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Starting from the tourist information centre at East Point Pavilion next to Lowestoft harbour turn right and walk south along the seaside promenade past a procession of tearooms, hotels and parks. Follow the promenade past Claremont Pier, where there is a clean, award-winning sandy beach and a concrete beachside walkway lined by a continuous terrace of brick beach huts. Continue along the promenade to the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS) office block, where there are steps down to the beach. Head along the path next to the fence, then walk across a grassy area towards a car park and around a corner to reach All Saints’ and St Margaret’s Church with its square tower, thatched roof and sundial above the porch. This is the parish church of Pakefield, effectively a southern suburb of Lowestoft. At the corner of the graveyard, by the track, find a Suffolk Coast Path waymark sign.

Lowestoft Ness, Britain’s most easterly point

At low or mid-tide you can walk south from here along the beach either to Covehithe, as described in this stage, or as far as Southwold at the end of Stage 2. However, at high tide it will be necessary to follow the route that leads away from the sea. This is described below.