Southwold Harbour probably isn't quite as busy today as it was in the 11th Century when, according to the Domesday Book, it was a prosperous...

By road, the seaside village of Walberswick is about 20 minutes from Southwold Harbour. By foot-ferry, the journey takes just a few. The road route...

Gallery Thea is a ceramics studio and shop. Here, Thea Cutting hand makes ceramics for customers, both local and worldwide. Specialities include gifts for special...

St Andrew's Church is half church and half ruin. Both date back to 1493 when the parish was rich and the church large, but in...

This award-winning rural beach is clean, quiet and secluded. To the south is the mouth of the River Blyth, to the north, Southwold itself and...

Walberswick was once a busy port. Today, it is a popular seaside village, with a long tradition of attracting artists, writers and intellectuals. Among them,...

In this little white weather-boarded heritage centre, visitors can find out all about Walberswick, its history and its surroundings, with the help of local maps,...

Nine metres long and equipped with two 2500cc V6 engines, Southwold's Coastal Voyager offers trips ranging from short high-speed Sea Blasts around Sole Bay to...

Southwold Lifeboat Station was built in 1993 right next to the Harbour entrance. Here, the lifeboat, Leslie Tranmer, is housed. This new Atlantic-75 lifeboat was...

Before the great Southwold fire of 1659, there were buildings on gun hill. Later, probably in 1746, the six 18 pound Tudor guns seen today...

Southwold's famous greens bring light and fine views to every corner of the town. South Green is probably the best. It rolls gently down to...

Run by the Southwold Film Society, this cinema offers a programme of classic films, old and new. It's named after Southwold’s first cinema, which used...

After Norfolk, Suffolk has more town signs than any other county in England. This one at Southwold represents the Battle of Sole Bay, fought just...

This is the only amber museum in Britain, receiving over 70,000 visitors a year. Exhibits include artifacts, carvings, jewellery and objets d’art, both antique and...

This Grade II listed building houses unique local and natural history collections. Exhibits trace the town's eventful past from small fishing community to fashionable seaside...

Fans of maritime history can get their fill of it here with model ships, pictures, photographs and other nautical exhibits. Model ships include HMS Sole...

One of Southwold's many seaside greens, St James' Green used to be the home of Southwold’s Coastguard Station. The original rigged mast here was used...

The Alfred Corry was Southwold's most famous lifeboat. Built in 1893, she was launched 41 times saving 47 lives, before finally being condemned in 1918....

Southwold Lighthouse has been guiding ships since 1890. Before that, three local lighthouses did the job, until they were threatened by coastal erosion. In 1887,...

St Edmund’s is known as the grandest church in Suffolk. Unusually, it was designed and built quickly - between 1430 and 1490 - rather than...