nearby Snape Maltings, started by Britten in 1948. It continues to be an arts and literary centre, with an annual Poetry Festival and numerous food festivals as well as other events. As a Tudor port, Aldeburgh was granted borough condition in 1529 by Henry VIII. Its historical structures consist of a 16th-century moot hall and a Napoleonic-era Martello Tower. Second residences make up about a 3rd of its real estate. Site visitors are drawn to its Blue Flag shingle beach as well as fisherman huts, where fresh fish are marketed daily, by Aldeburgh Yacht Club, and also by its social offerings. 2 family-run fish and also chip shops are pointed out as being among the best in the nation. Aldeburgh has a community council and also lies within the East Suffolk non-metropolitan area. Aldeburgh ward, which includes Thorpeness and also other neighborhoods, had a population of 3,225 in the 2011 census, when the mean age of the residents was 55 and also the median age 61.