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Southwold The Pier

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

Southwold The Pier

© steven ruffles / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© steven ruffles / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Southwold The Pier

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Southwold The Pier is an official bathing spot in Suffolk with a sandy shore. The water was rated Excellent when last classified. The county has eight designated bathing waters; this is one.

Southwold The Denes and Covehithe Beach are among the beaches & swimming spots within 4.5 km. For arrivals by rail, Brampton (Suffolk) Station is 12.1 km to the north-west.

More at the Environment Agency's water quality profile

More places to visit near Southwold The Pier

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

Suffolk Coast & Heaths

National Landscape near Framlingham

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

0.1 km N

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.

0.6 km SW · 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.

0.6 km SW

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.

0.8 km W

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.

2.4 km SW · Suffolk

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.

4.5 km N