Lowestoft Attractions

Lowestoft (pop. 59,400) is the most easterly town in England. As well as being a popular seaside resort with a good sandy beach, it is also a busy fishing port and center of the fish-processing industry (although the golden days of the herring fisheries are long since past). Among the town's thriving enterprises today is Brooke Yachts International, a boatyard specializing in luxury craft. The town is well known to the art world, not only from the watercolor "Lowestoft" by William Turner, but more especially from the delightful Lowestoft porcelain manufactured here between 1756 and 1803. The fish market adds to the life and color of the town, as do the narrow lanes in the older part.

The Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival takes place every year for two days over the South Beach.