Sport and Leisure
Lowestoft has a variety of sports clubs and facilities. Lowestoft Town Football Club play at Crown Meadow and Kirkley & Pakefield Football Club play at Walmer Road. Lowestoft Cricket Club play at the Denes Oval sports ground. Other sports clubs include Waveney Gymnastics club and Rookery Park Golf Club.
The town's main leisure centre is the Waterlane Leisure Centre which was redeveloped at a cost of £6.5 million in 2010–11. Facilities include a gym and climbing wall as well as a 25 metre swimming pool with a movable floor. Lowestoft has a number of parks and recreation grounds.
The Broads national park extends to Lowestoft at Oulton Broad. Water activities and boat tours can be taken here. Powerboat racing also occurs every Thursday throughout the summer, hosting local boats and occasionally a round of a national or international championship throughout classes of powerboat.
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