Editing Lowestoft (section)

==Culture and community==
The town has three theatres: the [[Marina Theatre|Marina]], the Players (Lowestoft) and [[The Seagull (theatre)|The Seagull]]. The 800-seat Marina, operated as a charitable trust, was restored and refurbished in 2012 and its cinema upgraded to digital in 2013. A small four-screen cinema, the independently owned East Coast Cinema, underwent modest refurbishment in late 2011 to upgrade facilities and allow 3D films to be shown. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra has played regularly at the Marina Theatre since 2005.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

Lowestoft Museum, which holds a collection of Lowestoft Porcelain and artifacts describing the town's history, is in Nicholas Everett Park in [[Oulton Broad]].<ref name="edplow"/> There are some small museums in Sparrow's Nest Park in the north of the town, including the [[Lowestoft War Memorial Museum]], the [[Lowestoft Maritime Museum|Maritime Museum]] and the Royal Naval Patrol Service Museum. The Heritage Workshop Centre is also located there.<ref name="lowj11feb11">[http://www.lowestoftjournal.co.uk/news/memories_of_beach_village_in_lowestoft_1_799169?action=login 'Memories of beach village in Lowestoft'], ''Lowestoft Journal'', 11 February 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2011.</ref> The [[Mincarlo (trawler)|''Mincarlo'']], the last surviving [[fishing trawler|sidewinder trawler]] of the Lowestoft [[fishing fleet]], can be visited at Lowestoft Harbour. The [[East Anglia Transport Museum]] holds a collection of buses, trams and trolleybuses in [[Carlton Colville]].

[[File:Churchyard, St. Margaret, Lowestoft - geograph.org.uk - 910808.jpg|right|thumb|[[St. Margaret's Church, Lowestoft]]]]
Lowestoft retains several narrow lanes with steps running steeply seawards, known locally as "scores". They were used by fishermen and smugglers and now feature in an annual charity race.<ref name="edplow"/><ref name="scoresrace">[http://www.each.org.uk/News+and+Press+Office/news_releases/02_Mar_11_lowestoft_scores_race Lowestoft Scores Race], East Anglia's Children's Hospices, 2 March 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2011.</ref> The borough church, dedicated to [[St. Margaret's Church, Lowestoft|St Margaret]], is a [[Grade I listed buildings in East Suffolk District|Grade I listed building]].<ref name="suffchurch">[http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/lowesmarg.html St Margaret, Lowestoft], Suffolk Churches site. Retrieved 24 April 2011.</ref><ref name="listchurch">[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-391277-church-of-st-margaret-lowestoft Church of St Margaret, Lowestoft], British listed buildings. Retrieved 24 April 2011.</ref> In the town centre is [[Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Lowestoft|Our Lady Star of the Sea Church]], a Grade II listed building in the [[Arts and Crafts style]] and the most easterly Catholic church in the British Isles.<ref>[https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101208940-church-of-our-lady-star-of-the-sea-waveney Our Lady Star of the Sea, Waveney] from British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2018</ref><ref>[http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/lowesstar.html Our Lady Star of the Sea, Lowestoft] from SuffolkChurches.co.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2018</ref>

Lowestoft's town-centre library contains a local-history section and a branch of the Suffolk Record Office.<ref name="sro">[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon/searches/locresult_details.asp?LR=175 Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft Branch], National Archives. Retrieved 30 April 2011.</ref> [[Lowestoft Hospital]] closed in 2016. Services are now provided by the [[James Paget University Hospital]] in Gorleston.<ref>[https://www.jpaget.nhs.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2019.]</ref> The main burial grounds for the town are [[Lowestoft Cemetery]] and [[Kirkley Cemetery]]. The town is twinned with the town of [[Plaisir]] in the [[Yvelines]] department in the [[Île-de-France (region)|Île-de-France]] to the west of Paris.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}