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Ness Point, also known as Lowestoft Ness, is the most easterly point of
BBC Suffolk, 2008. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
Located at Ness Point is the previous record holder for Britain's tallest
BBC Suffolk, 2007. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
Ness Point - Official Website
{{coord, 52.4811, N, 1.7628, E, display=title, region:GB_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki Lowestoft
Ness Point, also known as Lowestoft Ness, is the most easterly point of England
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, Great Britain
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, the United Kingdom
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and the British Isles
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. It is located in Lowestoft in the East Suffolk district of the county of Suffolk. The site is located to the north of the town centre, overlooking the North Sea
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, and has a direction marker, known as the Euroscope, marking locations in other countries and their distance from Ness Point.The mess that is NessBBC Suffolk, 2008. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
Located at Ness Point is the previous record holder for Britain's tallest wind turbine
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, nicknamed "Gulliver". It stands tall, generating electricity for the National Grid.Suffolk's first turbineBBC Suffolk, 2007. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
See also
*Ardnamurchan Point
Ardnamurchan (, gd, Àird nam Murchan: headland of the great seas) is a peninsula in the ward management area of Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, noted for being very unspoiled and undisturbed. Its remoteness is accentuated by the main access ...
, westernmost point of the British mainland.
* Land's End
Land's End ( kw, Penn an Wlas or ''Pedn an Wlas'') is a headland and tourist and holiday complex in western Cornwall, England, on the Penwith peninsula about west-south-west of Penzance at the western end of the A30 road. To the east of it is ...
, westernmost point of mainland England.
* Lizard Point, southernmost point of the British mainland.
* Dunnet Head
Dunnet Head ( gd, Ceann Dùnaid) is a peninsula in Caithness, on the north coast of Scotland. Dunnet Head includes the most northerly point of both mainland Scotland and the island of Great Britain.
Geography
The point, also known as Easter ...
, northernmost point of the British Mainland.
* Marshall Meadows Bay
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Marshall Meadows Bay is the northernmost point of England. It is located on the Northumberland coast, north of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and just to the south of the Anglo-Scottish border. Across the border in Scotland is the county of Berwi ...
, northernmost point of England.
* Ness, Lewis, northernmost point of the Outer Hebrides
References
External links
Ness Point - Official Website
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