Pleasure Beach is the most popular attraction, and the Scroby Sands Wind Farm Visitor Centre is also very popular, with some 35,000 visitors per annum.
110. There are also smaller clusters of businesses in other seaside towns including Southwold, Aldeburgh and Walton-on-the-Naze.
111. Figure 28.7 shows important tourism facilities within the coastal area8, which potentially could be affected by the proposed project. It shows the location of the main seaside destinations, as well as areas of landscape importance, namely; The Broads, two AONBs and the nature conservation site at Orford Ness. Dunwich Heath Coastal Centre is also illustrated as it is the only free attraction in the East of England Top 10 located in the area. None of the Top 10 paid attractions on this list are located in the study area. The important Anglo-Saxon site, Sutton Hoo is identified as well as a number of important recreational cruising routes which lie off the coast of the study area. The Pleasurewood Hills theme park is also shown along with Southwold Pier.
112. Offshore, the coastal area particularly south of Aldeburgh is home to a number of recreational boating and cruising routes, particularly off the Suffolk Heritage Coast (Figure 28.8). In addition, there are a number of sailing clubs, small harbours, marinas and moorings for leisure boating, particularly on the Rivers Deben, Ore and Alde, and in the southern part of the study area the Rivers Stour and Orwell, where there is considerable recreational and leisure boating activity.
28.7.2.9 Onshore Cable Route Tourism and Recreation Provision 113. Figure 28.9 highlights the level of tourism and recreation activity in the area surrounding the onshore cable route. Within 2.5km either side of the proposed onshore cable route there are a wide range of tourism and recreation receptors including cultural heritage sites, water activities, golf courses, cycle paths and walking routes.
114. The historic town of Woodbridge, which would lie within 2-3km of the onshore cable route also acts as a focus of tourism businesses, with a large number of restaurants, cafes, shops, pubs and bars serving visitors to the most important Anglo-Saxon site in the UK - the Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxon ship burial, and the related National Trust visitor centre located at the site. Recently remains of a royal palace associated with Sutton Hoo have been found at Rendlesham.
8 As defined by receptors which are frequently mentioned on tourism information sites and web searches
Preliminary Environmental Information May 2014
East Anglia THREE Offshore Windfarm
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