| Gunton | |
|---|---|
 Pleasurewood Hills theme park | |
  Gunton Location withinSuffolk | |
| Population | 6,640 (2011 est.) |
| OS grid reference | TM545957 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Lowestoft |
| Postcode district | NR32 |
| Dialling code | 01502 |
| UK Parliament | |
| 52°30′00″N1°44′53″E / 52.500°N 1.748°E /52.500; 1.748 | |
Gunton is a suburb ofLowestoft, in theEast Suffolk district, in theEnglish county ofSuffolk. Gunton was a small coastal village, but over the years it has been suburbanised. Gunton has an estimated population of 6,640. The mainA12 orYarmouth Road runs through the area. The eastern part of Gunton, from Yarmouth Road to Gunton Cliff, is one of the most affluent parts of Lowestoft, after the North Broads area ofOulton Broad.
Hollingsworth Road, the main road through west Gunton, is named after the philanthropist Howard Hollingsworth who lived at Gunton Cliff.
Gunton was home toRoland Leighton and his family, and it is described byVera Brittain in her First World War autobiographyTestament of Youth.
In 1931 the parish had a population of 110.[1] On 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished and merged with Lowestoft.[2]
ThePleasurewood Hills theme park is located on the outskirts of the village. Gunton Church is around tower church.
Gunton Cliffs and Warren is a local nature reserve situated east of the B1385 Corton Road between Tramps Alley and to the south, Links Road. It is a mixed habitat of beach and sand dunes with vegetated cliffs covered in mostly bracken with gorse and small patches of heather. Sometimes this area is incorrectly referred to as Corton Cliffs. Corton Cliffs are further to the north atCorton village. In the autumn, Gunton Cliffs and Warren is a good area for seeing both common and rare migrant birds.