Felixstowe tends to live in the shadows of more feted Suffolk seaside destinations. But perhaps its appeal is spreading as it was recently included in The Sunday Times’ Best Places to Live Guide. And while it may lack a little of the allure and gentility of Aldeburgh, Thorpeness and Southwold it is more accessible, with a train link to Ipswich, plus the A14 which snakes into the Midlands.
It’s also a town of two halves with the port dominating the landscape to the west. It’s the United Kingdom’s largest container port and one of the busiest in Europe so any visitor to the town’s seafront should be able to