England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Lowestoft
Lowestoft is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 48,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Lowestoft, with about 58 rooms between them. Every one carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- June to September
- Nearest airport
- NWI38 km · Norwich Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Lowestoft
Lowestoft ( LOH-(ih)-stoft, LOH-stəf) is a coastal town and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. As the most easterly UK settlement, it is 38 miles (61 km) north-east of Ipswich and 22 miles (35 km) south-east of Norwich, and the main town in its district.
Once a bustling fishing port, Lowestoft is now a quiet town on the east coast of Britain. It holds Ness Point, the most Easterly part of the British Isles and is a big tourist destination due to its huge beach which runs all the way down to Pakefield. Lowestoft also had a famous composer born in the town, Benjamin Britten, who died in the Red House in Aldeburgh in 1976.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Lowestoft
See
- Gulliver
- Ness point
- East Anglia Transport Museum
- Lowestoft Maritime Museum
Do
Lowestoft has one of the finest sandy beaches in the East of England and is a regular winner of the 'Blue Flag' award, the beach being easily accessible along the coast of the town. As well as being a gateway to the Norfolk Broads (via Nicholas Everitt's park in Oulton Broad) Lowestoft also has several well-kept areas of park land catering for all needs, Sparrows Nest for relaxing, Everitt's park for boating (including powerboat racing) and walking, Normanston Park is very good for football and tennis and Kensington Gardens has tennis courts, a boating lake and a bowls green.
- Pleasurewood Hills
- Africa Alive
- Somerleyton Hall
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Lowestoft
Ordered by guest score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Scores are shown on their own scale.
| # | Place to stay | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travelodge Lowestoft hotel | 58 | 4.2/5 918 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
Which part of Lowestoft to stay in
The seafront areas of Lowestoft are packed with BnB's and contains two large hotels. Booking is recommended during the school holidays especially during the air festival and the prices tend to range from £25-£90 per night. The surrounding area contains plenty of campsites with varying levels of facilities.
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Where to stay
More hotels in Lowestoft
44 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata; the 40 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Worlingham Hall | 11.0 km | |
| White Hart Inn | 20.4 km | |
| Bear And Bells Inn | 12.9 km | |
| Blue Boar Inn | 2.6 km | |
| Blyth | 17.4 km | |
| Brampton Dog | 16.0 km | |
| Carlton Manor | 5.3 km | |
| Chequers Inn | 21.3 km | |
| Coes | 0.5 km | |
| Crown Hotel | 0.5 km | |
| Crown Hotel | 17.7 km | |
| Harbour Inn | 18.6 km | |
| King's Head Hotel | 21.4 km | |
| King's Head Hotel | 17.6 km | |
| Kings Head Hotel | 12.9 km | |
| Lord Kitcheners Guest House | 1.7 km | |
| Old Blue Anchor | 0.4 km | |
| Railway Hotel | 12.5 km | |
| Red Lion Inn | 17.9 km | |
| Royal Falcon Inn | 0.6 km | |
| Sole Bay Inn | 17.6 km | |
| Station Hotel | 22.2 km | |
| Swan Hotel | 17.8 km | |
| Swan House | 12.9 km | |
| The Angel Hotel | 22.6 km | |
| The Bell Hotel | 19.3 km | |
| The Bell Inn | 10.7 km | |
| The Fleece Hotel | 21.4 km | |
| The Former Fox And Hounds Inn | 12.8 km | |
| The Ingate Hotel | 12.4 km | |
| The Plough Inn | 15.5 km | |
| The Randolph | 16.8 km | |
| The Ship Inn | 23.9 km | |
| Tramway Hotel | 3.2 km | |
| Wherry Hotel | 2.7 km | |
| White Hart Hotel | 22.6 km | |
| Angel Inn | 21.3 km | |
| Edingworth Guest House | 2.1 km | |
| Parkhill Hotel | 3.0 km | |
| South Beach B & B | 2.1 km |
All 45 hotels in Lowestoft, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Lowestoft
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Lowestoft are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; November is the wettest, with about 65 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Lowestoft: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Norwich Airport (NWI), about 38 km from the city centre in a straight line; London Stansted Airport (STN, 123 km) and London Southend Airport (SEN, 124 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
If coming from the south, the A12 London-Lowestoft road passes right through the town, ending where it joins the A47 that then goes to Great Yarmouth and beyond to Norwich, King's Lynn, Wisbech Peterborough & Leicester. A few miles north of Ipswich much of the road is single-carriageway and can become congested during summer holidays and weekends so allow 3–4 hours driving time from London. A and B-roads link Lowestoft to most other locations in Suffolk and Norfolk.
Getting around
Lowestoft is a compact and pleasant town to walk around, boasting award winning Blue Flag beaches. Biking can be a fast way to get around Lowestoft, or you could walk and soak up those memories of a new town. There are also a lot of taxi companies in Lowestoft, and can be used for a short trip to town from your hotel. Just call the number on the taxi HQ and you get a taxi within minutes.
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NWI · Norwich Airport
STN · London Stansted Airport
SEN · London Southend Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Lowestoft
Eat
Lowestoft lacks notable restaurants. The town centre provides the expected fast food chains including McDonald's, KFC and Subway, but no Burger King. There are also numerous Kebab and Asian cuisine outlets, which range in quality.
Drink
The Lowestoft town centre is fairly run down and that includes the pubs and bars. Your best bet is to head down to Oulton Broad which is a five-minute taxi ride away or catch the train there. Oulton Broad has really become the main place for bars and pubs in Lowestoft with many modern bars such as Winelodge, Broadview and Bridges open, the place is usually heaving during the weekend and can be busy in the week. There is also a new nightclub called Escape by Winelodge.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Lowestoft
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Lowestoft: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Lowestoft?
By published guest score: Travelodge Lowestoft (4.2 / 5 · 918 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Lowestoft?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Lowestoft are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; November is the wettest, with about 65 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Lowestoft?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Norwich Airport (NWI), about 38 km from the city centre in a straight line; London Stansted Airport (STN, 123 km) and London Southend Airport (SEN, 124 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Lowestoft?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Lowestoft
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.