The largest park in Lowestoft, Normanston Park covers 9.54ha and was purchased by Lowestoft Borough Council in the 1920s. The park now boasts a popular diner, skatepark, tennis courts, football and cricket pitches, a basketball half-court, outdoor table-tennis tables, and a children’s play area. New fitness equipment was installed in the park in 2022.
With all the sport facilities on site, the park is a popular location for people to enjoy the outdoors and get active. The park forms part of the National Cycle Network and there are suggested running and walking routes of various lengths, utilising the park’s circular pathways.
Normanston Park offers access to nearby Leathes Ham, a 6-hectare local nature reserve brimming with wild flora and marshes where wildfowl breed.
In 2025, work was undertaken to create a new wildflower meadow in Normanston Park as part of a scheme by the Town Council to improve biodiversity across its parks. By Summer 2025, the Normanston Park Wildflower Meadow was already bringing colour and new wildlife to the park.
