Lowestoft is a coastal town and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England.
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21 Facts About Lowestoft
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Sir Samuel Morton Peto's arrival in 19th-century Lowestoft brought a change in the town's fortunes, including its fishing industry.
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Peto's railway enabled Lowestoft to become a flourishing seaside holiday resort; much of Peto's seaside resort in south Lowestoft still exists, including the Grade II listed Kirkley Cliff and Wellington Esplanade terraces.
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Lowestoft has been subject to periodic flooding, notably in January 1953, when a North Sea swell driven by low pressure and an extreme high tide swept away many earlier sea defences and deluged most of the southern town.
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Lowestoft is among the UK's driest areas: annual rainfall averages under 600 mm distributed fairly evenly through the year.
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Lowestoft is Suffolk's second largest town after Ipswich, with an estimated population of 58,560 in 2010.
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Lowestoft is a traditional seaside resort, first developed as a bathing site in the 1760s.
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The sites in Lowestoft are Mobbs Way, Riverside Road and South Lowestoft Industrial Estate.
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Lowestoft retains several narrow lanes with steps running steeply seawards, known locally as "scores".
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Lowestoft Lighthouse, built in 1874 to the north of the town centre, stands 16 metres high at 37 metres above sea level, with a range of 23 nautical miles.
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Lowestoft lived in a family house in High Street until his victories enabled him to move to a grander country residence, Somerleyton Hall.
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Lowestoft was influential in developing the town's railway links and harbour.
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Lowestoft was educated on a scholarship at Eton, and read Classics and Economics at Trinity College, Cambridge before teaching at Cambridge University, working closely with Keynes.
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Lowestoft was made the first Freeman of the Borough of Lowestoft in 1929.
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Lowestoft went to Pakefield Primary School, and played on Hilly Green – stories of which are recorded in his book War Boy.
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Comedian and actor Karl Theobald was born in Lowestoft, as were BBC Radio 4 newsreader and television presenter Zeb Soanes and DJ and BBC radio presenter Tim Westwood.
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Sports people associated with Lowestoft include the England football captain Terry Butcher, who was educated there, and Peter Wright, a Darts World Champion who spent formative years there.
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