Kessingland
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Kessingland is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. It is located around south of Lowestoft on the east coast of the United Kingdom. It is of interest to archaeologists as Palaeolithic and Neolithic implements have been found here; the remains of an ancient forest lie buried on the seabed.
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- Locality
- East Suffolk
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 4,327
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.postcode_area
- NR
- UK place.postcode_district
- NR33
- UK place.dial_code
- 01502
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Lowestoft
- UK place.shire_district
- East Suffolk
- UK place.shire_county
- Suffolk
- UK place.hide_services
- yes
- UK place.official_name
- Kessingland
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Kessingland cliffs and beach in 2007.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The coastline at Kessingland
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 7
- UK place.population
- 4,327
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TM525865
- UK place.post_town
- Lowestoft
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 4327
- Image
- Kessingland - Church of St Edmund.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01502
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- Commons category
- Kessingland
- OS grid reference
- TM533867
- P8168
- Nevşehir
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6 sectionsContents
- History
- Governance
- Features of the village
- Connections to the arts
- References
- External links
Kessingland is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. It is located around south of Lowestoft on the east coast of the United Kingdom. It is of interest to archaeologists as Palaeolithic and Neolithic implements have been found here; the remains of an ancient forest lie buried on the seabed.
The parish, which had a population of 4,327 at the 2011 United Kingdom census, borders the parishes of Gisleham, Henstead with Hulver Street and Benacre. It extends from the edge of the Pontins holiday park south of Pakefield in the north to the Hundred River which marks the southern border of the parish. The main A12 road cuts through the parish, bypassing the main built up area of the village.
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