text: In 1885 Aldeburgh became a municipal borough in the administrative county of East Suffolk, the district contained the parish of Aldeburgh. On 1 April 1934 part of Hazlewood parish was added Aldeburgh parish and district from Plomesgate Rural District when Hazlewood was abolished. On 1 April 1974 the district was abolished and became part of Suffolk Coastal in the non-metropolitan county of Suffolk. A successor parish was formed covering the same area as the former district and its parish. In 2019 Aldeburgh became part of East Suffolk district.
  Transport
  Aldeburgh is linked to the A12 by the A1094 road, at Friday Street in Benhall. The B1122 leads to Leiston.
  There are direct bus services from the town to Saxmundham, Beccles, Halesworth, Woodbridge and Ipswich. Buses in the area are operated by First Eastern Counties and Borderbus.
  Aldeburgh railway station opened in 1860 as the terminus of the Aldeburgh Branch Line from Saxmundham, but was closed in 1966 under the Beeching Axe. Nowadays, the nearest railway station is  on the East Suffolk Line, approximately  away. Saxmundham station is served by hourly weekday services to , for connections towards London Liverpool Street, and to  for connections to .
  Landmarks
  Lifeboat station
  The RNLI station in the town was operating two lifeboats in 2016.