Beccles is a market town and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. The town on the A145 and A12 roads, situated 16 miles south-east of Norwich and 33 miles north-northeast of Ipswich. Nearby towns include Lowestoft to the east and Great Yarmouth to the north-east. The town lies on the River Waveney on the edge of The Broads National Park. It had a population at the 2011 census of 10,123.