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Walberswick 21:52 - Sep 12 with 3105 viewsDJR

is probably my favourite place in Suffolk, and I have come across this fascinating programme on the I-player which considers its history.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000c78p/villages-by-the-sea-series-1-walb

From the same series, there are also programmes on Orford and Thorpeness which I have yet to watch.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001c2lk/villages-by-the-sea-series-3-orfo

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0010cg7/villages-by-the-sea-series-2-2-th


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Walberswick on 22:00 - Sep 12 with 3020 viewssuffolkpoker

I love walberswick. Low tide on a summers day one of the best places to be.
I don’t get the love for Sothwold in comparison.

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Walberswick on 23:40 - Sep 12 with 2815 viewsSuffolkSpezial

Walberswick on 22:00 - Sep 12 by suffolkpoker

I love walberswick. Low tide on a summers day one of the best places to be.
I don’t get the love for Sothwold in comparison.


I'd suggest the harbour end of Southwold beach. Rarely busy, plenty of dunes. Still in walking distance of the harbour or gun hill kiosk, or just roll over the dunes for a pint in the sail loft
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Walberswick on 00:13 - Sep 13 with 2756 viewsBugs

The amount that beach car park must make for the village in a year must be bonkers.
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Walberswick on 02:37 - Sep 13 with 2679 viewsRyorry

Walberswick on 22:00 - Sep 12 by suffolkpoker

I love walberswick. Low tide on a summers day one of the best places to be.
I don’t get the love for Sothwold in comparison.


Loved Dunwich & Bawdsey when I lived in Suffolk, my favs, but Walberswick too.
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Walberswick on 05:48 - Sep 13 with 2613 viewsLegendofthePhoenix

Is the Bailey bridge (footbridge) still closed between Southwold and Walberswick? I grew up in Southwold and as a youngster I often went on runs across the Bailey bridge into Walberswick. Absolutely beautiful, delightful part of the country, wonderful views and feeling of huge open space, fresh air, and of course great beer if you can stop there. I miss it, and visit whenever I can.

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Walberswick on 06:13 - Sep 13 with 2573 viewsElephantintheRoom

I don’t suppose they mention the influx of yuppies and transformation into a holiday home hellhole?

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Walberswick on 06:36 - Sep 13 with 2532 viewsWarkystache

Mine's Aldeburgh, although it can be difficult to park there in the summer.

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Walberswick on 06:55 - Sep 13 with 2487 viewsChalonerC

The delights of the Suffolk coast have welcomed me back for 50 years. Who remembers the Southwold Dutch Barn cream teas?

Walberswick was our fave beach since the 1950's and the North sea was surprisingly warm. I head back up end September to cast my dear bro's ashes and enjoy a pint in the pub.

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Walberswick on 07:35 - Sep 13 with 2413 viewsSwansea_Blue

Walberswick on 22:00 - Sep 12 by suffolkpoker

I love walberswick. Low tide on a summers day one of the best places to be.
I don’t get the love for Sothwold in comparison.


I like the contrast of the two. A favourite day is parking up in Walberswick and walking across the heath to Southwold for a bite to eat and then back again along the beach.

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Walberswick on 08:16 - Sep 13 with 2290 viewstextbackup

Walberswick on 06:36 - Sep 13 by Warkystache

Mine's Aldeburgh, although it can be difficult to park there in the summer.


I park slightly out of the town and take a walk down the town steps. Lovely place

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Walberswick on 09:09 - Sep 13 with 2171 viewsvictorywilhappen

This is a good book about the First World War period in and around the village.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/18/mr-mac-and-me-esther-freud-review-

The Anchor is my favourite of the two pubs in the village.

George Orwell saw a ghost in the church grounds there. But he was still Eric when he saw it.
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/21322550.weird-suffolk-animal-farm-authors-experienc
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Walberswick on 09:17 - Sep 13 with 2119 viewsMookamoo

Now is the best time to go there in the evenings. Kids are back at school so its quite empty
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Walberswick on 09:32 - Sep 13 with 2055 viewsDJR

Walberswick on 09:09 - Sep 13 by victorywilhappen

This is a good book about the First World War period in and around the village.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/18/mr-mac-and-me-esther-freud-review-

The Anchor is my favourite of the two pubs in the village.

George Orwell saw a ghost in the church grounds there. But he was still Eric when he saw it.
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/21322550.weird-suffolk-animal-farm-authors-experienc


I know Orwell is better known for 1984 and Animal Farm but I love his earlier books too, including A Clergyman's Daughter referred to in the article.
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Walberswick on 09:36 - Sep 13 with 2029 viewsthorpedo

I love Walberswick. The video for The First Picture Of You by The Lotus Eaters (an 80's banger if you don't know it) was recorded there, and I always look at the hut and the dunes in the video. Lovely place.


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Walberswick on 09:36 - Sep 13 with 2026 viewsDJR

Walberswick on 07:35 - Sep 13 by Swansea_Blue

I like the contrast of the two. A favourite day is parking up in Walberswick and walking across the heath to Southwold for a bite to eat and then back again along the beach.


A round trip starting at either place and taking in the ferry and the footbridge brings back very happy memories of my parents.
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Walberswick on 10:19 - Sep 13 with 1923 viewsRadioOrwell

Walberswick on 22:00 - Sep 12 by suffolkpoker

I love walberswick. Low tide on a summers day one of the best places to be.
I don’t get the love for Sothwold in comparison.


That fish and chip hut / shack on the river is amazing.
No better place on a warm day.
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Walberswick on 10:28 - Sep 13 with 1821 viewsGuthrum

Walberswick on 22:00 - Sep 12 by suffolkpoker

I love walberswick. Low tide on a summers day one of the best places to be.
I don’t get the love for Sothwold in comparison.


Holidayed in Southwold every year as a child (as my parents and grandparents had), so loved the place. But part of its delight was the walks up and down the coast, the ferry across the harbour and via Walberswick to Dunwich, or get the bus to Kessingland then back along the beach.

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Walberswick on 10:36 - Sep 13 with 1790 viewsJohnTy

The Mackintosh connection:

https://walberswick-pc.gov.uk/home/the-village/charles-rennie-mackintosh/
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Walberswick on 11:14 - Sep 13 with 1712 viewssolemio

We bought two prints from an artist based in one of the blackish huts by the river.
He told us he once sold a painting to Sir Garfield Sobers and took it out to Barbados.

He was scheduled to meet the great man in a restaurant. The staff there were really unfriendly and quite unpleasant. In answer to a question he told them that he was there to meet Sobers. From that moment on staff were ultra-friendly and plied him with free food and drink.
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Walberswick on 11:35 - Sep 13 with 1658 viewsArnoldMoorhen

Walberswick on 06:13 - Sep 13 by ElephantintheRoom

I don’t suppose they mention the influx of yuppies and transformation into a holiday home hellhole?


You are the virtual embodiment of a holiday homing yuppie on this forum.
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