About Oulton Broad
Oulton Broad provides the perfect base for exploring the region whether you journey over land or water. Forming the Southern Gateway to the Broads National Park, Oulton Broad offers the visitor a unique experience whether wildlife, history or relaxation is what you are looking for.
Nicholas Everitt Park lies beside the Broads and houses a range of amenities, leisure facilities and events including the Lowestoft Museum situated in Broad House. The museum presents 1000 years of local and domestic history, Lowestoft Porcelain, fossils, flints and medieval artefacts from various field searches.
Head down to the park during the summer months and on most Thursday evenings you can find the perfect spot to watch some of the worlds top drivers at Power Boat Racing.
Did you know? - The world's first working hovercraft model was tried and tested at Oulton Broad in 1956. Sir Christopher Cockerell had the idea (using a cat food tin inside a coffee tin in a bucket, powered by a vacuum cleaner!) then with a boat-building friend he made a working model to be tested on the Broads.
For the sport lovers amongst you then Oulton Broad offers a variety of activities including sailing, fishing, windsurfing, rowing and tennis. With more than 100 acres of grazing marsh, fen and peat pools, Carlton Marshes Nature Reserve creates a haven for many different species of wildlife, plants and insects. This well-established purpose built visitor centre can be found at the southern tip of the Broads