HERITAGE

1850 Pakefield Light House moved to Kessingland because the channel had shifted. The Pakefield LH tower is still there, in the holiday centre. The light was finally extinguished in 1864.

1832 Pakefield Lighthouse (red light) built to help navigate through the channel between the Barnard and Newcombe Sands. The station was made of brick.

1832 Low Light rebuilt with brick foundation to stop it falling into the sea

1894 Low Light moved inland again.

1881 Low Light now also flashes. And had to be moved 80 yards inland, because of erosion.

1872 - 74 The present High Light was built. It had a new optical revolving light, flashing at half-minute intervals.

Early in 1903 construction started of the Tramway from Florence Road in Pakefield to Yarmouth Road in north Lowestoft. A spur was built along Denmark Road to the tramshed (still there)in Rotterdam Road. It was 3 ft 6 ins gauge, with the rails imported from Germany. 

1974 the High Light is now fully automatic.

1923 Low Light extinguished, as the Stanford Channel was no more.