Oulton Broad guide

With its extensive water frontage and open views across the Broads, Nicholas Everitt Park is a jewel in the crown for Oulton Broad and offers scenic walks and a range of amenities, leisure facilities, beautiful gardens and attractions. This includes the Lowestoft Museum, situated in the Broad House, a grade ll listed building dating from 1685.  The Museum boasts one of the best collections of Lowestoft Porcelain as well as many objects and displays relating to the history of the area and its people.

The park also hosts a calendar of events in the summer from powerboat racing to concerts on the bandstand, plus lots of yacht racing on the Broad. The park offers a variety of water based activities and for those with their own vessel a slipway is available. There are tennis courts, a bowling green, toilets, putting green trampolines, a play area, boating lake and ponds Head down to the park during the summer months and enjoy a concert from the Victorian Bandstand or on most Thursday evenings watch some of the world’s top drivers at the Power Boat Racing. The summer weekends are a great time to watch the yacht racing. Alternatively, simply find a spot on the grassed area, or many benches, and enjoy the picturesque waterside views across the Broad or stop at one of the cafés for a refreshment break.

The Broads are Britain's largest protected wetland and third largest inland waterway, designated for its special characteristics, unique landscape, wildlife and culture. Stretching across both Norfolk and Suffolk, with over 125 miles of navigable waterways, the beauty and tranquillity of its landscape, as well as being home to some of the rarest plants and animals in the UK, it is easy to see how it attracts around eight million visitors every year.

Heading east from Oulton Broad, the Mutford Lock links the Broads to Lake Lothing and the North Sea via Lowestoft. The connection of salt and fresh water, and two different tides on each side, means Mutford Lock is an unusual design – you will notice the double lock gates at each end which are used to adjust the level of the water within the lock. The length of the lock was designed so that a trading wherry could fit within it. The Norfolk Wherries, with their iconic long, low shape and large sail, were used to transport all manner of goods around the Broads network. The hotel opposite is named after them.

You can sail along the River Waveney from Oulton Broad to Burgh St Peter with Waveney River Tours, a 100 seater passenger boat or be the captain of your own ship with a boat hire from Oulton Dayboats. 

For more information on The Broads, download this free digital guide: http://qrco.de/VisittheBroads2021

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