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6 Best Activities In Lowestoft
A day out and an hour to fill before tea are two different problems. Very few coastal towns answer both; this one does. Africa Alive! and Pleasurewood Hills Family Theme Park are the full-day end. Adventure Island Playpark and Richardsons Family Entertainment Centre are the hour. Six entries all told, and five of them will survive rain, which for a seaside town is remarkable.
Showing 1–6 of 6
SightseeingEast Anglia Transport Museum
Zoos and Wildlife ParksAfrica Alive!
TheatresMarina Theatre Lowestoft
BowlingRichardsons Family Entertainment Centre
Indoor PlayAdventure Island Playpark
Theme ParksPleasurewood Hills Family Theme Park
12 more within 10 miles of Lowestoft
Ellough Park Raceway
Somerleyton
Redwings Horse Sanctuary Caldecott
Beccles Lido
Gorleston Beach
Hillfield Nursery & Farm Shop
South Denes Beach
Monkey Business
Power Station Beach Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth South Beach
Pleasure Beach
The Southwold Mystery Treasure Trail
The scale of the two big names is what lifts the town above being somewhere you merely drive through. Book those ahead. Keep the shorter entries for the following day, when everybody is tired and nobody wants to walk far.
Visiting Lowestoft with kids: FAQs
What is the biggest family attraction in Lowestoft?
Two compete for the title. Africa Alive! is a zoo and wildlife park with covered and open space, making it the more weather-proof of the pair. Pleasurewood Hills Family Theme Park is out in the open and built on rides, so it leans much harder on the forecast and on your children being tall enough for whatever they have set their hearts on. Either takes a full day; neither is a half-hour stop.
What can we do in Lowestoft when the weather is bad?
Five of the six will keep you dry, which is unusually good going on this coast. Marina Theatre Lowestoft is the first to look at if a play frame is not what anybody needs. Richardsons Family Entertainment Centre takes care of bowling and arcade-style activity. Adventure Island Playpark is another covered option again. Opening patterns differ from venue to venue, so confirm before setting out.
Does Lowestoft suit older children?
Rather more than most family-focused coastal towns manage. Pleasurewood Hills Family Theme Park is the obvious draw for anyone tall enough for the bigger rides. East Anglia Transport Museum rewards an older child who likes machinery, and it runs sections indoors as well as outside. Richardsons Family Entertainment Centre absorbs an evening. A teenager will not be bored, which is not true everywhere along here.