Editing Lowestoft (section)

===Lighthouse===
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[[File:Lowestoft Denes lighthouse - geograph.org.uk - 229057.jpg|Lowestoft Lighthouse|thumb|right]]
[[Lowestoft Lighthouse]], built in 1874 to the north of the town centre, stands 16 metres high at 37 metres above sea level, with a range of {{convert|23|nmi|km}}. It was automated in 1975.<ref name="trinityhouse">[http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses/lowestoft.html Lowestoft] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110414043256/http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses/lowestoft.html |date=14 April 2011}}, Trinity House. Retrieved 30 April 2011.</ref> It is the United Kingdom's most easterly [[lighthouse]].

The first two lighthouses in Lowestoft were built in 1609 on the foreshore and candlelit, to warn of the dangerous sandbanks around the coast. These were the first constructed by [[Trinity House]]. The Low Light was discontinued in 1706 after sea encroachment, but re-established in 1730 in a form that could be easily moved in response to further changes to the Stamford Channel and shoreline. It was discontinued in August 1923. The High Light tower was rebuilt as the present lighthouse in 1874<ref name="lightlist"/> with the intention of displaying an electric light, but when opened paraffin oil was used instead; not until 1936 was it electrified. The lighthouse, with two cottages originally for lighthouse keepers, is a Grade II [[listed building]].<ref name="lightlist">[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-391372-high-lighthouse-including-north-cottage- High Lighthouse Including North Cottage and South Cottage, Waveney], ''British Listed Buildings''. Retrieved 23 October 2012.</ref>

[[Pakefield Lighthouse]], the second remaining lighthouse, can be found on the coast south of Lowestoft, between [[Pakefield]] and the village of [[Kessingland]]. Originally constructed in 1831 and decommissioned in 1864, Pakefield lighthouse is now looked after by volunteers from Pakefield Coastwatch, who operate it as a coastal surveillance station.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pakefield Coastwatch |url=http://www.pakefieldcoastwatch.co.uk |website=Pakefield Coastwatch |access-date=5 March 2025}}</ref>