Kessingland is a former fishing village situated four miles South of
Lowestoft, and was once rumoured to be the richest village in England.
Kessingland has its own version of the Loch Ness monster, with reports as far
back as 1750 of a 'serpent-like' creature being sighted off the coastline. One
account described the creature as being about five feet long above the water and
with head of a dog and the mane of a lion. It was last sighted in 1978 by a
holidaymaker.
It is very quiet but has an excellent bus service between
Lowestoft and Kessingland, and shops providing all basic amenities including :-
