Sizewell
Built-up area in East Suffolk, Suffolk, England
| Coordinates: | 52.215, 1.618 |
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| OS grid ref: | TM 47 63 |
| Dialling code: | 01728 (Saxmundham) |
Sizewell is a small coastal hamlet on the North Sea coast in East Suffolk, Suffolk, England. Known for its shingle beach and low dunes, it sits within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is adjacent to the RSPB reserve at Minsmere, making it popular with birdwatchers, walkers and summer visitors to nearby Aldeburgh and Leiston.
Despite its modest size, Sizewell is nationally notable for its nuclear sites - Sizewell A (now shut and being decommissioned) and the operating pressurised water reactor Sizewell B - and the proposed Sizewell C project has brought both jobs and controversy over environmental impact and coastal defence. The local community balances tourism, conservation and industry, giving the area an unusual mix of tranquil nature, seaside leisure and heavy infrastructure.
Postcode districts covering Sizewell
Most populated places nearby
- Ipswich 22.1 miles35.6 km
- Lowestoft 18.6 miles29.9 km
- Felixstowe 21.2 miles34.2 km
- Harwich 24.8 miles40 km
- Beccles 16.5 miles26.5 km
- Woodbridge 15.5 miles25 km
- Kesgrave 19.3 miles31.1 km
- Diss 24.2 miles38.9 km
- Bradwell 25 miles40.2 km
Neighbouring places
- Leiston Built-up area 1.9 miles3 km
- Aldringham cum Thorpe Parish 2.1 miles3.3 km
- Thorpeness Built-up area 2.5 miles4 km
- Theberton Parish 2.6 miles4.1 km
- Coldfair Green Built-up area 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Knodishall Parish 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Aldeburgh Built-up area 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Middleton Built-up area 3.7 miles5.9 km
- Aldeburgh & Leiston Ward 3.8 miles6.1 km
- Westleton Built-up area 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Dunwich Parish 4 miles6.4 km
- Friston Parish 4 miles6.5 km
Example postcodes in Sizewell
Transport links
- Norwich International Airport 34.8 miles56 km
- London Southend Airport 59.4 miles95.6 km
- Saxmundham Railway Station 5.4 miles8.7 km
- Darsham Railway Station 5.7 miles9.1 km
Hotels near Sizewell Ad
- Wentworth Hotel 3 4.1 miles6.7 km
- The White Horse Hotel 1.9 miles3.1 km
- The Westleton Crown 3 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Thorpeness Golf Club and Hotel 2.4 miles3.9 km
- The Bell Hotel Saxmundham 4 5.3 miles8.6 km
- The Brudenell 4 4.7 miles7.6 km
- The Swan 4 8.1 miles13 km
- The Sail Loft 7.6 miles12.2 km
- Crown Hotel 3 8.1 miles13 km
- The White Lion Hotel 3 4.2 miles6.8 km
Local points of interest
- Minsmere Nature Reserve Nature reserve 1.5 miles2.3 km
- Aldeburgh's Beach Beach 3.9 miles6.2 km
- Cocksfield Hall Historic site 5.8 miles9.4 km
- Snape Maltings Theatre 6.3 miles10.1 km
- Southwold Harbour Harbour 7.5 miles12.1 km
- Sibton Abbey Historic site 7.7 miles12.4 km
- Sutton Hoo Archaeological site 14.4 miles23.2 km
- Newbourne Springs Nature reserve 17.6 miles28.4 km