Geography, Culture and Community
Carlton Colville lies to the south of the River Waveney. Carlton Marshes nature reserve, siutated on the marshes between the river and the built up area, is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and the site of rare water plants such as bladderwort and water soldier as well as dragonfly populations.
Carlton Colville Primary School is on Hall Road, near to Carlton Colville Community Centre. It has capacity for about 300 pupils. It was a feeder school for Gisleham Middle School, but due to the closure of middle schools in Lowestoft the school is expanding to educate pupils up to the end of Year 6. The school will be moved to the site of Gisleham Middle School in September 2011.
The parish church is St. Peter's Church, the oldest surviving part of which was built in the 13th century. There are six bells that hang at St Peter's weighing up to 12-1-26 cwt. The oldest bell was cast in 1608 by William Brend.
Carlton Colville is home to the East Anglia Transport Museum.
Read more about this topic: Carlton Colville
Famous quotes containing the words culture and/or community:
“All our civilization had meant nothing. The same culture that had nurtured the kindly enlightened people among whom I had been brought up, carried around with it war. Why should I not have known this? I did know it, but I did not believe it. I believed it as we believe we are going to die. Something that is to happen in some remote time.”
—Mary Heaton Vorse (1874–1966)
“Stories of law violations are weighed on a different set of scales in the Black mind than in the white. Petty crimes embarrass the community and many people wistfully wonder why Negroes don’t rob more banks, embezzle more funds and employ graft in the unions.... This ... appeals particularly to one who is unable to compete legally with his fellow citizens.”
—Maya Angelou (b. 1928)