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'''Oulton Broad''' refers to both the lake and the suburb of [[Lowestoft]] in [[Suffolk]], [[England]], located two miles (3 km) west of the centre of the town.
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'''Oulton Broad''' refers to both the lake and the suburb of [[Lowestoft]], [[Suffolk]], England.

The suburb is located {{convert|2|mi|km}} west of the centre of Lowestoft. It became a [[civil parish]] in 2017.<ref name=vp/><ref>[http://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/32379/Waveney-District-Council-Reorganisation-of-Community-Governance-Order-2017.pdf Waveney District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2017], [[Local Government Boundary Commission for England]], 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.</ref> It had an estimated population of 10,338 at the [[2011 United Kingdom census]].{{efn|The population estimate for 2011 was calculated by using "best fit" data from lower output areas. These may not match the precise area of the parish. As a result the estimate is approximate.<ref name=vp/>}}<ref name=vp/>


==Oulton Broad==
==Oulton Broad==
[[Image:Oulton Broad 1995.JPG|thumb|right|Oulton Broad, September 1995. From the Commodore Road edge]]
[[Image:Oulton Broad 1995.JPG|thumb|right|Oulton Broad, September 1995. From the Commodore Road edge]]
{{anchor|Mutford Lock}}
Oulton Broad is an expanse of water and marsh which forms part of the network of man-made bodies of water known as [[The Broads]]. It is believed to be the remnant of medieval [[peat]] cutting.<ref name="obher">[http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MSF22505&resourceID=1017 Oulton Broad], Heritage gateway. Retrieved 2011-05-05.</ref> To the east it is linked by a [[canal lock|lock]] to [[Lake Lothing]] which passes through the centre of [[Lowestoft]] and opens into the [[North Sea]]. To the west it is linked by [[Oulton Dyke]] to the [[River Waveney]].
Oulton Broad is an expanse of water and marsh which forms part of the network of man-made bodies of water known as [[The Broads]]. It is believed to be the remnant of medieval [[peat]] cutting.<ref name="obher">{{cite web | url=http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MSF22505&resourceID=1017 | title=Oulton Broad | publisher=Heritage gateway | access-date=28 August 2016}}</ref> To the east it is linked by Mutford [[canal lock|Lock]] to the saltwater [[Lake Lothing]] which passes through the centre of Lowestoft and flows into the [[North Sea]]. To the west it is linked by [[Oulton Dyke]] to the [[River Waveney]].


The Broad is the most southern area of open water in the Broads system, and is a busy tourist and sporting centre. It is used for a variety of watersports, including powerboat racing, and as the base for boat hire.<ref>Lowestoft and Oulton Broad Motor Boat Club [http://www.lobmbc.com/ Powerboat racing]. Retrieved 2009-11-25.</ref> Facilities include a yacht station and moorings as well as a 'village' of holiday [[chalet]]s. Nicholas Everitt Park has an extensive water frontage. It is one of the few broads with residential areas adjacent, with houses to the north and flats to the east. The north side of the Broad is one of the most expensive residential areas in Lowestoft, with large detached houses having lake frontage.
The Broad is the most southern area of open water in the Broads system, and is a busy tourist and sporting centre. It is used for a variety of watersports, including powerboat racing, and as the base for boat hire.<ref>{{cite web | publisher=Lowestoft and Oulton Broad Motor Boat Club | url=http://www.lobmbc.com/ | title=Powerboat racing | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328172533/http://www.lobmbc.com/ | archive-date=28 March 2010 | access-date=28 August 2016}}</ref> Facilities include a yacht station and moorings as well as a 'village' of holiday [[chalet]]s. Nicholas Everitt Park has an extensive water frontage. It is one of the few broads with residential areas adjacent, with houses to the north and flats to the east. The north side of the Broad is one of the most expensive residential areas in Lowestoft, with large detached houses having lake frontage.


While the eastern and north shores of the Broad are built up, the west and south-west are quiet and natural. This part of the lake can be reached on foot by walking through Nicholas Everitt Park and then by public footpaths and field across [[White Cast Marshes]], an important nature conservation area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broads-authority.gov.uk/broads/live/planning/planning-policy/Broads_Local_Plan_adpted_97.doc |title=Broads Local Plan |publisher= Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Authority|accessdate=2 August 2007 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070206101218/http://www.broads-authority.gov.uk/broads/live/planning/planning-policy/Broads_Local_Plan_adpted_97.doc <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 6 February 2007}}</ref>
While the eastern and north shores of the Broad are built up, the west and south-west are quiet and natural. This part of the lake can be reached on foot by walking through Nicholas Everitt Park and then by public footpaths and field across White Cast Marshes, an important nature conservation area.


==Oulton Broad village==
==Oulton Broad village==
Oulton Broad first became a civil parish in 1904, having previously been split between [[Oulton, Suffolk|Oulton]], to the north, and [[Carlton Colville]] to the south. It lost its parish status in 1919, at which point it was absorbed into Lowestoft.<ref name=she>[https://heritage.suffolk.gov.uk/media/pdfs/oulton.pdf Oulton], Suffolk Heritage Explorer, [[Suffolk County Council]]. Retrieved 6 March 2021.</ref><ref>[https://heritage.suffolk.gov.uk/media/pdfs/carlton_colville.pdf Carlton Colville], Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 6 March 2021.</ref><ref>[https://heritage.suffolk.gov.uk/media/pdfs/oultonbroad.pdf Oulton Broad], Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 6 March 2021.</ref> Following the expansion of Lowestoft in the late 1950s, both Oulton Broad and its neighbouring parishes were merged with the town.{{Citation needed|date=August 2007}} The parish extends either side of Lake Lothing and the Broad, with Bridge Road as its main shopping street.
Oulton Broad was once a village separate from [[Lowestoft]]. Oulton Broad and Oulton Village were conurbated around the late 1950s with the building of the Rock estate.{{Citation needed|date=August 2007}} 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 Broad conurbation eventually merged with Lowestoft with the development in the early 1990s of the new through-road system around Peto way on the north-east side of the village, which brought with it major development of what had remained until then very light residential and grassland.{{Citation needed|date=August 2007}} There is now no discernible boundary between Oulton Broad and Lowestoft, save for the presence of the two railway lines.

Bridge Road is Oulton Broad's main shopping street.
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Oulton Broad is served by two railway stations; [[Oulton Broad North railway station|Oulton Broad North]] on the [[Wherry Lines|Lowestoft-Norwich line]], and [[Oulton Broad South railway station|Oulton Broad South]] on the [[East Suffolk Line|Lowestoft-Ipswich line]].


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Oulton Broad is served by two railway stations: {{rws|Oulton Broad North}} on the [[Wherry Lines]] between {{rws|Lowestoft}} and {{rws|Norwich}}, and {{rws|Oulton Broad South}} on the [[East Suffolk Line]] between Lowestoft and {{rws|Ipswich}}.
According to legend, the area is haunted by the ghost of a huntsman and a pack of phantom hounds.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ash |first=Russell |date=1973 |title=Folklore, Myths and Legends of Britain |publisher=Reader's Digest Association Limited |page=243 |isbn=9780340165973 }}</ref>


===Nicholas Everitt Park===
===Nicholas Everitt Park===
Nicholas Everitt Park fronts Oulton Broad.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waveney.gov.uk/Leisure/Outdoor+Facilities/nicholas_everitt_park.htm|title=Nicholas Everitt Park|publisher= Waveney district government |accessdate=2 August 2007 }}</ref> Lowestoft Museum in the park was opened by [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2007}} It houses one of the world's largest collections of [[Lowestoft#Lowestoft_porcelain|Lowestoft porcelain]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visit-lowestoft.co.uk/subpages_transparency/heritage_subpages/museums.htm |title=Lowestoft Heritage page |publisher=Visit Lowestoft|accessdate=2 August 2007 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070701084743/http://www.visit-lowestoft.co.uk/subpages_transparency/heritage_subpages/museums.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 1 July 2007}}</ref> The Waveney and Oulton Broad Yacht Club is also located in Nicholas Everitt Park.
Nicholas Everitt Park is on waterfront on the south side of Oulton Broad.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waveney.gov.uk/Leisure/Outdoor+Facilities/nicholas_everitt_park.htm|title=Nicholas Everitt Park|publisher=Waveney district government|access-date=2 August 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070718074817/http://www.waveney.gov.uk/Leisure/Outdoor+Facilities/nicholas_everitt_park.htm|archive-date=18 July 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> Lowestoft Museum in the park was opened by [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2007}} It houses one of the world's largest collections of [[Lowestoft#Lowestoft porcelain|Lowestoft porcelain]]. The Waveney and Oulton Broad Yacht Club is also located in Nicholas Everitt Park.


===George Borrow===
==Notable people==
After marrying in 1840 the writer, traveller, and [[Walking in the United Kingdom|walker]] [[George Borrow]] moved to his wife's estate in Oulton Broad.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bibliomania.com/0/0/8/ |title=George Borrow page |publisher=Bibliomania.com site|accessdate=2 August 2007 }}</ref> In between travels he wrote several books there. During the 1850s he moved away, but returned to Oulton Broad in 1874 where he stayed until his death in 1881. A hotel in the area was named after him, and now houses Hayden Chemists Head Office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.travelpublishing.co.uk/HiddenPlacesEastAnglia/Suffolk/EAN28846.htm |title=George Borrow Hotel page |publisher=travelpublishing.co.uk|accessdate=2 August 2007}}</ref>
After marrying in 1840 the writer, traveller, and walker [[George Borrow]] moved to his wife's estate in Oulton Broad.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bibliomania.com/0/0/8/ |title=George Borrow page |publisher=Bibliomania.com site|access-date=2 August 2007 }}</ref> In between travels he wrote several books there. During the 1850s he moved away, but returned to Oulton Broad in 1874 where he stayed until his death in 1881. A hotel in the area was named after him, and now houses the head office of Hayden Chemists.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.travelpublishing.co.uk/HiddenPlacesEastAnglia/Suffolk/EAN28846.htm |title=George Borrow Hotel page |publisher=travelpublishing.co.uk |access-date=2 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708034411/http://www.travelpublishing.co.uk/HiddenPlacesEastAnglia/Suffolk/EAN28846.htm |archive-date=8 July 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


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Lieutenant-General Sir [[Edwin Alderson]], a keen yachtsman and canoeist, lived in his last years on a [[houseboat]] moored at Oulton Broad, called "Fox", up until the month before his death in 1927. He and his wife entertained, especially during the yachting season, and he encouraged the [[Royal Canoe Sailing Club]] to hold competitions on the Broad.<ref name=nnwp>{{cite news|title=Death of General Alderson at Lowestoft - Prominent Figure in Yachting Circles.|work=Norfolk News and Weekly Press|date=17 December 1927}}</ref>
===General Alderson===
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Lieutenant-General Sir [[Edwin Alderson]], a keen yachtsman and canoeist, lived in his last years on a [[houseboat]] moored at Oulton Broad, called "Fox", up until the month before his death in 1927. He and his wife entertained, especially during the yachting season, and he encouraged the [[Royal Canoe Sailing Club]] to hold competitions on the Broad.<ref name=nnwp>{{cite news|title=Death of General Alderson at Lowestoft - Prominent Figure in Yachting Circles.|work=Norfolk News and Weekly Press|date=17 December 1927}}</ref>


===Governance===
==Notes==
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An [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom| electoral ward]] in the same name of Oulton exists. The total population for this ward taken at the 2011 census was 4,387.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/oulton-e05007241#sthash.SEL1xzvm.dpbs|title=Oulton Ward population 2011|accessdate=19 September 2015}}</ref>


==References==
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==External links==
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Oulton Broad
Oulton Broad Swingbridge
Oulton Broad is located in Suffolk
Oulton Broad
Oulton Broad
Location within Suffolk
Area5 km2 (1.9 sq mi) [1]
Population10,338 (2011 est.)[1]
• Density2,068/km2 (5,360/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTM521928
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLOWESTOFT
Postcode districtNR32, NR33
Dialling code01502
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Suffolk
52°28′26″N 1°42′36″E / 52.474°N 1.710°E / 52.474; 1.710

Oulton Broad refers to both the lake and the suburb of Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

The suburb is located 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the centre of Lowestoft. It became a civil parish in 2017.[1][2] It had an estimated population of 10,338 at the 2011 United Kingdom census.[a][1]

Oulton Broad

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Oulton Broad, September 1995. From the Commodore Road edge

Oulton Broad is an expanse of water and marsh which forms part of the network of man-made bodies of water known as The Broads. It is believed to be the remnant of medieval peat cutting.[3] To the east it is linked by Mutford Lock to the saltwater Lake Lothing which passes through the centre of Lowestoft and flows into the North Sea. To the west it is linked by Oulton Dyke to the River Waveney.

The Broad is the most southern area of open water in the Broads system, and is a busy tourist and sporting centre. It is used for a variety of watersports, including powerboat racing, and as the base for boat hire.[4] Facilities include a yacht station and moorings as well as a 'village' of holiday chalets. Nicholas Everitt Park has an extensive water frontage. It is one of the few broads with residential areas adjacent, with houses to the north and flats to the east. The north side of the Broad is one of the most expensive residential areas in Lowestoft, with large detached houses having lake frontage.

While the eastern and north shores of the Broad are built up, the west and south-west are quiet and natural. This part of the lake can be reached on foot by walking through Nicholas Everitt Park and then by public footpaths and field across White Cast Marshes, an important nature conservation area.

Oulton Broad village

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Oulton Broad first became a civil parish in 1904, having previously been split between Oulton, to the north, and Carlton Colville to the south. It lost its parish status in 1919, at which point it was absorbed into Lowestoft.[5][6][7] Following the expansion of Lowestoft in the late 1950s, both Oulton Broad and its neighbouring parishes were merged with the town.[citation needed] The parish extends either side of Lake Lothing and the Broad, with Bridge Road as its main shopping street.

Oulton Broad is served by two railway stations: Oulton Broad North on the Wherry Lines between Lowestoft and Norwich, and Oulton Broad South on the East Suffolk Line between Lowestoft and Ipswich.

Nicholas Everitt Park

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Nicholas Everitt Park is on waterfront on the south side of Oulton Broad.[8] Lowestoft Museum in the park was opened by Queen Elizabeth II.[citation needed] 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.

Notable people

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After marrying in 1840 the writer, traveller, and walker George Borrow moved to his wife's estate in Oulton Broad.[9] In between travels he wrote several books there. During the 1850s he moved away, but returned to Oulton Broad in 1874 where he stayed until his death in 1881. A hotel in the area was named after him, and now houses the head office of Hayden Chemists.[10]

Lieutenant-General Sir Edwin Alderson, a keen yachtsman and canoeist, lived in his last years on a houseboat moored at Oulton Broad, called "Fox", up until the month before his death in 1927. He and his wife entertained, especially during the yachting season, and he encouraged the Royal Canoe Sailing Club to hold competitions on the Broad.[11]

Notes

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  1. ^ The population estimate for 2011 was calculated by using "best fit" data from lower output areas. These may not match the precise area of the parish. As a result the estimate is approximate.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Town profile: Oulton Broad, East Suffolk District Council, 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  2. ^ Waveney District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2017, Local Government Boundary Commission for England, 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Oulton Broad". Heritage gateway. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Powerboat racing". Lowestoft and Oulton Broad Motor Boat Club. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  5. ^ Oulton, Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  6. ^ Carlton Colville, Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  7. ^ Oulton Broad, Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Nicholas Everitt Park". Waveney district government. Archived from the original on 18 July 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2007.
  9. ^ "George Borrow page". Bibliomania.com site. Retrieved 2 August 2007.
  10. ^ "George Borrow Hotel page". travelpublishing.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 July 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2007.
  11. ^ "Death of General Alderson at Lowestoft - Prominent Figure in Yachting Circles". Norfolk News and Weekly Press. 17 December 1927.
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