Notice of Elections

You can find the links below for the NOTICE OF ELECTION for East Suffolk Council. Simply click the links to download the documents for the Election of District Councillors to Southwold District Ward and [...]

New Bird Viewing Platform

New Bird Viewing Platform, Southwold Marshes & Common. Southwold Town Council and the Southwold Common Trust Charity have recently completed a project funded through the Coast & Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Sustainable Development [...]

East Suffolk in bloom planting campaign

Colourful crops of daffodils are set to bloom across East Suffolk with the launch of a new perennial planting initiative. Voluntary and community groups are being encouraged to join the campaign by applying for bundles [...]

New grant scheme launched to reinvigorate high streets

A new three-year grant programme has been launched to help support East Suffolk’s high streets through town centre improvements, arts and cultural activities and improvements to shopfronts. The East Suffolk High Street Improvement Programme [...]

Approval granted from UK Shared Prosperity Fund

East Suffolk Council has been allocated £2.75m from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) to invest across two and a half years in initiatives that will address inequality and contribute to levelling up. The [...]

Voter ID

The UK Government has introduced a requirement for voters to show photo ID when voting at a polling station at some elections. This new requirement will apply for the first time in England at [...]

Videos from 2022

As we enter a new year, Southwold Town Council have a couple of memories captured on film for those who missed, or wish to re-live these events from last year. The videos are: Queens [...]

Your opportunity to shape Southwold’s coast

Southwold residents are invited to help co-create the future of their coast through the new innovative Resilient Coasts project. Coastal Partnership East, the coastal management team for East Suffolk Council, will be holding the [...]

Southwold Footpath and Town Trail

Southwold Town Council have successfully completed the Town Trail project, as part of a grant from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) in association with the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) [...]

Proclamation of King Charles III

On Saturday 10 September, the first Proclamation of the King took place at St James Palace, London and on Sunday 11th September 2022, there was a local Proclamation in Southwold where many attended the [...]

Message of Deepest Sympathy

On behalf of the Town of Southwold, my fellow Councillors and Officers of Southwold Town Council, I wish to express my deepest sympathy at the news of the death of Her Majesty The Queen. Southwold [...]