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Lowestoft (/ ˈ l oʊ (ɪ) s t ɒ f t, ˈ l oʊ s t ə f / LOH-(ih)-stoft, LOH-stəf) is a coastal town and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. [1] As the most easterly UK settlement, it is 38 miles (61 km) north-east of Ipswich and 22 miles (35 km) south-east of Norwich, and the main town in its district.
The Lowestoft Branch of Suffolk Archives is based in Lowestoft Central Library. Following the opening of The Hold, lorry loads of material was removed from the Lowestoft Record Office to be relocated in Ipswich. Local heritage campaigners set up "Save our Record Office", who campaigned unsuccessfully against the move, which occurred from 19 ...
In the following century various textile industries, such as the manufacture of sail-cloth, coconut fibre, horse-hair and clothing were established; silk-weavers migrated to Suffolk from Spitalfields, and early in the 19th century an important china factory flourished at Lowestoft.
Saint Margaret's Church is the ancient parish church of Lowestoft in the English county of Suffolk. It is dedicated to St Margaret of Antioch [1] and is notable for its large illuminated blue spire which can be seen across the town. The church is located on a hilltop on the north-western edge of the town centre and was used as a navigation ...
Lowestoft Maritime Museum is a private museum in the town of Lowestoft in Suffolk, England that is dedicated to local and national maritime history.Its exhibits include maritime artefacts including medals awarded to Royal Navy and RNLI personnel, marine art, the fishing industry in Lowestoft and the town's involvement with the Royal Navy in World War II, shipwrights and coopers tools, an ...
Gillingwater was born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, the son of Edmund and Alice Gillingwater, and baptised on 29 December 1736 at St Margaret's Church, Lowestoft. He was apprenticed to a barber. When about twenty-two years of age he moved to Norwich, which he left in December 1761 for Harleston, Norfolk. There he gave up his work as hairdresser, and ...
There are four locomotives which operate on the 2 ft (610 mm) gauge East Suffolk Light Railway (ESLR). [11] All of them have four-wheel chassis, with diesel engines and mechanical transmission. One was made by Ruston and Hornsby of Lincoln and three were made by Motor Rail of Bedford.
Carlton Colville is a seaside town and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk. It is 3 miles (5 km) south-west of the centre of the town of Lowestoft in the East Suffolk district. The area lies along the A146 Lowestoft to Beccles road. Carlton Colville has boundaries with Oulton Broad, Gisleham and Pakefield.