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Coordinates: 52°25'08?N 1°43'23?E? / ?52.419, 1.723
Kessingland is a large village in the Waveney District in Suffolk, about 7 km south of Lowestoft. 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 Suffolk Coast and Heaths area was designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in 1970, and the Suffolk Coasts and Heath Project runs many conservation projects.
[edit] Famous residents
Sir H. Rider Haggard, novelist, was born in Bradenham, and later in his life spent his summers at Kessingland in a cliff-top house called The Grange (now demolished). He was visited here by his friend Rudyard Kipling. He spent the rest of the year at Ditchingham some 16 miles to the west.
The horror writer Joseph Freeman (early works published as Joe Rattigan) has lived in Kessingland since 2000. His story 'The Cursed Tree' from his collection Ghosts Far From Subtle was based around his home here, and several more stories have made use of the nearby Suffolk coast (including the award-winning ghost story 'Seen But Not Heard', set just off the A12 road). Much of his landscape photography is taken in and around Kessingland.
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(Source: Wikipedia) |