Leiston - pictures, information, and links
 Out in the Suffolk countryside, just over one mile away from the beach at Sizewell, near Aldeburgh and Thorpeness, lies the small town of Leiston (or Leiston-cum-Sizewell, to be precise).
Leiston is not bad at all really. Some people complain about living here and having their bodily tissues infiltrated by billions of radioctive particles; however, being in close proximity to a nuclear power plant, a shut-down nuclear power plant, and potentially another nuclear power plant does not bother me; residents of this area do not glow in the dark -- contrary to popular opinion; and as of yet I have seen no mutated creatures, except for a three-legged dog -- the misfortune of which I believe is unassociated with toxic material.
The countryside in this particular part of Suffolk is very much alive, offering plenty of places to walk: past the nuclear power plants, heading up the coast, you can find the Sizewell Belts; on the opposite side of the power plants, heading down, you can find North Warren and Aldringham Walks along the Suffolk Sandlings.
Here are a few obligatory pictures of Leiston and the surrounding area (taken by myself and my good friend Christopher Leech). Those in the snow were snapped as I passed by the White Horse Hotel during the Winter of 2003.
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Links:
www.summerhillschool.co.uk
Controversial Leiston school, where taking lessons is non-compulsory.
www.longshop.care4free.net
The Leiston Long Shop Museum.
www.leistonfilmtheatre.co.uk
Suffolk's oldest cinema.
www.leistontradingpost.co.uk
Antique hunter's paradise.
www.procorda.com
Chamber music courses held at Leiston Abbey.
www.leistonabbey.co.uk
About Leiston Abbey - available for hire.
www.leistoncab.org.uk
Leiston Citizens Advice Bureau.
www.friendsofleistonairfield.co.uk
Information about the old Leiston Airfield.
www.munchyseeds.co.uk
Pumpkin seeds like you've never seen them before.
www.julesandsharpie.com
Hot pepper jelly (made from red peppers and chillies).
www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=213065
Pictures of Leiston and surrounding area.
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