Lowestoft Maritime Museum
Lowestoft Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in Lowestoft. It counts as a Grade II listed building. A short trip away is Pleasurewood Hills, 2.3 km off, the first of 35 within 15 km.
Museum in Lowestoft
Inside Lowestoft
Lowestoft Maritime Museum is inside Lowestoft’s built-up area, with 9 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Grade II listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Lowestoft has 119 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The best months to visit
Expect highs of 19–22°C in Lowestoft from June to September.
Lowestoft Maritime Museum
Its Wikipedia coverage spans 2 languages.
- Type
- Museum
- Listed
- Grade II listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Lowestoft
- Official site
- lowestoftmaritimemuseum.co.uk
Where it sits
Lowestoft Maritime Museum sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Lowestoft’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Where people come from
The most populous of the 3 is Lowestoft, at 71,308. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.
Compare the 3 towns
| Town | Where Lowestoft Maritime Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowestoft | It’s in town | 71,308 | 13 |
| Corton | 2.1 km north of it | 1,134 | 11 |
| Blundeston | 4.2 km northwest of it | 780 | 9 |
Next door to Lowestoft Maritime Museum
Within 15 km you can add 3 museums, 2 theme parks and a historic house.
Theme parkPleasurewood Hills2.3 km away2
MuseumLowestoft War Memorial Museum100 m away3
MuseumMincarlo - Historic Trawler1.8 km away4
Historic houseSomerleyton Hall and Gardens6.8 km away5PierPierClaremont Pier2.6 km away6
MuseumEast Anglia Transport Museum6.2 km away7Theme parkTheme parkPleasure Beach12 km away8
Abbey or priory · English HeritageGreat Yarmouth Grey Friary13 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
What people ask about Lowestoft Maritime Museum
Where is Lowestoft Maritime Museum?
Lowestoft Maritime Museum is in Lowestoft, Suffolk, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Lowestoft Maritime Museum?
Maritime museum in Lowestoft, United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit Lowestoft Maritime Museum?
June to September are the warmest months in Lowestoft, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Lowestoft Maritime Museum a listed building?
Yes: Grade II listed building.
What else is there to see near Lowestoft Maritime Museum?
Within 15 km: Pleasurewood Hills (2.3 km), Lowestoft War Memorial Museum (100 m), Mincarlo - Historic Trawler (1.8 km) and Somerleyton Hall and Gardens (6.8 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (7)
- Lowestoft Maritime Museum: Jack1956, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pleasurewood Hills: John Goldsmith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lowestoft War Memorial Museum: Robert Jarvis, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mincarlo - Historic Trawler: stavros1, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Somerleyton Hall and Gardens: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- East Anglia Transport Museum: Spsmiler, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Great Yarmouth Grey Friary: JohnArmagh, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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