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Lowestoft
Lowestoft (Suffolk)
Lowestoft

Lowestoft shown within Suffolk
Population 57,746 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference TM548933
District Waveney
Shire county Suffolk
Region East
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LOWESTOFT
Postcode district NR32 (north), NR33 (south)
Dialling code 01502
Police Suffolk
Fire Suffolk
Ambulance East of England
European Parliament East of England
UK Parliament Waveney
List of places: UK • England • Suffolk

Coordinates: 52°29′N 1°45′E / 52.48, 1.75

Lowestoft (pronounced /ˈloʊstɒft/, /ˈloʊstəf/) is a town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England, lying between the eastern edge of The Broads National Park at Oulton Broad and the North Sea. Suffolk (ˈsʌfək is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are one of the four levels of Subdivisions of England used for the purposes of Local government outside Greater London Suffolk (ˈsʌfək is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one The East of England is one of the nine official Regions of England. Constituent country is a phrase used often by official institutions in contexts in which a country makes up a part of a larger entity or grouping England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland This list of sovereign states, alphabetically arranged gives an overview of States around the world with information on the extent of their Sovereignty. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system UK Postal codes are known as postcodes. UK postcodes are Alphanumeric. The NR postcode area, also known as the Norwich postcode area, is a group of postal districts covering much of Norfolk and parts of the adjacent county of Suffolk The UK Telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Telephone Numbering Plan, is the system used for assigning Telephone numbers in the United There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. Suffolk Constabulary is the Home Office police force responsible for policing Suffolk in East Anglia, England. The fire service in the United Kingdom operates under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the authority responsible for providing NHS Ambulance services in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, East of England is a Constituency of the European Parliament. This is a list of the 646 constituencies currently represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as at the 2005 general election Waveney is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. A Gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's County, Unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates List of places --> List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in England Lists of places This is a list of cities towns and villages in the ceremonial county of Suffolk, England A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Suffolk (ˈsʌfək is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. East Anglia is often used as a shorthand for the Kingdom of the East Angles. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The Broads is a network of mostly navigable rivers and lakes (known locally as broads in the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. Oulton Broad refers to both the lake and the suburb ( of Lowestoft in Suffolk, England. The North Sea is a marginal, Epeiric sea of the Atlantic Ocean on the European Continental shelf.

Lowestoft Ness, located adjacent to Gas Works Road and an abandoned industrial site, is the most easterly point of the United Kingdom and of the British Isles. This is a list of the extreme points of the United Kingdom: the points that are farther North, South, East or West than any other The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The British Isles (Irish variously Na hOileáin Bhriotanacha, Oileáin Iarthair Eorpa, Éire agus an Bhreatain Mhór; Ellanyn Goaldagh Eileanan

Lowestoft is twinned with the French town of Plaisir and was twinned with Katwijk in the Netherlands until that relationship ended in the 1990s. Plaisir is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. Katwijk (population 61292 is a coastal municipality and town in the province of South Holland in the western Netherlands.

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Geography

The town is divided in two by Lake Lothing, with both North (NR32 postcode) and South (NR33 postcode) sides of the lake containing residential and business sectors. The main shopping areas lie just north of the divide, while the popular sandy beach is to the south. Just to the north of the beach is a large working harbour.

The town is home to two piers, situated on the south beach. A pier is a raised Walkway over water supported by widely spread Piles or pillars. The southernly pier is called the Claremont Pier, and just over half a mile (1 km) to the north of that is the South Pier (so called because it is placed on the south side of the harbour). These piers are home to shops and arcades, and are somewhat popular tourist attractions.

The seaward boundary of the harbour is a strip of land known as the Old Extension, which is used as a development yard for North Sea oil companies.

Lowestoft railway station is centrally placed within the town, as well as also being within walking distance of the beach, providing services to Norwich along the Wherry Line and Ipswich on the East Suffolk Line. Lowestoft railway station is a staffed Railway station serving the town of Lowestoft in Suffolk. History Roman The Romans had their regional capital at Venta Icenorum on the river to the south which is near modern-day Caistor St Edmund The Wherry Lines are railway lines in England, from Norwich to Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft. Ipswich ( ˈɪpswɪtʃ is a Non-metropolitan district and the County town of Suffolk, England on the Estuary of the River Orwell The East Suffolk Line is a railway line from Ipswich to Lowestoft in Suffolk. Some services also continue on through to London Liverpool Street along the main line from Ipswich. Liverpool Street station, also called London Liverpool Street, is a major railway station and connected London Underground station in the north eastern All services are operated by National Express East Anglia. National Express East Anglia is a Train operating company and brand name of London Eastern Railway Ltd in the United Kingdom.

History

The name is said to come from toft (a Viking word for "homestead"') and Loth or Lowe (a Viking male name). A Viking is one of the Norse ( Scandinavian Explorers Warriors Merchants, and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas The town's name has been spelled variously: Lothnwistoft, Lestoffe, Laistoe, Loystoft, Laystoft. In the Domesday Book, Lowestoft is described as a small agricultural village of 20 families, or about 100 people. The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey Rent for the land was paid to the landowner Hugh de Montfort in herrings.

In the Middle Ages, Lowestoft developed into a fishing port. Great Yarmouth saw Lowestoft as a rival and tried to push it out of the herring trade. Great Yarmouth, often known to locals as Yarmouth, is a Coastal Town in Norfolk, England. Yarmouth later backed out of fishing trade, but the rivalry between the towns didn't completely go away. In the English Civil War (1642 - 1651) Yarmouth took the side of Parliament and Lowestoft took the Royalist side, possibly so that they wouldn't need to co-operate. The English Civil War (1642-1651 was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists. However, this was not taken very seriously, as Lowestoft's defences consisted of a rope across the High Street and a single, unmanned, unloaded cannon.

In 1662 two old women, Rose Cullender and Amy Denny, living in Lowestoft were accused of witchcraft by their neighbours. They were tried at the Assize held in Bury St. Edmunds by one of England's most eminent judges Sir Matthew Hale. The Bury St Edmunds witch trials were a series of trials conducted in the Town of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, England intermittently between the years 1599 Bury St Edmunds is a town in the county of Suffolk, England and formerly the County town of West Suffolk. Sir Matthew Hale SL (1 November 1609 – 25 December 1676 was a Lord Chief Justice of England. The jury found them guilty on thirteen charges of using malevolent witchcraft and the judge sentenced them to death. They were hanged at Bury St. Edmunds on 17th March 1662. [1]

In the 1665, the first battle of the Second Dutch War was the Battle of Lowestoft 40 miles of the coast of the town. The Second Anglo-Dutch War was fought between England and the United Provinces from 4 March, 1665 until 31 July, 1667. The naval Battle of Lowestoft took place on 13 June ( New Style) 1665 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.

During the 1790s, Lowestoft's fishing community established their own "Beach Village", living in upturned boats.

In the 19th century, the arrival of Sir Samuel Morton Peto brought about a huge change in Lowestoft's fortunes. Sir Samuel Morton Peto 1st Baronet ( 4 August 1809 &ndash 13 November 1889) was an English Entrepreneur in the 19th century Peto started by building a rail link between Lowestoft and Norwich, and links with other towns soon followed. History Roman The Romans had their regional capital at Venta Icenorum on the river to the south which is near modern-day Caistor St Edmund He developed the harbour and provided mooring for 1,000 boats. This gave a boost to trade with the Continent. He also established Lowestoft as a flourishing seaside holiday resort. A seaside resort is a Resort located on the Coast. Where a Beach is the primary focus for Tourists it may be called a beach resort There is a road named after him in Lowestoft called Peto Way.

In World War I Lowestoft was bombarded by the German Navy on 24 April 1916. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The Bombardment of Yarmouth and Lowestoft was a naval battle fought during World War I between the German Empire and the British Empire in the North Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year

During the Second World War the town was used as a navigation point by German bombers. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including A bomber is a Military aircraft designed to attack ground and sea targets primarily by dropping Bombs on them As a result it was the most heavily bombed town per head of population in the UK. Old mines and bombs are still dredged up and have been hazardous to shipping.

Lowestoft has been subject to periodic flooding, the most memorable was in January 1953 when a North Sea swell driven by low pressure and a high tide swept away many of the older sea defences and deluged most of the southern town. The North Sea flood of 1953 and the associated storm combined to create a major Natural disaster which affected the coastlines of the Netherlands and England

Until the mid 1960s fishing was Lowestoft's main industry. Fleets comprised drifters and trawlers, with the drifters primarily targeting herring while the trawlers caught cod, plaice, skate and haddock, etc. By the mid 1960s the catches were greatly diminishing, particularly the herring. Consequently the drifter fleet disappeared and many of the trawlers were adapted to work as service ships for the newly created North Sea oil rigs. A large fisheries research centre which is a part of Defra is still located in south Lowestoft, this is due to be relocated together with new flashy offices for Waveney District Council in an area presently occupied by eight businesses. The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs ( Defra) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for environmental protection

The Eastern Coach Works was another big employer and in the 1960s it was a regular occurrence to see a bare bus chassis being driven through the town to the coach works by a goggled driver. Eastern Coach Works Ltd was a Bus and Railbus body building company based in Lowestoft, England Installing the bus's superstructure, body work and seats was the job of Eastern Coach Works. Both double deck and single deck buses were built there and sent all over the country.

Brooke Marine and Richards shipbuilding companies who together employed over a thousand men also went out of business at about the same time. In order to carry on the skills and traditions of the threatened shipbuilding trade, the International Boatbuilding Training College was formed in 1975, and has been largely successful at producing graduates who carry on the legacy of Lowestoft shipwrights.

From the late 1960s to the late 1990s, the oil and gas industry provided significant employment in the Lowestoft area. For many years the Shell Southern Operations base on the north shore of Lake Lothing was one of the town's largest employers. A decision to close the Shell base was finally made in 2003. [2]

Lowestoft porcelain

During the second half of the 18th century, a factory in Crown Street produced soft-paste porcelain ware. "Soft-paste porcelain" is a type of a Ceramic material but it lacks a more specific universally agreed definition Items still exist, and there are collections at the museum in Nicholas Everett Park, Oulton Broad, and at the Castle Museum, Norwich. Oulton Broad refers to both the lake and the suburb ( of Lowestoft in Suffolk, England. History Roman The Romans had their regional capital at Venta Icenorum on the river to the south which is near modern-day Caistor St Edmund The factory produced experimental wares in 1756 and first advertised their porcelain in 1760.

Lowestoft collectors divide the factory's products into three distinct periods, Early Lowestoft circa 1756 to 1761, Middle-Period circa 1761 to 1768 and Late-Period circa 1768 to the closure of the factory in 1799.

During the early period wares decorated with Chinese-inspired scenes (Chinoiserie) in underglaze blue were produced. This type of decoration continued throughout the life of the factory but scenes were gradually simplified. Overglaze colours were used from about 1765.

Lowestoft Air Festival

Sunrise at Ness Point, Lowestoft
Sunrise at Ness Point, Lowestoft

For two days each year, Lowestoft South Beach plays host to the Seafront Air Festival. Since its first opening in 1996, the event has gained much popularity and media attention. Despite being a free event, the festival earns a lot of money for the town, from companies which advertise and sponsor the event. It earns even more for the fairground and stall owners on the sea wall,none of whom have anything whatsoever to do with Lowestoft. The main attraction tends to be the Red Arrows, but there are many different performing aircraft in the event.

Its 10th anniversary was its most successful year, attracting around 420,000. [citation needed]. 1 2

One of the most infamous events in the show's history is the Harrier crash in 2002. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. An RAF board of inquiry later established that the pilot Flight Lieutenant Cann had accidentally operated the controls for throttle and nozzle direction lever at the same time causing it to drop like a stone. Cann ejected as the aircraft dropped, using the rocket powered seat to rise safely above the crashed plane. He then descended safely by parachute until he struck the sinking plane and fractured his ankle. The sea was swiftly evacuated, and the RAF's SAR Sea King helicopter was on hand and very quickly plucked the unfortunate pilot from the sea and flew him to a local hospital. The recovery of the aircraft was watched by hundreds as it was winched out of the North Sea several days later.

Future performances were thought to be under threat with the cessation of the main sponsorship by the Birds Eye frozen food company, but the show is administratively underwritten by the local District Council until 2010, and new main sponsors are currently being sought by the management committee. In 2006 only £62,000 was raised in donations from the estimated 420,000 spectators, but in 2007 donations of £59,000 from the reduced crowd of 270,000 (due to poor weather on the first day) is considered a positive step towards the future of the show, as is the new link forged with the Honda Powerboat Grand Prix which was held on the two days following the air show. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

The 2008 Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival has been confirmed and plans are already underway for a bigger and better event than ever, in the Royal Air Force's 90th Anniversary year. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common

Education

All but one of Lowestoft's primary schools (St. Mary's RC Primary) fall in the bottom quarter of the County's league tables - most are in the bottom ten per cent. Lowestoft has one of the worst overall educational achievement standards outside certain inner city areas of London. The secondary schools fare little better. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/league_tables/default.stm . There are no private or independent schools. Unlike most of the rest of the country, there are primary, middle and high schools (with two changes for pupils in their school life): this is set to change (although there is opposition : http://www.parentsagainstchange.org/. There is a large intake of children (mainly from St. Mary's RC Primary school) that attend schools in Norwich, such as Notre Dame High School, a catholic school. Whilst buses are not provided, they travel there by train.

Wind turbine

A large wind turbine, built in December 2004, is located by the sea on the edge of town. A wind turbine is a rotating machine which converts the Kinetic energy in Wind into Mechanical energy.

The Turbine is named ‘Gulliver’; this name was picked from a list of suggestions given by readers of a local newspaper. The construction of the wind turbine began on Tuesday 7 December 2004 with a 108 metre high crane lifting the 71 tonne Tower Lower Section. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The 65 tonne Tower Middle Section, 46 tonne Tower Top Section, 83 tonne nacelle and 54 tonne, 92 m diameter Rotor Blade Assembly were erected on Friday 10 December 2004. The word nacelle is derived from the Old French nacele, which means a small Boat or Dinghy, which was in turn derived from the Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The new turbine began generating electricity in January 2005 and has a generating capacity of up to 2. 75 MW, although the original proposal was for an even bigger 3. The watt (symbol W) is the SI derived unit of power, equal to one Joule of energy per Second. 2 MW turbine.

The hub height is 80 m (262 ft). The blade tip height is 126 m (413 ft). The nacelle assembly weighs 83 tonnes and is 11. 2 m (37 ft) long, 3. 3 m (11 ft) wide, 3. 8 m (12. 5 ft) high, making it the biggest wind turbine on mainland UK as of April 2005. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Each of the 3 blades weighs 10 tonnes and is 44. 8 m (147 ft) long. The overall diameter of the rotor assembly is 92 m (301 ft). The blade tips slice through the air at about 150 miles per hour. The turbulence this generates accounts for the pulsating "whooshing" noise audible when you stand underneath. This sound, combined with the height, weight and dimensions, prompted the owners to conduct tests for "subsonic" sounds and vibrations after several people reported feeling "nauseous" and suffering from "Ground level vertigo" when standing nearby.

On 8 June 2007 one of the blades was struck by lightning during a storm causing what appeared to be a small explosion at the end of the struck rotor blade. Events 68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba. 536 - St Silverius becomes Pope (probable Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Damage was not as bad as first thought and the turbine was running again later in the day.

Literary and artistic connections

Lowestoft has a number of literary and artistic connections.

In the 1840s, Charles Dickens came to stay with Sir Samuel Morton Peto. Sir Samuel Morton Peto 1st Baronet ( 4 August 1809 &ndash 13 November 1889) was an English Entrepreneur in the 19th century Lowestoft's Beach Village, along with Blundeston village, became the inspiration for David Copperfield. Blundeston is a village and Civil parish in the Waveney district of Suffolk, England. David Copperfield or The Personal History Adventures Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery (which he never meant to publish

The nineteenth century writer and traveller George Borrow lived in Oulton Broad for many years and wrote most of his books there. George Henry Borrow ( 5 July 1803 - 26 July 1881) was an English author who wrote novels and travelogues based on his own experiences Oulton Broad refers to both the lake and the suburb ( of Lowestoft in Suffolk, England. Joseph Conrad came from his native Poland to live in Lowestoft in 1878. Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924 was a Polish-born English novelist Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Edward Fitzgerald, the translator of The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam, lived in Lowestoft. Edward Marlborough FitzGerald ( 31 March 1809 &ndash 14 June 1883) was an English Writer, best known as the Poet Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam ( Persian: رباعیات عمر خیام The Rubáiyát ( Arabic: رباعیات is a collection of Poems W.G. Sebald, who taught at the University of East Anglia and was tragically killed in 2001, wrote about Lowestoft in The Rings of Saturn. W G (Winfred Georg Maximilian Sebald ( May 18, 1944, Wertach im Allgäu &ndash December 14, 2001, Norfolk, England The University of East Anglia is a campus-based University located in Norwich, England, and founded in 1963 The Rings of Saturn ( Die Ringe des Saturn) (1999 is a novel W

The composer Benjamin Britten was born in Lowestoft in 1913. Edward Benjamin Britten Baron Britten, OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976 was an English Composer, conductor, He lived on the seafront at 21 Kirkley Cliff Road until 1933. When he returned to Suffolk to establish a Festival, it was not to Lowestoft (for which he had little regard) but to Aldeburgh. Aldeburgh ( IPA /ˈɔlbrə/ is a town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England; it is located on the Alde river at 52° 9' North 1° 36' East

The children's author and illustrator Michael Foreman was born in 1938, and spent his childhood years in Pakefield where his mother kept the grocers shop on Pakefield Triangle. Michael Foreman (born 1938 is a British author and illustrator mainly for children Lowestoft (ˈləʊstɒft/ /ˈləʊstəf is a town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England, lying between the eastern edge of The Broads National Park He attended Pakefield Primary School, and played on Hilly Green - stories of which are recorded in his book War Boy. Pakefield Primary School is a First school in Lowestoft, Suffolk in the United Kingdom.

The Television comedy writer Andrew Marshall, probably most famous for the BBC One situation comedy 2point4 children, also lived in Lowestoft and attended Fen Park Primary and Lowestoft Grammar School. For the other writer with the same name see Andrew Marshall (journalist. 2point4 Children is a British sitcom --created and written by Andrew Marshall -- about the not-so-average Porter family

Glam rock band, The Darkness was formed in Lowestoft but spent their formative years in London. Glam rock (also known as glitter rock) is a sub-genre of Rock music that developed in the UK in the post- Hippie early 1970s which was "performed by The Darkness were a multi- BRIT Award -winning British Hard rock / Glam rock band Three of the four founder members were raised in Lowestoft. Justin Hawkins, Dan Hawkins and Ed Graham all attended Kirkley High School. Justin David Hawkins (born 17 March 1975 in Chertsey, Surrey, England) is an English Musician and Singer-songwriter, best Daniel Francis Hawkins (born 12 December 1976 in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England) was the Guitarist and Backing singer Ed Graham (full name Edwin James Graham) was the drummer in the English rock band The Darkness as well as the subsequent successor band Stone Gods Kirkley Community High School is a Comprehensive school in the Kirkley district of Lowestoft, Suffolk, England. Several of their songs are either about or make reference to the town, or the surrounding area.

In 2006, Lowestoft's Kirkley High School was featured in the Channel 4 series Rock School, with Kiss bassist Gene Simmons. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began For the documentary about an actual school of rock music see Rock School (film. Kiss (also typeset as KISS) is an American rock band formed in New York City in December 1972 The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the Gene Simmons (born Chaim Witz (pronounced Haium on August 25, 1949) is an Israeli -born American Hard rock Bass [1]

Horror writer Joseph Freeman (also published as Joe Rattigan) lived near the town centre before moving to Kessingland. Joseph Freeman Jr (born 1952) was the first black member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church to receive the church's Kessingland is a large Village in the Waveney District in Suffolk, about 7 km south of Lowestoft. His story 'Wrong Side of the Tracks' from his book Ghosts Far From Subtle features the Lowestoft to Norwich train journey.

Places of Interest

Royal Naval Patrol Service Memorial
Royal Naval Patrol Service Memorial

Waveney Sunrise Scheme And Associated Works

Over the past few years £14m has been spent on the redevelopment of Lowestoft town centre, and an additional £30. 8m has been paid for the construction of the South Lowestoft Relief Road (Opened 27th June 2006). The cost of providing third river crossing to alleviate the constant traffic jams was estimated at £20m . The main focus of the unpopular Sunrise scheme was to spend £14 million to overhaul the 1970s built town centre, by renewing the paving and lighting, and planting several young trees. Removing free car parks and increasing charges on the ones left has proved a success if removing cars and people from the town and shops was the objective.

The Lowestoft Relief Road (that opened on June 27th 2006) was a £30m scheme that coincided with the sunrise scheme to alleviate traffic on the usually congested London Road South (formerly the A12). The road follows a corridor from the Bloodmoor roundabout in Pakefield, through to Horn Hill. This was formerly green open space. The road then joins with the Lowestoft Bascule Bridge before continuing north to Great Yarmouth. The road itself is single carriageway with a 40mph speed limit, and is now classified as the A12.

Lowestoft's Bascule bridge has been closed periodically both overnight and for several days whilst refurbishment work is undertaken. This work was originally scheduled to be completed by Christmas 2007 and the proposed continuation of work, and resulted night time closures, well into 2008 has attracted an inquiry into the Highways Agency's handling of the project. The town has only just started to recover from the two years of chaos brought about by roadworks and the unpopular sunrise scheme,but the bridge is a handy scapegoat to cover the councils bungling.

Administrative problems

Lowestoft planning department has been given a rating of zero stars by the government. The Chief Executive has recently been dismissed and a temporary Chief Executive is in place.

Suburbs and surrounding villages

To the north of Lake Lothing:

To the south of the lake:

To the west of the lake:

Nearby villages to the north are:

Nearby villages to the south:

Notable Residents

References

  1. ^ channel4.com - Rock School

External links

 Lowestoft Tourism Information
Justin David Hawkins (born 17 March 1975 in Chertsey, Surrey, England) is an English Musician and Singer-songwriter, best Daniel Francis Hawkins (born 12 December 1976 in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England) was the Guitarist and Backing singer Ed Graham (full name Edwin James Graham) was the drummer in the English rock band The Darkness as well as the subsequent successor band Stone Gods Tim Westwood (born 3 October 1957 is an English DJ and Presenter of Radio and Television. Sir Henry Rider Haggard KBE ( 22 June 1856 &ndash 14 May 1925) was a prolific writer of Adventure novels set Kessingland is a large Village in the Waveney District in Suffolk, about 7 km south of Lowestoft. George Henry Borrow ( 5 July 1803 - 26 July 1881) was an English author who wrote novels and travelogues based on his own experiences Oulton Broad refers to both the lake and the suburb ( of Lowestoft in Suffolk, England.

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  1. A town in Suffolk, England
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