Southwold Harbour

Facilities: Visiting yachtsmen are more than welcome here and many come year after year to this unspolit and idylic setting.  Moorings are available at the town quay by the local pub, The Harbour Inn, and you will receive a warm welcome at the Southwold Sailing Club (open every evening during the season). This is a great stopping point for overnight or longer (some stay forever). Water and Electric by arrangement with the Harbour Master. Shower and toilet facilities available on production on mooring receipt at the caravan site near the Harbour Entrance. See below the sketch map for information regarding the entrance to the river. Please contact the Harbour Master on 01502 724712 or on channel 12 if you are planning to arrive by sea.

East Coast Rivers

BBC Weather Southwold

Southwold tide tables 

Southwold Harbour Entry Plan: 

What Southwold Harbour has to offer:  Any visit to Southwold should include a trip to the Harbour.  Here at Harbour Marine Services we have a well stocked chandlery with a selection of clothes from Musto, Joules, Deal to name a few, as well as some unsual gifts - there is something here for everyone. Also at the harbour there is Coastal Vogager  who offer sea and river boat trips including their famous Sea Blast (a fast and furious blast around the bay).  At the end of the harbour there is the Alfred Corry Museum and Vicky's tea kiosk. There are several fresh fish shops that sell their catch directly from their boats including The Sole Bay Fish Company where, as well as a wet fish counter, they have a restuarant that serves seafood platters and also Mrs T's - a lovely fish and chip shop.

Walking away from the Harbour Entrance in a Westerly direction, takes you along Blackshore and the quay. You will find a remarkable mile of contrast along the banks of the River Blyth: the tranquillity of a sunrise or sunset, the activity of the local fishermen landing their catch, the rowing boat ferrying people to Walberswick, and busy activity of the visitors quay and The Harbour Inn.

On the other side of the River Blyth lays the village of Walberswick. For a few pence you can be rowed across the Blyth weekends from the beginning of April to End of May then daily up to the end of September. Alternatively you can walk down one side of the river and across the Bailey Bridge which you will find following the tow path from the Harbour Inn.