HERITAGE

The building which is the subject of this piece, and has now been closed for some considerable time, is the premises seen beyond the grey parked car. 

This is certainly the most important work-related building left in town, connected with the Lowestoft fishing industry of pre-industrial times

Looking due east down Lake Lothing towards the open reaches of the North Sea and, from there, across to the near countries of Western Europe.

The wooded walkway shown here, under the title above, represents part of the former golf course which once occupied this particular sector of Pakefield parish.

The Tramway Hotel in full view - a typical building of its kind from around 1900 and one which marks the southerly terminating point of the former Lowestoft tramway system.

The Methodist Church, or Chapel, at Corton was built in 1873 and opened the following year

This circular brick enclosure, which stands at the junction of Pound Lane with Church Road, was built for the temporary accommodation of stray animals found on the loose

Samuel Peto built the railway connecting Lowestoft to the rest of the railway system, thus fulfilling his promise that

"fish landed in the early catches would get through to Manchester in time for high tea". 
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The hospital opened in 1882 and closed down completely in 2016, having originally been built on an undeveloped site between Tennyson Road and Alexandra Road to replace the Infirmary of 1839 

The railway swing bridge crossing Lake Lothing, at the western end of this stretch of water, carrying a small section of the track running between Lowestoft and Ipswich and allowing shipping to pass