Gunton is a suburb of
Lowestoft, in the
East Suffolk district, in the
English county of
Suffolk. Gunton was a small coastal village, but over the years it has been suburbanised. Gunton has an estimated population of 6,640. The main
A12 or
Yarmouth Road runs through the area. The eastern part of Gunton, from Yarmouth Road to Gunton Cliff, is one of the most affluent parts of Lowestoft, after the North Broads area of
Oulton Broad
Oulton Broad refers to both the lake and the suburb of Lowestoft in the English county of Suffolk.
The suburb is located west of the centre of Lowestoft. It became a civil parish in 2017. It had an estimated population of 10,338 at the 2011 Uni ...
. In 1931 the parish had a population of 110.
Hollingsworth Road, the main road through west Gunton, is named after the philanthropist Howard Hollingsworth who lived at Gunton Cliff.
Gunton was home to
Roland Leighton
Roland Aubrey Leighton (27 March 1895 – 23 December 1915) was a British poet and soldier, made posthumously famous by his fiancée Vera Brittain's memoir, '' Testament of Youth''.
Life and career
His parents, Robert Leighton and Marie Conno ...
and his family, and it is described by
Vera Brittain
Vera Mary Brittain (29 December 1893 – 29 March 1970) was an English Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) nurse, writer, feminist, socialist and pacifist. Her best-selling 1933 memoir '' Testament of Youth'' recounted her experiences during the Fir ...
in her First World War autobiography ''
Testament of Youth''.
On 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished and merged with Lowestoft.
Attractions
The
Pleasurewood Hills
Pleasurewood Hills is a theme park on a site between Corton and Gunton, near Lowestoft, Suffolk.
History
The park was created by entrepreneur Joe Larter in 1983 as a small American-themed family attraction, containing a miniature railway, C ...
theme park is located on the outskirts of the village. Gunton Church is a
round tower church.
Gunton Cliffs and Warren is a local nature reserve situated east of the B1385 Corton Road between Tramps Alley and to the south, Links Road. It is a mixed habitat of beach and sand dunes with vegetated cliffs covered in mostly bracken with gorse and small patches of heather. Sometimes this area is incorrectly referred to as Corton Cliffs. Corton Cliffs are further to the north at
Corton village. In the autumn, Gunton Cliffs and Warren is a good area for seeing both common and rare migrant birds.
References
External links
About Britain - Gunton
{{East Suffolk
Populated places in Suffolk
Former civil parishes in Suffolk
Lowestoft