Lowestoft

Lowestoft 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. Nearby Lowestoft Ness is the most easterly point in England, the United Kingdom, Great Britain, and the British Isles.

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The town is divided in two by Lake Lothing, with the northern half being the commercial centre and the southern half being the holiday resort.

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The town has two piers: the South Pier which forms the southern boundary of the harbour, and the Claremont Pier about one mile further to the south. In the early part of the 20th century, the Claremont Pier had a T-shaped pier head and was used as a embarkation point for the passenger steamships that operated between London to the south and Great Yarmouth to the north.

Suffolk: Suffolk (pronounced 'suffuk') is a large traditional and administrative county in the East Anglia region of eastern England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich, at and other importan...

East Anglia: East Anglia is a region of eastern England, named after one of the ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, which was named after the homeland of the Angles, Angeln in northern Germany. The kingdom consisted of Norfolk and Suffolk but the region's boundaries are vague. It includes the counties of Norfolk and S...

England: :For an explanation of often confusing terms like England, (Great) Britain and United Kingdom see British Isles (terminology)....

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