Local information on Lowestoft, Oulton
Broad and district and a focal point for small businesses and those connected with the
holiday and heritage industry of North-East
Suffolk.
This site aims to provide public information on
Lowestoft, which with Oulton Broad forms the major
town on the Suffolk coast, is the most easterly
point of Great Britain and the first town to greet
the sun each day.
Once a major fisheries industry centre it is now a
holiday resort with the benefit of the coast and
beaches, connection to the inland waterways of the
Norfolk Broads and surrounded by a rural
countryside.
It is the major town of Waveney District which
also includes the towns of Southwold, Halesworth,
Beccles and Bungay and is notable for:
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the 18th century porcelain factory, now long gone
but which produced the highly sought after Lowestoft Porcelain,
a major collection of which is at the Lowestoft
Museum
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the development of the harbour, port and town by
Sir Samuel Morton Peto in 19th century
- a major centre of the herring fishing industry
in 19th and early 20th centuries
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the birthplace of the composer Benjamin
Britten who was a contemporary of the artist Edward
Seago (both of whom attended Lowestoft Central School)
and of Pakefield born Michael Foreman, artist and
book illustrator
- a major naval centre during WW2 being the home
to five different naval bases including the headquarters
of the Royal Naval Patrol Service
- a centre for sailing with the Royal Norfolk
and Suffolk Yacht Club and the Waveney and Oulton
Broad Yacht Club
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the most easterly point of British Isles at Ness
Point
- Suffolk's first 'Fair Trade' town
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a variety of exhibitions and museums of local
maritime heritage and history
This map shows the location of Lowestoft and North
East Suffolk relative to the remainder of East
Anglia:
Towns and villages of the area
include: Beccles, Bungay, Halesworth,
Southwold, Kirkley, Pakefield, Carlton, Colville, Corton,
Blundeston, Camps Heath, Wrentham, Mutford, North Cove,
Barnby
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