Suffolk Wildlife Park is located five minutes south of Lowestoft off the A12 at the small seaside village of Kessingland. Set in 80 acres there...

The East Anglia Transport Museum is situated at Carlton Colville just outside the seaside town of Lowestoft in Suffolk. This is a working museum, run...

The Lowestoft Museum explores the long and fascinating history of this community and the people that live within it. The exhibitions in the museum...

St Nicholas Catholic Church started life as the South Cliff Congregational Church in 1903. It only became a Catholic church in 1995, when it reopened,...

This long unspoilt sandy beach is a blue-flag winner, which means it is clean, safe and well serviced. Apart from sunbathing and bathing, a raft...

In Lowestoft's heyday, Claremont Pier was the landing stage for thousands of day trippers from London. The Coast Development Company’s famous Belle steamers brought them...

Opened in 1900, Southwold Pier was built by the Coast Development Company as an embarkation point for its coastal steamers. The pier was partly...

Southwold is probably more famous for its beach huts than for anything else. Much photographed and much sought after, these glorified sheds can cost almost...

This traditional seaside boating lake has paddleboats and rowing boats for hire. A 1940s-style tea hut serves light lunches, cream teas, ice cream and made-to-order...

Southwold's golden sand and shingle beach is a frequent Blue Flag winner, which means it has met the highest standards for safety, cleanliness and sustainability....

An impressive Edwardian-style glass structure, East Point Pavilion houses a restaurant with excellent views of Lowestofts award-winning South Beach. Both meals and snacks are served....

Royal Plain Fountains are a magnet for families on sunny days. They feature 74 vertical jets of water ideal for children's play, especially in hot...

The Suffolk Coast and Heaths Path is a long-distance footpath between Lowestoft and Manningtree. Covering 80 km, it passes through the Suffolk Coast and Heaths...

St Edmund’s is known as the grandest church in Suffolk. Unusually, it was designed and built quickly - between 1430 and 1490 - rather than...

The Royal Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club was founded on April 9 1859 apparently with the double intention of encouraging yacht sailing and discouraging the...

Lowestoft Lifeboat Station is one of the oldest in the UK. Dating from 1801, it was also the first station to use sailing boats instead...

Bordering the south side of Lowestoft Harbour, South Pier is closer to the town centre than its neighbour, Claremont Pier. Its other attractions include four...

Southwold Lighthouse has been guiding ships since 1890. Before that, three local lighthouses did the job, until they were threatened by coastal erosion. In 1887,...

The Alfred Corry was Southwold's most famous lifeboat. Built in 1893, she was launched 41 times saving 47 lives, before finally being condemned in 1918....

One of Southwold's many seaside greens, St James' Green used to be the home of Southwold’s Coastguard Station. The original rigged mast here was used...