Point of interest
Southwold
287 locals recommend
Tips from locals
Libby
March 1, 2022
A beautiful sandy beach and lovely seaside town with interesting architecture, shops and restaurants
Georgina
January 22, 2022
1hr15 away. A seaside town with pier and sandy beach. Lovely shops and restaurants/cafes.
Lizzy
January 12, 2022
With its sandy beach and beach hut-lined promenade, Southwold offers a wonderful environment for holidays and weekends away, as well as a thriving market town atmosphere. Situated just off the A12 between Aldeburgh and Lowestoft, Southwold is the perfect destination for young and old, families and couples. Whether it’s relaxation or exhilaration you’re after from your break away, this picturesque seaside town is the perfect year-round destination. Few people realise that the many plentiful greens in Southwold exist due to a terrible fire that raged through the town in 1659. Instead of rebuilding some of the structures that were lost, the town reclaimed these spaces as a series of spacious village greens. The prominent lighthouse in the town stands at 31 metres tall and is a grade II listed building, it is still a working lighthouse and guides vessels as they navigate the East Coast. Southwold Pier stretches 190 metres into the sea and is a thriving tourist destination, it hosts an arcade with a collection of weird and wonderful automata designed by Tim Hunkin. George Orwell, author of dystopian novels Animal Farm and 1984 came to live in Southwold in 1921, he stayed for 20 years, enjoying the local countryside and penning many of his books during this time.
With its sandy beach and beach hut-lined promenade, Southwold offers a wonderful environment for holidays and weekends away, as well as a thriving market town atmosphere. Situated just off the A12 between Aldeburgh and Lowestoft, Southwold is the perfect destination for young and old, families and…
Tim
November 2, 2021
Lovely beach, sandy and large. Interesting pier and Adnams brewery so plenty of cosy pubs. The
Former Member
September 9, 2021
This is a lovely seaside town with great walk to walberswick where by you can go crabbing or eat some great fish and chips, lobster or oysters from one of the old fishing shacks
Location
Southwold, England