This week Alan Titchmarsh’s launched his new series called, Walks of Fame (ITV1, Sundays), here in Southwold in Suffolk. Lesley Hornby, otherwise known as Twiggy was the person he was interviewing. As we know Southwold has a special place in Twiggy’s heart, as it was here that her modelling career was recently relaunched, after a chance encounter in a Southwold pub with the executive marketing director of Marks & Spencer. The Show cut from clips from the past when Twiggy first became a global fashion icon, to shots and cheery chats with Alan in different locations in Southwold, Walberswick and Dunwich.

Titchmarsh, who is very much like Michael Parkinson in his style of interviewing, will often go for a bit of gentle flirting and this made for a pleasant sunday evening tv programme. They climbed the Southwold lighthouse, strolled down the Southwold pier, they went for a paddle in the sea, held hands, giggled a lot. It seemed a bit more of a date, than an interview.

Yet another TV programme to show how sumptuous Southwold is and we’re sure that this will help to see record numbers of tourists coming to Southwold in Suffolk this for their holidays this summer.

Who will be the New Owner of Southwold Pier?

News broke yesterday that Southwold Pier has been put up for sale by its current owners.

Curent economic conditions have been blamed as the Southwold Piers bank had asked for a 40% down payment on the funds required to complete the construction of the new art deco style hotel complex which was recently given the thumbs up from planning officials. The rising costs of new hotel development meant that the current owners would need £2,000,000 plus to fund the project which they do not have at their disposal.

So who will be the new owner of the Southwold Pier? Love Southwold, the good people of Southwold and the many tourists who visit this popular attraction each year would love to know.

Look forward to some great music at the Music on the Green in Southwold in Suffolk

Music on the Green is a free evening of live music in an open-air setting. A very plesant way to pass a summer’s evening in the towjn of Southwold in the Suffolk Riviera. There will be a Pimms tent [oh so very Southwold!], barbeque and ice-cream stand and more!

Music on the Green Dates & Times

Sat 31 Jul 2010 18:30 to 22:00

Music on the Green Contact Info

Southwold Tourist Information | Tel: 01502 724729

The ever popular Southwold Summer Theatre opens its doors on the 8th of July for the 2010 Summer season!

This year’s avid This year at the Southwold Summer Theatre keen theatre lovers have a wide selection of performances to chose from. These include a Noel Coward classic, a a famous comedy and a Victorian suspense thriller.

Please call: 01502 722638 for performance information and bookings.

Comedy lovers will get the chance to have a laugh at a comedy festival which is taking place in Southwold in Suffolk this summer.

The famous Southwold Common will be transformed into a centre of entertainment when the second ever Southwold Comedy Festival take place in August.

The Southwold Comedy Festival took place the first time in the summer of 2009 and was such a hugh success that the Norwich based promoters and organisers are hoping this year’s comedy festival will be even better than last year.

The Southwold Comedy festival is being held from Friday August 27 until Sunday 29 and will see comedy club favourites such as; Rich Wilson, Sean Meo and John Mann performing as well as a host of other top comedians. The weekend long event is organised by the Red Card Comedy Club.

Jenny Jones Estate Agents has seen a welcomed benefit from their newly branded for sale signs

When Suffolk based estate agent Jennie Jones launched their rebranded image they were hoping it would set them apart from the crowd. But when the company who have offices in Southwold, designed their new “for sale” signs they didn’t think they would be having an unexpected effect on motorists driving past their client properties.

From a distance the yellow and black colours of the boards bear a remarkable resemblance to that of speed cameras, making drivers think they could be in for a fine and therfore applying their brakes to slow down.

The estate agent, which also has branches in Saxmundham and Aldeburgh was told about the confusion by Southwold bobby PC Chris Saddler who was keen to see the signs rolled out even further afield.

Sarah Mitchell, negotiator with Jennie Jones, said: “It wasn’t intentional in any way at all. I think some people think it may have been a cynical marketing ploy but it really wasn’t. We just thought the signs were more contemporary and sophisticated.

“PC Chris Saddler called into the office to say how delighted he was with their presence as it has had a serious impact on speeding on the approach roads to Southwold.”

Fears that ships were anchoring of Southwold would deter tourists have been laid to rest.

There were fears that the increased volume of ships anchoring of Southwold would deter tourists. This however was proved incorrect as lots of people actually came to Southwold just to view the ships, take photographs of the ships & paint paintings of the ships after this news report on BBC News…..

The Southwold Pier is getting a step closer to it’s brand new 30 bedroom, luxury hotel located at the shoreward end of the Southwold Pier in Suffolk. The Southwold Pier plans to hold a pitch to find an interior design consultancy sometime in 2011. The new hotel development was designed by Chelmsford based architect Barefoot & Gilles, with the new Southwold Pier hotel’s exterior being inspired by the Art Deco movement.

The hotel bedrooms will be designed to appeal to families, but using ’an imaginative and unusual’ style, according to the hotel’s co-owner Antonia Bournes. The interiors brief will include the design of public areas including the reception area and the hallways.

Visitors to Southwold in Suffolk could be staying in the new hotel by 2011.

The much talked about shoreline management plan [SMP] is close to a done deal say parliament officials. The SMP contains a set of proposals to help protect popular beaches within the Suffolk Riviera as well as shoring up defences around Lowestoft’s harbour.

After three months of public consultations the final veriosn of the SMP has been drawn up and looks likely to be approved by environment secretary Hilary Benn in the spring.

The SMP looks at the risks of sea erosion and flooding and considers where sea defences will need to be strengthened or where erosion should be allowed to continue organically over the next century.

In the Suffolk Riviera the SMP States:

So it looks like the Suffolk Riviera is going to continue to be one of the best UK Holiday destinations for at least the next century. We will let you know all the latest developements.

The Love Southwold team are pleased to have recently launched the Love Southwold website, which is part of the Suffolk Riviera group of websites which aim to positively promote the towns of Lowestoft, Southwold, Beccles, Bungay and Halesworth online via the major internet search engines such as Google, Yahoo & Bing.

Each town in north east suffolk, also known as the Suffolk Riviera, have their own dedicated tourism website which can be used by both potential visitors and towns folk alike to find places to stay, places to go and things to do in each of the respective towns.

SuffolkRiviera.co.uk as well as 8 individual tourism websistes for Lowestoft, Oulton Broad, Pakefield, Kessingland, Halesworth, Beccles, Bungay & Southwold have been launched by Norwich based Sharp Darts Digital Media who specialise in website design & online marketing.

These tourism focussed websites are designed to firstly attract high volumes of potential visitors to this wonderful part of the UK, then give these potential visitors all the information they will need to make a decision on whether to visit for a day, a short break of enjoy a family holiday in the Suffolk Riviera.

For businesses who wish to generate revenue from visitors to the area, the Suffolk Riviera group of websites present an excellent opportunity to engage and communicate with potential customers through a range of affordable & effective advertising opportunities.

Rory, the Marketing Director at Suffolk Riviera explains “Everybody involved with Suffolk Riviera and each of the individual tourism websites are passionate about promoting North East Suffolk as a “Great British” holiday destination”

He went on to say “We are aiming to work closely with the businesses within the Suffolk Riviera, finding out what they have to offer potential visitors and seeing how we can work together to market & generate increased revenue from each businesses unique selling points”.

Here’s to a Great 2010! From All The Love Southwold Team x