Halesworth is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in north-eastern Suffolk, England.

Nearby villages include Cratfield, Wissett, Chediston, Walpole, Blyford, Linstead Parva, Wenhaston, Thorington, Spexhall, Bramfield, Huntingfield, Cookley and Holton.

Ebenezer Tye (died 25 November 1862, aged 24) was a policeman who was trying to stop a burglary in Chediston Street.

[5] The archives of the Diocese of Norwich record the murder of a chantry priest in Halesworth in medieval times.

[6][7] A short distance to the north-east of the town itself, in Holton, lies the Second World War airfield of RAF Halesworth.

The airfield was constructed in 1942–1943, and initially the 56th Fighter Group of the United States 8th Army Air Force were stationed there.

From July they switched to strategic offensive bombing until November, when they ceased operations to return to America.

Between January and June 1945, the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron operated from the base, flying "war-weary" P47 and B17 aircraft.

Their mission was to carry dinghies and smoke markers to aid downed crews found at sea.

[9] Excavations outside the White Hart pub in 1991 discovered part of a causeway – probably dating from the late Saxon period.

[citation needed] The rivers in this area are home to grey herons, common kingfishers and Eurasian otters.

Other dates of importance to rail travel are 1854, when the railway arrived in Halesworth, 1859, when the station moved to its present position as the line was extended to Lowestoft, 1888, when a moveable platform was installed.

[citation needed] In 1958, Norwich Road railway bridge opened as an alternative to that level crossing.

However, Pevsner in The Buildings of England mentions them as being part of an Anglo-Saxon frieze, with a suggested date of the later 9th century.

The town is served by the local newspapers, Beccles and Bungay Journal and Eastern Daily Press.