Southwold
Southwold is a Town in the county of Suffolk.
There are great places to visit near Southwold including some great fens, nature reserves, historic buildings, villages and historic monuments.
The area close to Southwold boasts some of the best fens including Lopham Fen.
The area around Southwold's best nature reserves can be found at Lopham Fen.
Historic Buildings to visit near Southwold include Ickworth.
There are a several good villages in the area around Southwold like Elveden.
Places near Southwold feature a number of interesting historic monuments including Elveden Monument.
Southwold History
There are some historic monuments around Southwold:
Places to see near Southwold
History of Southwold
On the green just above the beach, descriptively named Gun Hill, the six 18-pounder cannon commemorate the Battle of Sole Bay, fought in 1672 between English and French fleets on one side and the Dutch (under Michiel de Ruyter) on the other. The battle was bloody but indecisive and many bodies were washed ashore. Southwold Museum has a collection of mementos of the event. It has occasionally been said that these cannon were captured from the Scots at Culloden and given to the town by the Duke of Cumberland, who had landed at Southwold in October 1745 having been recalled from Europe to deal with the Jacobite threat, but they are much larger than those used by Charles Edward Stuart’s army in that campaign. During World War I, it was widely thought that these cannon were one reason why this part of the coast was bombarded by the German Fleet as a “fortified coast”. In World War II the cannon were prudently removed, reputedly buried for safety, and returned to their former position after hostilities.
