[1] There were plans to build a third nuclear power station nearby, but by May 2013 there were significant doubts about whether an agreement would be reached with the government.

It is noted for its rare invertebrates and bird species, and as one of the main wetlands in East Anglia for wild flowers.

From the end of the war up to the summer of 1955 it housed a mixed, semi-progressive prep school attended, among others, by the theatre critic and biographer Sheridan Morley.

[7] In 2005, Henri Peteri commissioned a memorial to the men who made the journey across the North Sea by canoe, consisting of a pair of crossed kayak oars and a broken paddle that commemorates those who did not survive the trip.

[7][8] An inscription on the broken paddle reads: 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.

It contains some recent marine villa residences; has a coastguard station and a fishery; and ranks as a chapelry, annexed to Leiston.

[11]Sizewell retains a few basic services associated with tourism, including a refreshment kiosk and a public house, the Vulcan Arms.