Walberswick - Holiday Cottage near Walberswick Suffolk
About Walberswick
The name Walberswick is believed to derive from the Saxon Waldbert or Walhbert - probably a landowner - and “wyc”, meaning shelter or harbour.
Once a thriving port trading in cheese, bacon, corn, timber and fish from the 13th Century right up to World War 1, the village is now a bustling tourist attraction in the summer months and almost half the properties are holiday homes.
Village of Walberswick
Within Walberswick there are tea rooms, restaurants, two public houses, an art gallery, original crafts and gift shops. Fresh fish can be bought from Uncle Fred in Church Lane and from the harbour huts on the Southwold side of the River Blyth, which itself may be crossed either by a bailey bridge or the foot ferry that runs during the summer months.
The area around Walberswick
Over a thousand acres of heath and marshland around Walberswick are protected as an Area of Outstanding National Beauty (AONB). The seaside town of Southwold is within strolling distance along one of the many beautiful walks in and around Walberswick.
Events in and near Walberswick
Event
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Tour of Southwold Lighthouse
01st April 2012
01st May 2012
01st June 2012
01st July 2012
01st August 2012
01st September 2012
See Southwold from a different point of view. Tour duration is approximately 20 minutes. Schools and groups by prior arrangement. Opening subject to weather and operational requirements.
Around twenty layouts in various scales & gauges. Full Trade Support, Modelling Demonstrations (inc DEMU, Roy Hickman) Hornby Magazine. Gauge 1 Live Steam and Passenger Carrying Live Steam Miniature Train and Traction Engine Rides, in the grounds
A big event with lots happening in the main ring as well as other displays taking place plus stalls, Crafts, refreshments etc. Classic cars, motorbikes and military vehicles etc all on show. Flying displays.
