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

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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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.
- 01The 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 - 02Pakefield 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 - 03Africa 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 - 04East 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 - 05Carlton 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 - 06Kirkley 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 - 07St. 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 → Gisleham162 km · quickest by road, 3h 32m · £17–23
- London → Gisleham162 km · quickest by road, 3h 32m · £17–23
- Luton, Luton → Gisleham157 km · quickest by road, 3h 13m · £17–22
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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.
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Next door to Gisleham
- Carlton Colvillesuburb and civil parish in Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom1.9 km
- Kessinglandvillage in Suffolk, England, UK2.6 km
- Rushmerevillage and civil parish in Suffolk, England, UK2.1 km
- Henstead with Hulver Streetcivil parish in Waveney, Suffolk, England3.2 km
- Oulton Broadsettlement, ward and civil parish in Suffolk, United Kingdom3.6 km
- Pakefieldsuburb of Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom2.6 km