Aldeburgh
Sign in to saveAldeburgh ( ) is a coastal town and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England, north of the River Alde. Its estimated population was 2,348 in 2024. It was home to the composer Benjamin Britten and remains the centre of the international Aldeburgh Festival of arts at nearby Snape Maltings, which was founded by Britten in 1948. It also hosts an annual poetry festival and several food festivals and other events.
Key facts
- COA wide.escutcheon
- Azure on water in base an ancient ship of three masts in full sail a ladder affixed to the side amidships Proper the mainsail charged with a lion rampant the fore and aft sails and pennons each charged with a cross Gules.
- COA wide.notes
- Granted 5 February 1951.
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Aldeburgh
- UK place.civil_parish
- Aldeburgh
- UK place.static_image_name
- Moot Hall, Aldeburgh.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The Moot Hall
- UK place.population
- 2,348
- UK place.population_ref
- (2024 Mid Year Population Estimates)
- UK place.shire_district
- East Suffolk
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.shire_county
- Suffolk
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Suffolk Coastal
- UK place.post_town
- ALDEBURGH
- UK place.postcode_district
- IP15
- UK place.postcode_area
- IP
- UK place.dial_code
- 01728
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TM463566
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Article
23 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Governance
- Transport
- Landmarks
- Lifeboat station
- Moot Hall
- Martello Tower
- Fort Green Mill
- WW2 tank trap
- Aldeburgh Beach Lookout
- Scallop
- Listed buildings
- First World War
- Notable residents
- Culture
- Fishing
- Rugby
- Media
- Other amenities
- Arms
- References
- External links
Aldeburgh ( ) is a coastal town and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England, north of the River Alde. Its estimated population was 2,348 in 2024. It was home to the composer Benjamin Britten and remains the centre of the international Aldeburgh Festival of arts at nearby Snape Maltings, which was founded by Britten in 1948. It also hosts an annual poetry festival and several food festivals and other events.
Aldeburgh, as a port, gained borough status in 1529 under Henry VIII. Its historic buildings include a 16th-century moot hall and a Napoleonic-era Martello Tower. A third of its housing consists of second homes. Visitors are drawn to its Blue Flag beach and fisherman huts, where fresh fish is sold, to Aldeburgh Yacht Club and to its cultural offerings. Two family-run fish and chip shops have been rated among the country's best. The independent Aldeburgh bookshop has been in business for more than seventy years, is locally thought to have been the site of the birthplace of George Crabbe (1754–1832) and has organised the annual Aldeburgh Literary Festival since 2002.