Lowestoft
Lowestoft
- Administrative Port: Lowestoft
- County: Suffolk
- Population: 58560
Lowestoft is a town in the English county of Suffolk. The town is on the North Sea coast and is the most easterly point of the United Kingdom, located 110 miles (177 km) north-east of London. Some of the earliest evidence of settlement in Britain have been found in Lowestoft and the town has a long history. It is a port town which developed due to the fishing industry, and a traditional seaside resort. It has wide, sandy beaches, two piers and a number of other tourist attractions. Whilst its fisheries have declined, the development of oil and gas exploitation in the southern North Sea in the 1960s led to the development of the town. This role has since declined and the town has begun to develop as a centre of the renewable energy industry within the East of England.
| Background information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 1 | 291 | |
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 2 | 6 | |
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 3 | ||
| Fishing Fleet | Vessels total | 351 | |
| Landings | Total Landings (tonnes) | Demersal (tonnes) | |
| Landings | Total Landings (tonnes) | Pelagic (tonnes) | |
| Landings | Total Landings (tonnes) | Shellfish (tonnes) | |
| Landings | Total Landings (tonnes) | Main species (tonnes) | |
| Landings | Total Landings (tonnes) | All species (tonnes) | |
| Landings | Values | Demersal | |
| Landings | Values | Pelagic | |
| Landings | Values | Shellfish | |
| Landings | Values | All species | |
| Landings | Number of fishermen | Number of fishermen (Regular) | 5122 |
| Landings | Number of fishermen | Number of fishermen (Part-time) | 62 |
| Landings | Number of fishermen | Number of fishermen Total | 5182 |
| Landings | Major fish species | ||
| Landings | Landing points | ||
| Landings | Location of auctions | Lowestoft fish auction | |
| Governance and organisation | Governance | -Marine Management Organisation (MMO), Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 0HT -Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 0HT | |
| Governance and organisation | FLAG | ||
| Governance and organisation | Location of fishermen's organisations | Lowestoft Fish Producers’ Organisation, 10 Waveney Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR32 1BN | |
| Branding | Brand labels | ||
| Fish as food | Fish selling | Fishmonger: World of Fish, 6 Cooke Road, South Lowestoft Industrial Estate, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 7NA | |
| Fish as food | Fish processing | -William Masterson & Son Ltd, 11 Herring Market, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 1BY -B F P Fish Selling Co, 23 Herring Market, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR32 1BZ -L & G Roberts, Battery Green Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 1DQ | |
| Fish as food | Restaurants/hotels | The Third Crossing Restaurant, Haven Marina, School Road, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 9NB | |
| Tourism & Education | Tourism & Fishing | Fishing trips: Chloe Paige Charters, Lowestoft | |
| Tourism & Education | Festivals | ||
| Tourism & Education | Fishing museums | Lowestoft Maritime Museum, Sparrows Nest Gardens, Whapload Road, Lowestoft, NR32 1XG | |
| Tourism & Education | Aquariums | ||
| Tourism & Education | Monuments | -Sailors & Fishermans Bethel, Battery Green Road, Lowestoft, NR32 1DL -Fishermen's Memorial, St Margarets Church, 147 Hollingsworth Rd, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR32 4BW | |
| Tourism&Education | Fishing training School | Lowestoft College, St Peter's Street, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 2NB | |
