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Welcome to Lowestoft - officially the most Easterly Town in Britain. At the centre of Lowestoft visitors can discover the once flourishing fishing port, two yacht marinas, fish market, docks and traditional smokehouses together with a Heritage Vessel Mooring, which has a changing programme of visiting craft throughout the year. 
Lowestoft is renowned for the quality
and cleanliness of its beaches and it
currently holds two ENCAMS Blue Flag
Awards for the beaches North and
South of Claremont Pier. These
beaches are considered to be some of
the very best in Northern Europe.
An exciting development to the seafront at Lowestoft is the ‘Royal Plain Fountains’. The fountains consist of 74 individual interactive water jets with variable lighting, which forms a striking centrepiece to the recently enhanced Royal Plain area. The fountains provide interactive play for children of all ages and forms an illuminated spectacle during the evening hours. Another new addition to Lowestoft is the town’s first Wind Turbine named ‘Gulliver’, which is situated at Lowestoft Ness, Britain’s most easterly point. Gulliver is the tallest onshore wind turbine in the UK, standing an imposing 80 metres high. Lowestoft Ness is marked by the Euroscope - a unique circular platform that shows the direction and distances of major European towns and Great Britain’s other cardinal points. Lowestoft Tourist Information & Visitor Centre can be found on the seafront esplanade and is housed in the East Point Pavilion. This impressive glass structure, modelled on an Edwardian Pavilion, also contains a restaurant and Mayhem Adventure Play - a children’s themed soft play area. Centrally, the recently regenerated pedestrianised town centre provides a mix of well-known high street stores together with a number of specialist and local shops. Heading north of the town you will find the idyllic Historic High Street and Triangle Market Place, which offer a wide range of traditional, independent and unusual retail outlets. The Triangle Market Place with its unique architectural market canopies ‘The Eastern Sails’ holds regular specialist/weekly markets and various events throughout the year. To the south of town you will find the area of Kirkley, which offers a wide range of family and independently run shops and a wealth of specialist stores. Lowestoft was originally built on top of the cliffs overlooking the North Sea. The ancient pathways running down the to the sea are know as the ‘Scores’. These were used as ways of access from the high ground to the beach area and they were also used as carriageways by fish merchants during the height of the booming fishing industry. www.visit-lowestoft.co.uk |
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Head down to the park during the
summer months and on most
Thursday evenings you can find the
perfect spot to watch some of the
worlds top drivers at Power Boat
Racing.
With more than 100 acres of grazing
marsh, fen and peat pools, Carlton
Marshes Nature Reserve creates a
haven for many different species of
wildlife, plants and insects. This well established
purpose-built visitor centre
can be found at the southern tip of the
Broad.
