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Aldeburgh is well known for its often colourful and sometimes unusual buildings






Snooks the dog was stolen from its plinth in Aldeburgh in 2003 this is the replacement



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Fish and fishing is synonymous with Aldeburgh






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We in Suffolk have some wonderful medieval buildings but the Moot Hall in Aldeburgh must rate in the top 10 in my book. The brick nogging cannot be bettered








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The next stop on the beach is The Scallop sculpture by Maggi Hambling, there is a a car park nearby and a description board http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggi_Hambling

This is a very controversial piece of sculpture to some people, I do not find it uninteresting or out of place, each to their own............

I do know it attracts a lot of visitors and it can be very photogenic at sunset, I wonder what Benjamin Britten would have made of it?smile






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On the landside of The Scallop can be found the RSPB Reserve of North Warren there are delightful walks along the old railway line and/or around the marshes and woodlands that can take you to Thorpeness in the parish of Aldringham

http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/n/northwarren/about.aspx 

From Aldeburgh Beach at The Scallop, Sizewell B Nuclear Reactor Station can be easily seen although this picture is greatly zoomed/cropped

 

Thorpeness

The Meare

Just off the beach is a 'wonderland' of boating activity, rowing boats, canoes and punts together with islands, one of my favourite places on the coast on a Summer's evening when the crowds have gone home!smile

Lots of photos here:
http://suffolk.activeboard.com/index.spark?aBID=119775&p=3&topicID=15731055

and its history

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorpeness





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