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.

Geography

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.

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Pier - 20th century - Steamship - London - Great Yarmouth

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The seaward boundary of the harbour is a strip of land known as the Old Extension, or the North Extension. Over the last couple of decades the Extension has been the site of activity supporting the North Sea oil and gas industry; particularly the construction of rigs. For many years before that, for example in the 1960s, the Extension was unused by any industry, being derelict but showing signs of an earlier period of industrial activity in its old railway tracks and buildings.

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Lowestoft railway station, which serves the town gives regular connections to Norwich and Ipswich. There are also a few services direct to London Liverpool Street. All services are operated by 'One' Railway.

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Lowestoft railway station - Norwich - Ipswich - London Liverpool Street - 'One' Railway

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There was also a direct link to Great Yarmouth's Southtown station, until it was closed in 1970 as a result of the Beeching Axe. That link included Lowestoft North station, the site of which is now occupied by Beeching Drive, located just to the east of the A12 opposite the Denes High School. Some of the original route to the west of the A12 has now been made into a non vehicular public right of way, after having been left unused and overgrown for many years.

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Great Yarmouth - Beeching Axe - A12 - Right of way

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