Oulton, Suffolk
| Oulton | |
| Suffolk | |
|---|---|
 St Michael's Church, Oulton, Suffolk | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TM525944 |
| Location: | 52°29’23"N, 1°43’5"E |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | NR32 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Suffolk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Suffolk Coastal |
Oulton, otherwise Oulton Broad, is a village forming the north-western edge of the port town of Lowestoft in Suffolk. To the south lies Oulton Broad, one of the Suffolk Broads, and to the west are Oulton Marsh and Oulton Dyke, a cut joining the Broad to the River Waveney.
Oulton and Oulton Broad were once separate villages but were conurbated around the late 1950s with the building of the Rock estate.
The original Oulton village covered all that land between the site of Oulton Broad South Railway station and the odd number side of what is now Sands Lane with the line of the Lowestoft-Ipswich railway separating Oulton as a whole from Kirkley and Lowestoft. Oulton Village was a somewhat smaller and largely amorphous village extending from the even number side of Sands Lane out across the fields to Somerleyton. The Oulton conurbation eventually merged with Lowestoft with the development in the early 1990s of a new through-road system. There is now no discernible boundary between Oulton and Lowestoft.
Bridge Road is Oulton Broad's main shopping street.
About the village
Nicholas Everitt Park runs down to the shore of Oulton Broad.[1] In the park is Lowestoft Museum, which was opened by The Queen. It houses one of the world's largest collections of Lowestoft porcelain. The Waveney and Oulton Broad Yacht Club is also located in Nicholas Everitt Park.
References
- ↑ "Nicholas Everitt Park". Waveney district government. http://www.waveney.gov.uk/Leisure/Outdoor+Facilities/nicholas_everitt_park.htm. Retrieved 2 August 2007.