Sizewell
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Coordinates: 52°12′50″N 1°37′05″E / 52.214°N 1.618°E
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 Sizewell
Sizewell shown within Suffolk |
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| Shire county | Suffolk |
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| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
| List of places: UK • England • Suffolk | |
Sizewell is a small fishing village with a few holiday homes in the county of Suffolk, England. It is located on the East Anglian coast just north of the larger holiday villages of Thorpeness and Aldeburgh, and two miles from the town of Leiston. It is within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB.
The village was part of the Ogilvie estate, which extended as far south as Aldeburgh. Sizewell Hall, now used as a Christian conference centre, is still owned by the Ogilvie family.
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[edit] Nuclear power stations
The village itself is overshadowed by two separate nuclear power stations, the Magnox Sizewell A and Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) Sizewell B, which are readily visible from the nearby holiday beaches.
[edit] Wartime history
There is a monument on the beach showing a pair of crossed kayak oars, a broken paddle and a kayak. On the memorial is written "In memory of the thirty-two young Dutchmen who tried to escape to England by kayak during World War II to join the Allied Forces, eight of them reached the English coast, only three survived the war. The last living survivor dedicates this memorial to his brothers in arms who were less fortunate. He reached England - and freedom - on this beach on 21 September 1941". These men were known as Engelandvaarders.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ http://northsea.moonfruit.com/#/history/4550465410. Retrieved 09 May 2011
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