Aldeburgh
Aldeburgh is an English town on the North Sea shore in the county of Suffolk, to the north of the River Alde. It was home to the author Benjamin Britten and also has been the centre of the international Aldeburgh Celebration of arts at nearby Snape Maltings, established by Britten in 1948. It stays an arts and literary centre, with a yearly Verse Celebration and also numerous food festivals and also other events. As a Tudor port, Aldeburgh was approved district status in 1529 by Henry VIII. Its historical structures consist of a 16th-century moot hall and a Napoleonic-era Martello Tower. 2nd homes comprise regarding a third of its real estate. Site visitors are drawn to its Blue Flag tile beach and also fisherman huts, where fresh fish are marketed daily, by Aldeburgh Yacht Club, and by its cultural offerings. Two family-run fish and also chip shops are mentioned as being amongst the very best in the country. Aldeburgh has a community council and also lies within the East Suffolk non-metropolitan district. Aldeburgh ward, which includes Thorpeness and various other neighborhoods, had a population of 3,225 in the 2011 census, when the mean age of the inhabitants was 55 and also the average age 61.