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Southwold The Denes

Photo of Southwold The Denes, a swimming spot in Suffolk, eastern England.

Southwold The Denes

© Mat Fascione / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© Mat Fascione / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Southwold The Denes

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Southwold The Denes is a designated bathing water in Suffolk. The water was rated Excellent when last classified. It is one of eight designated bathing waters in the county. It lies within the Suffolk Coast & Heaths National Landscape.

The closest station is Darsham, 11.7 km to the south-west. Other beaches & swimming spots nearby include Southwold The Pier and Covehithe Beach.

More at the Environment Agency's water quality profile

More places to visit near Southwold The Denes

Photo of Suffolk Coast & Heaths, a National Landscape in eastern England.Highlight

Suffolk Coast & Heaths

You’re inside itNational Landscape near Framlingham

Shingle beaches, reedy estuaries and gorse heaths along a soft, low-lying coast made for gentle walking

Photo of Southwold, a village in Suffolk, eastern England.Highlight

Southwold

Village

A genteel seaside town of colour-washed cottages and beach huts round a lighthouse and greens, with a Victorian pier and the Adnams brewery.

0.9 km N · Suffolk

Photo of Southwold Lighthouse, a lighthouse in Suffolk, eastern England.Highlight

Southwold Lighthouse

Lighthouse near Southwold

A brilliant-white tower rising among the houses of the Suffolk seaside town, an unlikely landmark set back from the beach in the middle of Southwold.

0.9 km N

Photo of Walberswick, a village in Suffolk, eastern England.Highlight

Walberswick

Village

A creek-side village of greens and cottages across the Blyth from Southwold, famous for its ferry and its crab-catching tradition.

1.1 km SW · Suffolk

Photo of Southwold Pier, a landmark in Suffolk, eastern England.Iconic

Southwold Pier

Landmark near Southwold

A restored Victorian pier at Southwold with an eccentric water clock and hand-built penny-arcade machines over the North Sea.

1.3 km N

Photo of Covehithe Beach, a beach in Suffolk, eastern England.Highlight

Covehithe Beach

Beach near Covehithe

A wild, fast-eroding beach of golden cliffs backed by the Benacre Broad lagoon, reached on foot past a ruined church.

5.8 km N