Aldeburgh

Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival

Sep 6 2010
Fresh Fish at Aldeburgh Food Festival

The Aldeburgh Food & Drink Festival is a two-week celebration of the abundance of good local food and drink to be found around coastal Suffolk.
The Festival takes place in and around Aldeburgh from Friday 24th September through to Saturday 9th October 2010.

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The River Alde - An Estuary filled with History

Aug 18 2010
The quay at Snape Maltings on the River Alde

One of the pleasures of walking along the Suffolk coast and its five very individual estuaries, The Blyth, Alde & Ore, Deben, Orwell and Stour, is the peace and quiet.  Just a few steps away from any car park and even in the height of summer you are unlikely to meet more than half a dozen people on your country walk.  The lack of human development and detritus is a pleasant surpri

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Buy local produce locally

Aug 18 2010
Grange Farm Shop at Hasketon close to Woodbridge

If you have arranged to come to Suffolk for a self-catering holiday and you have a To Do list then one item that will surely be there is Shopping.  Don’t groan, it really doesn’t have to be a chore.

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These routes were made for walkin’

Aug 17 2010
Covehithe Beach

I am a relatively recent convert to country living.
Until just two years ago, I was living and working amongst, on top of and underneath seven and a half million other people in London.Then my wife and I took the decision to move to Suffolk to enjoy a more pleasant way of living. It did not take long for us to realise that we should have headed east much sooner.

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The History of Martello Towers

Aug 5 2010

In the early nineteenth century the windswept coast of Suffolk was home to a number of unusual construction projects.

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Aldeburgh Cottages

Nov 20 2009
Dart Cottage adjoins Aldeburgh's Town Steps

Aldeburgh is a fascinating seaside town, the iconic Tudor Moot Hall on the seafront a clue to the long history of the town and its importance over the centuries.  Despite the burgeoning number of designer shops in the High Street, Aldeburgh has lost little of its 20th century charm and is still a haven for anyone seeking a peaceful getaway.
 

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In and Around Aldeburgh

Aug 10 2009
Aldeburgh beach in the days of bathing huts

There is some indefinable otherness about Aldeburgh; perhaps it is the contrast between the middle class gentility of the town and the elemental power of the sea as it grasps and throws back the sand and shingle which make up the long, sometimes steeply shelving beach, or maybe it is the fantastic Suffolk skies, the clouds skudding across an azure sky, the deserted marshes peppered with the ske

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The Brudenell in Aldeburgh

The Brudenell's stylish AA two rosette restaurant offers guests a dining experience unique in Aldeburgh, with panoramic sea views of Aldeburgh beach and the spirited North Sea. Some guests have described the experience as similar to dining on a cruise liner! A pebble's throw from the beach, the restaurants sea-blue and sunshine-yellow decor brings the seaside, inside.

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The White Lion Hotel in Aldeburgh

The White Lion from the beach

The White Lion Hotel is situated on the seafront in Aldeburgh, opposite the shingle beach where fresh fish is still sold from wooden fishing huts. It combines a seafood restaurant and traditional restaurant all-in-one. The emphasis is very much on sourcing fresh seasonal produce, and this is evident in the hotel’s Taste of Suffolk menu.

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