Southwold
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Southwold is a seaside town and civil parish on the North Sea, in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It lies at the mouth of the River Blyth in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, south of Lowestoft, north-east of Ipswich and north-east of London, within the parliamentary constituency of Suffolk Coastal. At the 2021 Census, the population was 950.
Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Southwold North Parade.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The lighthouse from the North Parade
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Southwold
- UK place.population
- 950
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 Census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Southwold
- 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
- SOUTHWOLD
- UK place.postcode_district
- IP18
- UK place.postcode_area
- IP
- UK place.dial_code
- 01502
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TM510763
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Encyclopedic overview
31 sectionsContents
- History
- Governance
- Economy
- Education
- Primary
- Secondary
- Landmarks and features
- Railway
- Lighthouse
- Brewery
- Pier
- Water towers
- Electric Picture Palace
- Museum
- Sailors' Reading Room
- Golf club
- Listed buildings
- St Edmund's Church
- Harbour
- Beach
- Culture
- Film and television
- Novels
- George Orwell
- Cultural events
- Media
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External sources
- External links
Southwold is a seaside town and civil parish on the North Sea, in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It lies at the mouth of the River Blyth in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, south of Lowestoft, north-east of Ipswich and north-east of London, within the parliamentary constituency of Suffolk Coastal. At the 2021 Census, the population was 950.
==History== thumb|Crews rush to their 3.7-inch guns, 127th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 9 October 1944 The name Southwold derives from the Old English sūðwald meaning 'south forest'.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Southwold” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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