Browsing local attractions within 8 miles of Waveney River Centre

Kessingland, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 7TF, Tel: 01502 740291, Email, (5 miles, 8kms)

Suddenly, South Africa is right on your doorstep! Enjoy a walking family safari through 80 acres of parkland with lions, rhinos, giraffes & many more!

Leisure Way, Corton, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 5DZ, Tel: 01502 586000, Email, (4 miles, 6kms)

Pleasure you can Measure at Pleasurewood Hills!

Pier Gardens, Gorleston-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 6PP, Tel: 01493 662832, (7 miles, 11kms)

The Gorleston Pavilion is an original Edwardian seaside Theatre situated on the East coast of Norfolk and offers unique seating at cabaret style candle-lit tables.

Burgh Castle, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 9QG, Tel: 0870 333 1181, Email, (7 miles, 11kms)

The remains of a 3rd Century Roman fort overlooking the River Waveney. The monument is only approached on foot. There is wheelchair access from the disabled carpark and around the fortifications. The car park is open 9am to dusk every day.

c/o 8 Manor Road, Berney Arms, Norfolk, NR31 0QA, Tel: 01493 857900, Email, (7 miles, 12kms)

A most splendid and the highest remaining Norfolk marshmill with 7 floors. Built in the late 19thC by millwrights Stolworthy and situated on Halvergate Marsh.

Church Road, Reedham, Norfolk, NR13 3UA, Tel: 01493 701403, (7 miles, 11kms)

Pettitts Animal Adventure Park near Great Yarmouth is best described as three fun parks in one. Pettitts has rides galore, family entertainment, exotic and domestic animals and birds to see, animals to feed & pet.

The Quay, Fen Lane, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 9BH, Tel: 01502 713196, (5 miles, 8kms)

Beccles Broads Information Centre.

Caldecott Hall, Beccles Road, Fritton, Norfolk, NR31 9EY, Tel: 01508 481000, Email, (5 miles, 8kms)

Redwings Horse Sanctuary near Great Yarmouth. This Quality Assured Visitor Attraction is home to more than 80 rescued horses, ponies, donkeys and mules, and a visit makes a wonderful family day out.

Nr. Berney Arms Railway Station, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 4PZ, Tel: 01603 715191, Email, (7 miles, 12kms)

Berney Marshes alongside the Breydon Water estuary in Great Yarmouth is a wonderfully unspoilt RSPB nature reserve. Experience the spectacle of the tens of thousands of wintering birds that visit the estuary and surrounding grazing marshes.

Beccles Road, St. Olaves, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 9HE, Tel: 0870 333 1181, Email, (4 miles, 7kms)

St Olave's Priory: A wonderfully complete 14th century brick-vaulted refectory undercroft, later a cottage occupied until 1902, of a small Augustinian priory.

East Point Pavilion, Royal Plain, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 0AP, Tel: 01502 533600, Email, (3 miles, 6kms)

The friendly and helpful staff at Lowestoft Tourist Information can assist you with details of local attractions, accommodation bookings, local transport enquiries and National Express travel bookings. A must for all those planning a visit.

Beccles, Suffolk, UK, Tel: 07817 920502, Email, (5 miles, 8kms)

Waveney Stardust is a purpose built broads motor cruiser designed to offer people, who would not otherwise be able to use a traditional boat, the opportunity to use the Norfolk and Suffolk waterways.

Ashby, Somerleyton, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 5, (3 miles, 6kms)

Thatched roof and round tower.

Chedgrave, Loddon, Norfolk, NR14 6EZ, (8 miles, 13kms)

Hardley Flood is set on the long distance Wherryman's Way.

Church Lane, Lound, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 5LL, (4 miles, 6kms)

Norman round tower. Modern wall painting and other enhancements made in 1912-1914.

Chapel Road, Carlton Colville, Lowestoft, NR33 8BL, Tel: 01502 518459, Email, (2 miles, 4kms)

Take a trip back in time at East Anglia's premier working transport museum, where the past comes to life! Travel as often as you like on preserved historic vehicles or take a trip on the Narrow Gauge Railway.

The Marina, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 1HH, Tel: 01502 533200, (4 miles, 6kms)

Lowestoft Marina theatre is at the cultural heart of the community, hosting a wide range of performers including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Sparrow's Nest Gardens, Whapload, Lowestoft, NR32 1XG, Tel: 01502 587500, (4 miles, 6kms)

Museum and chapel dedicated to all who served in World War II both service and civiallian.

Nicholas Everitt Park, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, NR33 6JR, Tel: 01502 563533, Email, (3 miles, 4kms)

Lots of childrens' favourites including snakes, rabbits, monkeys, sheep, exotic birds & pygmy goats.

Leman House, Ballygate, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 7ND, Tel: 01502 715722, Email, (5 miles, 8kms)

The Beccles & District Museum covers the life and functions of a market town, and its surrounding areas.

Burnt Hill Lane, Carlton Colville, Lowestoft, NR33 8HU, Tel: 01502 564250, (1 miles, 2kms)

Carlton Marshes lies at the southern tip of the Norfolk & Suffolk Broads & comprises over 100 acres of beautiful Suffolk grazing marsh, fens & peat pools to explore via waymarked trails.

Riverside House, Gillingham Dam, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 0PA, Tel: 07951 879 617, Email, (5 miles, 8kms)

Gallery of contemporary woodturning by Andy Coates RPT, and stained glass and fused-glass jewellery by John Wilson. Courses Available.

Mutford Lock, Bridge Road, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, NR33 9JU, NR33 9JU, Tel: 01502 574903, (2 miles, 3kms)

River trips from Oulton Broad to a number of locations along the Southern Broads, including day trips to Beccles and the Berney Arms, and shorter river trips to Burgh St Peter, Oulton Dyke and Seven Mile Carr.

Somerleyton, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 5, (2 miles, 4kms)

Mostly rebuilt in 19th C. Fine rood screen with painted figures.

Yew Cottage, Church Road, Henstead, NR34 7LD, Tel: 07715 876606, Email, (5 miles, 8kms)

Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 1HS, Tel: 01502 533600, Email, (4 miles, 6kms)

Nicholas Everitt Park is an impressive green space sitting comfortably alongside the broads. A traditional park with a number of visitor attractions, it also provides a variety of habitats for the wildlife which inhabit this space.