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Main Road, Martlesham closes towards the A12 from 19 October to 26 February while new crossings and a shared cycle path are built. The diversion runs via the B1438.
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Events
What's On in Woodbridge: Comedy Weekend, Then Torchlit Tales
Jack Dee opens the Aldeburgh Comedy Weekend on 16 October and Sutton Hoo's torchlit tales start on the 23rd. 40 dated listings from Woodbridge to Snape.
East Suffolk Council
East Suffolk Bin Rebate Fails 24-24 on a Casting Vote
The 39p council tax rebate over the bin rollout fell on the chair's casting vote. Some collection days change from 5 October, and affected homes get a letter.
East Suffolk Council
East Suffolk Council Stays: 2028 Abolition Plan Withdrawn
East Suffolk Council will not be abolished in 2028 after ministers withdrew Suffolk's three-council plan. Your May 2027 vote is on today's council and wards.
Planning
East Suffolk Planning: 3 Committees Become 1 of 13 on 31 Oct
Councillors voted to scrap Planning North, South and Strategic and run one 13-member committee from 31 October. What changes if you object.
Woodbridge
Sutton Hoo in Winter: House Shut on Weekdays From 16 Nov
From 16 November Sutton Hoo's house, café and shop open at weekends only; weekdays are walks and the tower. Closed 24 and 25 December, open daily 26 to 31 Dec.
Woodbridge
Woodbridge Remembrance Sunday: Parade Confirmed 8 Nov
Confirmed: Woodbridge's parade leaves Theatre Street at 10.50am on Sunday 8 November, with services on Friday 6 and Saturday 7. Road closures and parking.
East Suffolk Council
East Suffolk Bin Rebate Works Out at 40p a Household
Councillors vote on 23 September on a council tax rebate over the Better Recycling rollout. On the council's own figures it is worth about 40p a household.
House prices
East Suffolk House Prices Down £2,883: Only Fall in Suffolk
East Suffolk homes lost £2,883 in a year, to £276,301: the only fall of Suffolk's five districts. Flats are down 4.1% and sales are at a 2020 low.
RSPB Minsmere
RSPB Minsmere: Island Mere Ramp Approved With Passing Places
East Suffolk approved the rebuild of Minsmere's Island Mere hide ramp on 10 September, with wheelchair passing places and a second pond-dipping platform.
Sizewell C
Sizewell C First Freight Train: 1,000 Tonnes, 50 Lorries
The first freight train reached Sizewell C on 8 September with 1,000 tonnes, cutting about 50 lorry trips. None run this week, and trains stop at Saxmundham.
Leiston
Leiston Level Crossing Reopens Monday After Eight Weeks
Leiston's B1122 level crossing reopens on Monday 21 September after eight weeks shut. The footpath closes 10am to 2pm on Friday, with a minibus shuttle.
Woodbridge
The Iris Protocol: Bentwaters Film at The Riverside, 22 Oct
Shot for around £4,000 over five days in the Bentwaters bomb stores, The Iris Protocol screens at The Riverside in Woodbridge on 22 October, with a Q&A after.
The Suffolk Coast is a strip rather than a town, and that is how this site is written. Woodbridge and Melton on the Deben, Wickham Market and Framlingham inland, Saxmundham and Leiston in the middle, and Aldeburgh on the shingle. The places along it are small, they are separated by a lot of farmland, and they rarely get reported as one place even though they share a council and most of the same problems.
That council is East Suffolk, formed in 2019 and run from Melton rather than from any of its towns. It decides planning, licensing, parking and bins from here up to Southwold and Lowestoft and down to Felixstowe. We read what it publishes and write down what it says for this stretch of coast, linking to the document each time.
Every fact is linked to the document behind it.