Suffolk Coast

Suffolk Coast

Author: Jon Gibbs

Publisher: Frances Lincoln

Published: 2011-06

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9780711230804

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The Suffolk coast has a varied landscape including old-fashioned seaside towns, unspoilt fishing villages and rolling farmland. Its 40 miles of Heritage Coast are almost all in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The increasingly fashionable resort of Aldeburgh combines fine restaurants and art galleries against a backdrop of a strong musical tradition, with Benjamin Britten's world-renowned Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts. Not far away is the RSPB nature reserve at Minsmere. Felixstowe retains much of its charm as a seaside destination, while Framlington, dominated by its remarkable Norman castle, was recently voted the number one place to live in the country by Country Life. Local photographer Jon Gibbs captures the magic of this remarkable stretch of coastline with his evocative images with accompanying text.


Bells Beneath the Sea

Bells Beneath the Sea

Author: Carl White

Publisher: Old Pond Publishing

Published: 2009-09

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 9781906853150

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If you put your ear to Dunwich cliff on a stormy day you can hear the bells ringing from all the churches that have fallen into the sea. This book captures the long history of the Suffolk coastline and its mystery. This is an area that repays close attention and for twenty-five years Carl White has studied the coast intimately for his photographs. This book is a distillation of that close attention. Many of the photographs have a strong documentary feel with pictures of modern and traditional land use and the juxtaposition of man and nature. The themes that lovers of Suffolk would expect to see are there: rivers and reeds; churches and towers; and, the sea and the sky. The place names evoke such strong memories: Aldeburgh, Iken, Southwold, Thorpeness, Walberswick. The black and white photographs have been taken on cameras with a range of formats. Carl White includes some technical details. He worked as a commercial photographer around the world until 1997 when he turned artist photographer. He has exhibited in Britain, the United States and France. He now divides his time between Cambridge and France.


Suffolk (Slow Travel)

Suffolk (Slow Travel)

Author: Laurence Mitchell

Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides

Published: 2014-03-01

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 1841625507

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Suffolk represents quintessential East Anglia, a region that has locally distinctive architectural styles, regional accents, scenery, culture and climate. The county, which is low-lying but by no means flat, has some of its best scenery along the coast: a soft, dreamy landscape of river estuaries, remote marshes, reed-beds, beaches, shingle banks, sand spits and dunes. Elsewhere in the county can be found undulating farmland, sandy heaths, shady river banks and extensive forests. The area also has much appeal to visitors for its manmade heritage: the distinctive rural architecture of the Stour Valley (with its Constable painting associations) on the Suffolk-Essex border, the ancient town of Bury St Edmunds, the great country houses with their estates, ancient thatched churches hidden away from view and unspoiled market towns. Suffolk is also well known for its Anglo-Saxon heritage - the royal ceremonial burial site at Sutton Hoo and the reconstructed Anglo-Saxon village at West Stow.


Suffolk Coast and Heath Walks

Suffolk Coast and Heath Walks

Author: Laurence Mitchell

Publisher: Cicerone Press

Published: 2017-02-28

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 1783624574

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The three long-distance walks described in this book - the Suffolk Coast Path, the Stour and Orwell Walk and the Sandlings Walk - link together to provide a comprehensive and varied circuit of the entire Suffolk Heritage Coast. The Suffolk Coast Path stretches along the coast between Lowestoft and Landguard Fort, close to Felixstowe in the south, a total distance of 60 miles (97km) depending on whether beach walking or inland options are followed. The Stour and Orwell Walk continues where the Suffolk Coast Path ends, starting at Landguard Point threading for 40 mile (64km) around the estuaries of the Stour and Orwell rivers to finish at Cattawade, close to the Essex border. The Sandlings Walk (59 miles/94.5km) explores the heathland region that lies immediately inland from the Suffolk coast. With the exception of the first stage, between Ipswich and Woodbridge, the route of the Sandlings Walk lies entirely within the confines of the Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB. With a unique landscape of cliffs, marshes, dunes and shingle beaches, and rare plants and birdlife galore, there is much to attract anyone seeking interesting day walks or longer multi-day itineraries.


The Time by the Sea

The Time by the Sea

Author: Ronald Blythe

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780571290949

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This book is about Ronald Blythe's life in Aldeburgh during the 1950s. He had originally come to the Suffolk coast as an aspiring young writer, but found himself drawn into Benjamin Britten's circle and began working for the Aldeburgh Festival. Although befriended by Imogen Holst and by E M Forster, part of him remained essentially solitary, alone in the landscape while surrounded by a stormy cultural sea. But this memoir gathers up many early experiences, sights and sounds: with Britten he explored ancient churches; with the botanist Denis Garrett he took delight in the marvellous shingle beaches and marshland plants; he worked alongside the celebrated photo-journalist Kurt Hutton. His muse was Christine Nash, wife of the artist John Nash. Published to coincide with the centenary of Britten's birth, this is a tale of music and painting, unforgettable words and fears. It describes the first steps of an East Anglian journey, an intimate appraisal of a vivid and memorable time.


India

India

Author:

Publisher: Phaidon Press

Published: 2015-10-26

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780714869964

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India explores the lives of everyday people in extraordinary settings through the lens of Steve McCurry, one of the most admired photographers working today. As featured on cnn.com. This new portfolio of emotive and beautiful photographs from India features 150 previously unpublished images taken across the Indian subcontinent, along with iconic photographs that are famous worldwide. Reproduced in a large format with captions, and an introductory essay, this book features a range of color pictures illustrating this most colorful of countries, capturing the lives of everyday people in extraordinary settings: from the Ganesh festival on Chowpatty beach in Mumbai to the Kolkata railway station before dawn to the flower markets of Kashmir and the streets of Old Delhi. Following Phaidon's 2013 bestseller Untold: The Stories Behind the Photographs, McCurry's India is a new selection of the photographer's beautiful and powerful images of India, a country he has photographed many times over the last thirty years. Other Phaidon titles by Steve McCurry, include Steve McCurry, The Iconic Photographs, Steve McCurry, Unguarded Moment and Steve McCurry: South Southeast.


The Borough

The Borough

Author: George Crabbe

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2018-09-20

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 3734026091

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Reproduction of the original: The Borough by George Crabbe


Coastal Britain: England and Wales

Coastal Britain: England and Wales

Author: Stuart Fisher

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2019-04-18

Total Pages: 838

ISBN-13: 1472958721

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When all her islands are taken into consideration, the British coastline spans almost 8,000 miles, which is longer than both Brazil's and Mexico's. From the clear blue waters of serene Cornish bays to the tempestuous seas around rugged Pembrokeshire headlands, this new book journeys around the varied shorelines of England and Wales to complete the most comprehensive survey ever taken. Stuart Fisher, bestselling author of the similarly comprehensive Canals of Britain, visits all the places of interest along the entire coastline of England and Wales: from remote countryside to modern cities, exploring history and heritage, striking architecture and dramatic engineering, wildlife, wonderful flora and fauna, art and literature. His journey takes him from industrial hubs to small villages and fishing communities, providing a keen insight into what makes each stretch of Britain's shoreline unique and special. Evocative and often dramatic colour photographs help capture the great variety of the coast, and maps, book covers, stamps and local artefacts help convey the character of each area. This comprehensive and absorbing survey is a treasure trove of interest and knowledge for walkers, cyclists, boaters, holidaymakers and indeed anyone with an interest in coastal Britain.