Editing Beccles (section)

==Leisure==
The annual Beccles Carnival and Family Fun weekend is held during the third weekend in August, which includes the popular Duck Race on the River Waveney.

The town's local newspaper is the weekly ''[[Archant|Beccles & Bungay Journal]]'', formed in 1933.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Digital and Print Advertising - Beccles and Bungay Journal|url=https://www.archanthub.co.uk/beccles-and-bungay-journal|access-date=2020-06-04|website=www.archanthub.co.uk|language=en}}</ref>

Two [[Scout Association]] groups, 2nd Beccles and 5th Beccles, operate in the town,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scouts.org.uk/get-involved/map-page/|title=Scouts – Map page|website=Scouts|language=en|access-date=23 December 2018}}</ref> as do [[Girlguiding]] groups. Beccles Sea Cadets and Beccles Royal Marines Cadets run Training Ship Brave<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sea-cadets.org/beccles/home.aspx |title=Home – Beccles |publisher=Sea-cadets.org |access-date=30 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sea-cadets.org/beccles/rmc-who-we-are.aspx |title=Who We Are – Beccles |publisher=Sea-cadets.org |access-date=30 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609000137/http://www.sea-cadets.org/beccles/rmc-who-we-are.aspx |archive-date=9 June 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the town is also home to 759 (Beccles) Air Cadets.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060825033133/http://www.becclesaircadets.co.uk/ Beccles Air Cadets]</ref>

Beccles Cricket Club, founded in 1955, play on Beef Meadow on Beccles Common.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Beccles CC Roll of Honour |url=https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files.pitchero.com%252Fclubs%252F15728%252Frollofhonour_158534.doc&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=view.officeapps.live.com}}</ref> They run two senior men's teams - the 1st team play in Division Two of the [[Norfolk Cricket Alliance]] and the 2nd team play in Division Six. They also run a women's softball team and junior teams from the under-11 age group through to under-15.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Beccles Town CC |url=https://beccles.play-cricket.com/Teams |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=beccles.play-cricket.com}}</ref>

Beccles' main football club is [[Beccles Town F.C.|Beccles Town]], established in 1919. As of the 2023–24 season, they are members of the [[Anglian Combination]] Premier Division. Beccles also has a football team called [[Beccles Caxton F.C.|Beccles Caxton]], with "Caxton" being a name commonly found in Beccles, including the Caxton Club social club, the Caxton Arms pub and Caxton Road.

[[Ellough Park]] Raceway is south-east of Beccles on the site of the old [[Ellough]] airfield. It is a local centre for kart racing.<ref>[http://www.elloughparkraceway.co.uk/index.htm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015013625/http://www.elloughparkraceway.co.uk/index.htm|date=15 October 2013}}</ref>