Editing Aldeburgh (section)

==Landmarks==
[[File:cmglee_Aldeburgh_War_Memorial_and_Moot_Hall.jpg|thumb|Aldeburgh War Memorial and Moot Hall in July 2019]]

===Lifeboat station===
{{Main|Aldeburgh Lifeboat Station}}
The [[RNLI]] station in the town was operating two lifeboats in 2016.

===Moot Hall===
[[File:MootHallSundial.JPG|thumb|upright|The sundial of the Moot Hall.]]
[[Moot Hall, Aldeburgh|The Moot Hall]] is a Grade I listed timber-framed building, used for council meetings for more than 400 years. The Town Clerk's office remains there and it houses the local museum. It was built in about 1520 and altered in 1654. The brick and stone infilling of the ground floor is later. The hall was restored and the external staircase and gable ends were rebuilt in 1854–1855 under the direction of [[Richard Phipson|R. M. Phipson]], chief architect of the [[Diocese of Norwich]], in which Aldeburgh then stood. There are 64 other listed historic buildings and monuments in the town.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1269716 |desc=Moot Hall|access-date=30 July 2011}}</ref>

===Martello Tower===
[[File:Aldeburgh Martello Tower front.jpg|thumb|left|The Martello Tower viewed from across its bridge]]
A [[:File:DSC 1813-martello-tower.JPG|unique]] [[quatrefoil]] [[Martello Tower]] stands at the isthmus leading to the [[Orford Ness]] shingle spit. It is the largest and northernmost of 103 English defensive towers built in 1808–1812 to resist a threatened Napoleonic invasion.<ref>{{NHLE |desc=Martello Tower |num=1269724 |access-date=24 September 2020}}</ref> The [[Landmark Trust]] now runs it as holiday apartments.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/search-and-book/properties/martello-tower-9317 |title=The Landmark Trust &#124; Martello Tower |publisher=Bookings.landmarktrust.org.uk |access-date=7 August 2012}}</ref> From May 2015 to May 2016, an [[Antony Gormley]] statue was on display on the roof as part of his LAND art installation.

The Martello Tower is the only surviving building of the fishing village of Slaughden, which had been washed away by the [[North Sea]] by 1936. Near the Martello Tower at Slaughden Quay are barely visible remains of the [[fishing smack]] ''Ionia''. It had become stuck in the treacherous mud of the [[River Alde]] and was then used as a [[houseboat]]. It was burnt in 1974 after becoming unsafe.

===Fort Green Mill===
[[File:DSC 1846-weird-lighthouse.JPG|thumb|right|The converted Fort Green windmill]]
{{Main|Fort Green Mill, Aldeburgh}}
The four-storey [[windmill]] at the southern end of the town was built in 1824 and converted into a dwelling in 1902.

===WW2 tank trap===
A WW2 [[tank trap]] can be seen next to Slaughden Road.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tank Barrier Aldeburgh |url=https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/23964/Tank-Barrier-Aldeburgh.htm |work=tracesofwar.com |access-date=17 August 2020}}</ref>
[[File:Aldeburgh Beach Lookout.jpg|thumb|The Aldeburgh Beach Lookout, built c. 1830]]

===Aldeburgh Beach Lookout===
The [[Aldeburgh Beach Lookout]] is a historic landmark on the Aldeburgh seafront. [[Listed building|Grade II]] listed,<ref>{{NHLE|desc=The South Lookout|num=1269772|access-date=5 October 2021}}</ref> it was built in about 1830 as a lookout tower to assist or plunder shipping along the hazardous North Sea coast. The South African writer [[Laurens van der Post]] did his writing there for more than thirty years. Since 2010, the lookout has provided an artistic space for residents and tourists, with [[Antony Gormley]] sculptures on display between the lookout and the sea.

===Scallop===
[[File:The Scallop, Maggi Hambling, Aldeburgh.jpg|thumb|left|''Scallop'']]
On Aldeburgh's beach, a short distance north of the town centre, stands a sculpture called ''Scallop'', dedicated to [[Benjamin Britten]], who would walk along the beach in the afternoons. Created from stainless steel by the Suffolk-based artist [[Maggi Hambling]], it stands {{convert|15|ft|m|abbr=off}} high and was unveiled in November 2003.<ref name="eatd vandalism">{{Cite news |title=Aldeburgh: Scallop vandal fails to cover their tracks |url=http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/aldeburgh_scallop_vandal_fails_to_cover_their_tracks_1_1168800 |work=East Anglian Daily times |access-date=4 February 2013 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053758/http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/aldeburgh_scallop_vandal_fails_to_cover_their_tracks_1_1168800 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The piece is made up of two interlocking [[scallop]] shells, each broken, the upright shell being pierced by the words, "I hear those voices that will not be drowned," taken from Britten's opera ''[[Peter Grimes]]''. The sculpture is meant to be enjoyed both visually and in a tactile way: people are encouraged to sit on it and watch the sea.

The upright portion of the shell splits into three sections positioned at different angles. The positioning of these effects a visual transformation, depending on the vantage point from which the sculpture is viewed.

The sculpture is controversial in the local area,<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Aldeburgh Scallop: Have your say! |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk/content/articles/2004/11/08/scallop_aldeburgh_feature.shtml |publisher=BBC Suffolk |access-date=4 February 2013}}</ref> with some local residents considering it "spoils the beach".<ref name="eatd vandalism" /> It has been vandalised with graffiti and paint on thirteen occasions.<ref name="eatd vandalism"/> There have been petitions both for its removal and retention.<ref name="eatd vandalism"/>
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<gallery>
File:cmglee_Aldeburgh_Scallop_detail.jpg|Detail of ''Scallop'' viewed from the sea in July 2019
File:Scallop as a seabird - Aldeburgh - Maggie Hambling.jpg|Scallop, by Maggie Hambling, as viewed from the path leaving Aldeburgh in the direction of Thorpeness, from which vantage it takes the shape of a seabird
File:Scallop as men in boat - Aldeburgh - Maggie Hambling.jpg|Scallop, viewed from the path between Aldeburgh and Thorpeness, looking back towards Aldeburgh, from which vantage the sculpture takes the shape of two men in a boat, referencing a central incident from the opera ''Peter Grimes''
</gallery>