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Gisleham

Gisleham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk.

Gisleham
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The place

Gisleham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk. It is on the edge of Lowestoft, around 5 miles (8.0 km) south-west of the town centre. The parish is in the East Suffolk district, situated between Carlton Colville and Kessingland.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Gisleham

7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    The Seagull

    The Seagull is a theatre and cinema in Pakefield, a suburb of Lowestoft in Suffolk, run almost entirely by volunteers from the local community. It plays host to regional and national touring theatre companies as well as films and other acts, and runs its own production company known as The Seagull Rep.

    3.4 km · theatre and cinema in Pakefield, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Pakefield Lighthouse

    Pakefield Lighthouse is a decommissioned 19th century lighthouse which was built near Pakefield a suburb of Lowestoft in Suffolk. The lighthouse tower has been used for a variety of maritime, civilian and military roles, and is currently used as a Coastwatch coastal surveillance station.

    2.1 km · 19th century lighthouse near Pakefield, a suburb of Lowestoft in Suffolk, England · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Africa Alive!

    Africa Alive Zoological Reserve, formerly known as Africa Alive! and Suffolk Wildlife Park, is a zoo located in Kessingland, Suffolk, UK. It is situated off the A12 at Kessingland 2 miles south of Lowestoft.

    2.1 km · British Zoo · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    East Anglia Transport Museum

    The East Anglia Transport Museum is an open-air transport museum, with numerous historic public transport vehicles. It is located in Carlton Colville a suburb of Lowestoft, Suffolk.

    1.9 km · British open-air transport museum · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Carlton Colville Scouts Memorial

    The Carlton Colville Scouts Memorial marks the graves of three Boy Scouts and three adult leaders of the 1st Carlton Sea Scouts Troop, in Carlton Colville, Suffolk, in England who were killed in a boating accident on 1 June 1914. It is also a memorial to the sole survivor of the accident who was killed, two years later, at the Battle of the Somme and his body never found.

    1.8 km · memorial in Carlton Colville, Waveney, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Kirkley Cemetery

    Kirkley Cemetery is a burial ground in the Kirkley area of Lowestoft in Suffolk. Located on London Road South, the cemetery is maintained by Waveney District Council and is open for traditional and Green Burials.

    3.5 km · cemetery in Lowestoft · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    St. Peter's Church, Carlton Colville

    St. Peter's Church is the Anglican parish church in the village of Carlton Colville, near Lowestoft in Suffolk, England.

    1.7 km · church in Carlton Colville, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Gisleham

Airports
London Stansted (STN), 117 km · London Luton (LTN), 154 km · Ostend-Bruges (OST), 160 km
Stations
Oulton Broad South railway station, 3.7 km
  • London, Essex → Gisleham
    162 km · quickest by road, 3h 32m · £17–23
  • London → Gisleham
    162 km · quickest by road, 3h 32m · £17–23
  • Luton, Luton → Gisleham
    157 km · quickest by road, 3h 13m · £17–22
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Gisleham

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Gisleham. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    239 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    284 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    460 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    566 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    599 km

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