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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 (pronounced ) is a large historic and modern non-metropolitan county in East Anglia, England. ...
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Yachts on the Norfolk Broads The Broads are 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 village or suburb adjacent to Lowestoft in Suffolk, England. ...
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Lowestoft is twinned with the French town of Plaisir and was twinned with Katwijk in the Netherlands until that relationship ended in the 1990s. Sign denoting twin towns of Neckarsulm, Germany Town twinning is a concept whereby towns or cities in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links. ...
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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. 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. For architectural piers, see Pier (architecture). ...
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. Some services also continue on through to London Liverpool Street along the main line from Ipswich. All services are operated by National Express East Anglia. Lowestoft railway station is a railway station serving the town of Lowestoft in Suffolk. ...
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The Wherry Lines are the railway lines from Norwich to Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft. ...
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The East Suffolk Line is a railway line from Ipswich to Lowestoft in Suffolk. ...
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History The name is said to come from toft (a Viking word for "homestead"') and Loth or Lowe (a Viking male name). 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. Rent for the land was paid to the landowner Hugh de Montfort in herrings. For other uses, see Viking (disambiguation). ...
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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. 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. 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. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ...
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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 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] Witch Finder General. ...
Bury St Edmunds is a town in the county of Suffolk, England. ...
Sir Matthew Hale (1609—1676), Lord Chief Justice of England, was born on the 1st of November 1609 at Alderley in Gloucestershire, where his father, a retired barrister, had a small estate. ...
In the 1665, the first battle of the Second Dutch War was the Battle of Lowestoft near the town. The Royal Prince and other vessels at the Four Days Fight, 11–14 June 1666 by Abraham Storck depicts a battle of the Second Anglo-Dutch War. ...
The Battle of Lowestoft, 13 June 1665, showing HMS Royal Charles and the Eendracht by Hendrik van Minderhout, painted c. ...
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. Peto started by building a rail link between Lowestoft and Norwich, and links with other towns soon followed. 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.There is a road named after him in Lowestoft called Peto Way. Sir Samuel Morton Peto Sir Samuel Morton Peto, 1st Baronet (August 4, 1809 – November 13, 1889) was an English entrepreneur in the 19th century. ...
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In World War I Lowestoft was bombarded by the German Navy on 24 April 1916. “The Great War †redirects here. ...
The Bombardment of Yarmouth and Lowestoft was a naval battle fought during World War I between the German Empire and the United Kingdom. ...
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During the Second World War the town was used as a navigation point by German bombers. 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. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
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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 on the night of 31 January 1953 – 1 February 1953. ...
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, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in England. ...
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. 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. Items still exist, and there are collections at the museum in Nicholas Everett Park, Oulton Broad, and at the Castle Museum, Norwich. The factory produced experimental wares in 1756 and first advertised their porcelain in 1760. Soft-paste porcelain is a substitute for true porcelain. ...
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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 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. Sunrise at Ness Point, Lowestoft - The most easterly point in the United Kingdom Photo taken by Andrew Easton, 7th September 2004. ...
Sunrise at Ness Point, Lowestoft - The most easterly point in the United Kingdom Photo taken by Andrew Easton, 7th September 2004. ...
It's 10th anniversary was it's most successful year, attratcting around 420,000.[citation needed]. 1 2
One of the most infamous events in the show's history is the Harrier crash in 2002. 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 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. The BAE Systems/Boeing Harrier II (GR5/GR7/GR9 series) is a second generation vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) jet aircraft used by the Royal Air Force (RAF). ...
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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. ...
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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.Doubtless it will be announced yet again that it brings untold millions into the local economy, presumably from the same source that states the Sunrise Scheme has attracted over fifty new businesses to the area. 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ...
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/.
Wind turbine A large wind turbine, built in December 2004, is located by the sea on the edge of town. This article is about the machine for converting the kinetic energy in the 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. 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 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 3.2 MW turbine. is the 341st day of the year (342nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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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. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday 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. Miles per hour is a unit of speed, expressing the number of international miles covered per hour. ...
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. Damage was not as bad as first thought and the turbine was running again later in the day. The turbine has been out of action since November 2007 and it is not known when it is likely to be repaired. On 1 January 2008 the turbine's blades were dismantled. is the 159th day of the year (160th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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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. Lowestoft's Beach Village, along with Blundeston village, became the inspiration for David Copperfield. Dickens redirects here. ...
Sir Samuel Morton Peto Sir Samuel Morton Peto, 1st Baronet (August 4, 1809 – November 13, 1889) was an English entrepreneur in the 19th century. ...
Blundeston is a village and civil parish in the Waveney district of Suffolk, England. ...
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The nineteenth century writer and traveller George Borrow lived in Oulton Broad for many years and wrote most of his books there. Joseph Conrad came from his native Poland to live in Lowestoft in 1878. Edward Fitzgerald, the translator of The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam, lived in Lowestoft. 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. George Borrow George Henry Borrow (1803-1881) was an English author who wrote novels and travelogues based on his own experiences around Europe. ...
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Edward FitzGerald, 1873 For other uses see Edward Fitzgerald (disambiguation) Edward Marlborough FitzGerald (31 March 1809 – 14 June 1883) was an English writer, best known as the poet of the first and most famous English translation of Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. ...
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W. G. (Winifried Georg Maximilian) Sebald (18 May 1944, Wertach im Allgäu–14 December 2001, Norfolk, United Kingdom) was a German writer and academic. ...
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The Rings of Saturn (1999) is a novel W. G. Sebald and published in English by New Directions Publishers. ...
The composer Benjamin Britten was born in Lowestoft in 1913. 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)vut to Aldeburgh. Britten redirects here. ...
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. He attended Pakefield Primary School, and played on Hilly Green - stories of which are recorded in his book War Boy. Michael Foreman is a British author and illustrator, mainly for children. ...
Statistics Population: 57,746 (2001 Census) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: TM548933 Administration District: Waveney Shire county: Suffolk Region: East of England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Suffolk Historic county: Suffolk Services Police force: Suffolk Constabulary Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: East of England Post...
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. Andrew Marshall (1960- ) is a British comedy writer, most noted for the domestic sitcom 2point4 children. ...
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Glam rock band, The Darkness was formed in Lowestoft but spent their formative years in London. Three of the four founder members were raised in Lowestoft. Justin Hawkins, Dan Hawkins and Ed Graham all attended Kirkley High School. Several of their songs are either about or make reference to the town. Glam rock (also known as glitter rock), is a rock music style that developed in the UK in the post-hippie early 1970s which was performed by singers and musicians wearing outrageous clothes, makeup, hairstyles, and platform-soled boots. ...
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Justin David Hawkins (born on March 17, 1975) is an English musician and songwriter, best known for being the former lead singer and lead guitarist of The Darkness, noted for his heavy use of falsetto and charismatic persona. ...
Daniel Francis Hawkins (born December 12, 1976 in Lowestoft, England) is the guitarist and back-up singer of the band The Darkness. ...
Ed Graham (full name Edwin James Graham) is the drummer in the English rock band The Darkness. ...
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In 2006, Lowestoft's Kirkley High School was featured in the Channel 4 series Rock School, with Kiss bassist Gene Simmons.[1] This article is about the British television station. ...
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Horror writer Joseph Freeman (also published as Joe Rattigan) lived near the town centre before moving to Kessingland. His story 'Wrong Side of the Tracks' from his book Ghosts Far From Subtle features the Lowestoft to Norwich train journey. Map sources for Kessingland at grid reference TM5286 Kessingland is a large village in the Waveney District in Suffolk, about 7 km south of Lowestoft. ...
Places of Interest - The Royal Naval Patrol Service Memorial, located in Belle Vue Park.
- The East Anglia Transport Museum is located in Carlton Colville a village to the west of the town, which has a collection of working Trams, Trolleybuses and a Miniature Railway, as well as various buses and other transport artifacts, many with local connections.
- Africa Alive is located to the south of the town. It concentrates on African animals and has amongst others, Cheetahs, Lions, Rhinos and Giraffes. It is also home to one of the United Kingdom's only Aardvarks.
- Pleasurewood Hills is located in the north of the town.
- Ness Point, the most easterly location in the British Isles, is located in the town close to the wind turbine. At the most easterly point is a large compass rose set in the ground which gives the direction and distance to various cities in Europe.
- Oulton Broad, the most visited area of the broads by tourists, is located in the town. Motorboats can be hired to travel on the broads, however tours are also available. Powerboat racing also occurs every Thursday throughout the summer, hosting local boats and occasionally a round of a national or international championship throughout classes of powerboat.
- The Broads National Park is located near to the town and some of its walks are in Carlton Marshes located in Carlton Colville, a suburb of the town.
- Corton Nudist Beach is located in Corton near the northern suburbs of the town.There is however little to see on a cold day.
- The town is also well renowned for its beaches, three of which are the holders of blue flags.The "Danger no swimming" and "Danger underwater obstructions" signs are very attractively set in concrete tubs at regular intervals.
- Belle Vue Park is near the North Beach and has many features including a restuarant, two museums, bowling green, a small auditorium, and many mature trees.
- The North Beach is hidden away and much quieter and less used than the south beach. Walking or cycling from the south, its promenade begins next to the harbour and passes the industrial area at Ness Point where the wind turbine and compass rose are. Once the frozen-food factory has been passed, Lowestoft lighthouse and a historic fishing net drying area can be seen. Belle Vue Park is nearby. There is a very large grassed area formerly used as a caravan park. By the promenade the beach is mostly pebbles rather than sand and is unsuitable for swimming. Approaching the Gunton area of Lowestoft, where the promenade stops, the beach changes to sand and has a large area of heathland rising up to the rear. Continuing northwards through the nudist beach brings you to Corton, where metal stairs give access to the village.
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Please improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed. | 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. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ...
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.
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Discussion of this nomination can be found on the talk page. (March 2008) | 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.
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