A pdf copy can be downloaded here.

Reydon Show – Saturday, 3rd August

Are you a baker, an artist, a photographer, a crafter, a sewer, a knitter, a gardener or a flower arranger? Then why not enter the Reydon Show?

The Show celebrates your talents big and small plus certificates and various trophies to be won. It takes place on Saturday, 3rd August. Entries have to be in on the Friday night or the Saturday morning and the exhibition opens at 2pm.

We also have a range of children’s categories open to kids under 12, so if your child is a keen baker, gardener or arts and crafter they can enter too – and kids’ enter free!

So, plan your preserves, ready your radishes and corral your carnations. Programme of categories available at Bridgefoot Stores, Reydon or can be e-mailed to you if you contact Charlotte at frogclock@hotmail.com.

Southwold Street Festival urgently needs some helpers on Saturday, 29th June 2024. It starts at about 12 noon and finishes at about 5pm.

Any hours you can give would be so much appreciated; this can be at any time during the day. Be part of an incredible team.

Car parking is on Southwold Common, York Road, Southwold.

Expect some delays with the traffic lights on Mights Bridge, Southwold due to a gas leak.

Can you help or would you know anyone who could?

Text or call Matthew on 07775 018844 or email: matthew.townshend@eastsuffolk.gov.uk.

Help image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

Talk by Nancy Stevenson, author of Beach Hut People

Monday, 15th July, 11am @ Southwold Library

Free event, no need to book.

Have you ever wondered about the people who choose to spend summer days in their beach huts in Frinton and Walton? Maybe you’ve taken pictures of the huts and chuckled at their cheeky names? Perhaps you’ve peeked inside their open doors? Possibly you’ve paused and said hello to the people who are drinking tea outside?  In her book Nancy Stevenson sets out on a journey to discover a little more about the people who inhabit these ‘sheds by the sea’ and the pleasures of a day at the hut.

‘A charming snapshot of a slice of the British seaside, the humble beach hut, their occupants, and a tiny corner of Essex serving here as a brilliant microcosm for a larger story about our island nation’s idiosyncrasies.’ Travis Elborough

‘Nancy Stevenson has stepped behind the familiar candy-coloured, bucket-and-spade world of the seaside beach hut to discover a much more profound relationship chalet-users have with the wide skies and careless pleasures of the seashore, and where the family hut is a precious repository of childhood memories, handed down from one generation to the next.’ Ken Worpole

Come and listen to Nancy talk about her research, her book and the experiences of fellow beach-hut-loving areas just like Southwold!

Nancy will be signing copies of her book, Beach Hut People.

Animal-themed crafts for kids

Every Tuesday of the summer holidays, 11am and 2pm @ Southwold Library

No booking required.

• 23rd July – Dogs! Wiggly eye dog suncatchers, dog bookmarks, French bulldog plate and more!
• 30th July – Llamas! Llama magnets, Rainbow llama weaving, llama scratch art and more!
• 6th August – Insects! Jumping grasshoppers, fuzzy spider decorations, insect bookmarks and more!
• 13th August – Birds! Bird wands, wooden swans, rocking bird and more!
• 20th August – Butterflies! Butterfly planes, butterfly bracelets, butterfly magnets and more!
• 27th August – Sloths! Sloth keyrings, sloth doorhangers, paper plate sloths and more!

Free crafts provided by the Friends of Southwold Library.

Sea-life crafts games and fun for all the family

Thursday, 25th July, 11am and 2pm @ Southwold Boating Lakes and Tearoom

Make a colour in fuzzy sea-life magnet, a flying-fish glider, a weaving shark and much more!

Free stories, games and fun.

Reading Quest: where will reading take you this summer?

Reading Quest is an exciting opportunity to get the whole family involved in reading and making memories this summer! The challenge is open to children of all ages and all reading abilities.

Every week during the summer holidays, our staff and volunteers will be on hand to chat to children about the activities completed each week and the exciting books they’ve read. While visiting the library, children can collect a weekly reward and a new stack of books to enjoy at home.

Visit your local library from 13th July to collect your free map and start your quest!

Realise Futures Walk-in Advice and Guidance

Every Thursday, 10am–12noon @ Southwold Library

Do you have a learning disability/autism? Do you need some support, advice or information?

Come along to one of our walk-in advice and guidance sessions. There is no need to book an appointment. Our advisors will talk to you about the support you need. We can provide advice, guidance and information on housing, employment, benefits, training, money, travel, safety, health, bills/letters and social.

Please contact: Anita Fiddy, Service Locality Co-ordinator (East) – tel: 07598 582955; e-mail: anita.fiddy@realisefutures.org.

Blyth Poets ‘The Isle is Full of Voices’

Friday, 5th July, 2.15–3.30pm

First Friday of every month.

Free event, no booking required.

A poetry group meeting at Southwold Library. All welcome to read or just listen. We invite contributions of original work or well-loved poems. Refreshment break in the Canteen.

Mah-Jong Group

Friday, 12th and 26th July, 2.15–4.15pm

Second and fourth Friday of the month.

£1 per person.

Can you play Mah-Jong? Do you want to learn? Come along and join the group at Southwold Library.

Scrabble Club

Thursday, 11th July, 2.15pm

Second Thursday of every month.

Free event, no booking required.

All equipment supplied. Refreshment break in the Canteen.

Crochet Club

Every Wednesday, 2.15–4pm

£2 each.

A friendly group for all abilities of crocheter. Barbara will be on hand to teach beginners, add to your crochet skills or troubleshoot problems. Or just bring along your latest project and crochet together. Bring your own equipment or Barbara can supply at a price. Refreshment break in the Canteen.

Lego Club!

Sundays, 12.15–1pm

Free event, no booking required.

Open to kids (and adults) of all ages. This summer, we’re building: Crazy Creatures. All donations of Lego welcome.

Adults: Would you like to help with Lego Club? Just ask staff.

Southwold Library Reading Group

Thursday, 25th July, 6.30pm @ Southwold Library

Free event, no booking required.

This month, we are reading: Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris. Pick up a book at Southwold Library – tel: 01502 722519; e-mail: southwold.library@suffolklibraries.co.uk.

Baby Bounce and Tot Rock

Every Sunday and Tuesday, 10.30–11am @ Southwold Library

Free event, no booking required.

Instruments, clapping, jogging and action rhymes. For babies and toddlers of all ages.

A pdf can be downloaded here.

A pdf can be downloaded here.

Dear all,

For your awareness, we are planning to carry out carriageway resurfacing along Barnaby Green and York Road, Southwold.

The works are programmed to take place between 9am and 3.30pm on Monday 24 June and Tuesday 25 June. During this time, the road will be closed to ensure the safety of highway users and our operatives.

For the duration of the closure, traffic will be diverted via A1095, Marketplace, Queen Street, Lorne Road, Godyll Road and vice versa.

As we plan roadworks in advance, we schedule extra days to allow for bad weather or other delays beyond our control. If we need to make major changes to our work dates, we will update the information signs on site and our social media channels accordingly.

A plan showing the diversion route for these works is available here. When we close the road and put a diversion in place, the route needs to be accessible to vehicles of all shapes and sizes. We make our diversions as clear as possible by placing appropriate signing along the route. The latest updates on our works can be found on the One.Network website.

There may be times that essential emergency works are required to take place on the highway network without advanced notice – you can follow Suffolk Highways on Twitter for the latest emergency roadwork updates.

Please use any contacts within your division or parish to circulate this notification.

If you have any queries on the above, please contact us on 0345 606 6171.

Suffolk Highways

www.suffolk.gov.uk/highways

The leaflet for The Open Studio Trail, which will be taking place on Saturday, 22nd and Sunday, 23rd June, from 11am to 5pm, is now available, giving fuller details of the artists involved.

A full-size pdf version can be downloaded here. Hard copies are also available from Bridgefoot Stores, Reydon Village Hall, Southwold Library and many other businesses in the area.

Southwold Arts Centre and Southwold Library Present: Southwold Community Cinema

• Wicked Little Letters (2023) 15 – Wednesday, 12th June, 3pm

When the residents of Littlehampton start receiving letters filled with obscenities and hilarious profanity, Rose, a rambunctious Irish immigrant, is accused of the crime.

Tickets £5, including refreshments.

Book a ticket at www.southwoldartscentre.co.uk or visit the box office – tel: 01502 722572;

Southwold Arts Centre, Cumberland Road, Southwold IP18 6JP.

Now Booking: Friends of Southwold Library present Slaughter in Southwold – Southwold Library Crime Writers’ Festival

Saturday, 15th and Sunday, 16th June @ Southwold Arts Centre, St Edmund’s Hall

Tickets £6 per talk, £20 per day or £40 for the weekend (Rev. Richard Coles event and lunches booked separately). Lunches with the authors.

• Authors’ talks by: Rev. Richard Coles, Jane Casey, Nicci French, Elly Griffiths, Tom Hindle, Cara Miller, Jacqueline Sutherland, A K Turner and Ruth Ware.
• Plus: Kate Ellis’ Death at the Dig Murder Mystery Night – Friday, 14th June, 7pm.
• Fun Crime Quiz Night – Sunday, 17th June, 7pm.
• Whodunnit puzzle sheet available from 1st May – £1. Solve the crime and you could win a £10 book token.
• Raffle for a luxury crime-related hamper (raffle tickets available from 1st May at Southwold Library).

Book at the Library – tel: 01502 722519; or online: www.suffolklibraries.co.uk/slaughter.

Realise Futures Walk-in Advice and Guidance

Every Thursday, 10am–12noon @ Southwold Library

Do you have a learning disability/autism? Do you need some support, advice or information?

Come along to one of our walk-in advice and guidance sessions. There is no need to book an appointment. Our advisors will talk to you about the support you need. We can provide advice, guidance and information on housing, employment, benefits, training, money, travel, safety, health, bills/letters and social.

Please contact: Anita Fiddy, Service Locality Co-ordinator (East) – tel: 07598 582955; e-mail: anita.fiddy@realisefutures.org.

Blyth Poets ‘The Isle is Full of Voices’

Friday, 7th June, 2.15–3.30pm

First Friday of every month.

Free event, no booking required.

A poetry group meeting at Southwold Library. All welcome to read or just listen. We invite contributions of original work or well-loved poems. Refreshment break in the Canteen.

Mah-Jong Group

Friday, 14th and 28th June, 2.15–4.15pm

Second and fourth Friday of the month.

£1 per person.

Can you play Mah-Jong? Do you want to learn? Come along and join the group at Southwold Library.

Scrabble Club

Thursday, 13th June, 2.15pm

Second Thursday of every month.

Free event, no booking required.

All equipment supplied. Refreshment break in the Canteen.

Crochet Club

Every Wednesday, 2.15–4pm

£2 each.

A friendly group for all abilities of crocheter. Barbara will be on hand to teach beginners, add to your crochet skills or troubleshoot problems. Or just bring along your latest project and crochet together. Bring your own equipment or Barbara can supply at a price. Refreshment break in the Canteen.

Lego Club!

Sundays, 12.15–1pm

Free event, no booking required.

Open to kids (and adults) of all ages. This spring, we’re building: Wonderful Wildlife. All donations of Lego welcome.

Adults: Would you like to help with Lego Club? Just ask staff.

Southwold Library Reading Group

Thursday, 27th June, 6.30pm @ Southwold Library

Free event, no booking required.

This month, we are reading: The Murder Game by Tom Hindle. Pick up a book at Southwold Library – tel: 01502 722519; e-mail: southwold.library@suffolklibraries.co.uk

Baby Bounce and Tot Rock

Every Sunday and Tuesday, 10.30–11am @ Southwold Library

Free event, no booking required.

Instruments, clapping, jogging and action rhymes. For babies and toddlers of all ages.