Suffolk, England

John Cooper · Administrator

Walk the Coast

John Cooper · Administrator

Fish and fishing is synonymous with Aldeburgh

John Cooper · Administrator

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

John Cooper · Administrator

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

John Cooper · Administrator

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