Aldeburgh is a coastal town in the county of Suffolk, England, north of the River Alde. Its estimated population was 2,276 in 2019. 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.
The Moot Hall
Aldeburgh Village Sign, Suffolk
Aldborough, Suffolk c.1826, Joseph Turner
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Mayor of Aldeburgh, 1908
Suffolk is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Norfolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Essex to the south, and Cambridgeshire to the west. Ipswich is the largest settlement and the county town.
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Excavation of the Sutton Hoo burial ship in 1939
16th century cottage in Ixworth, with pargetting and traditional Suffolk Pink limewash