Your Move Lowestoft Local Area Guide

Why move to Lowestoft?

Lowestoft is a town in the county of Suffolk and on the North Sea coast. It is the most easterly point of the United Kingdom. Lowestoft has two expansive Blue Flag soft sand beaches, ideal for swimmers, sunbathers and families alike.

Through the middle of the town is Lake Lothing, which contains Lowestoft Harbour. The Harbour provides access via Oulton Broad and Oulton Dyke to the River Waveney and the Broads. Currently Lowestoft is Suffolk's second largest town. The town contains a mixture of business and residential areas, with the main shopping centre lying just to the north of Lake Lothing.

The wider Lowestoft urban area includes the suburbs of Carlton Colville, Gunton, Pakefield, Oulton and Oulton Broad as well as the district of Kirkley.

The outlying villages include Blundeston, Corton, Gisleham, Kessingland and Somerleyton.