GT YARMOUTH HARBOURMOUTH WEBCAM
Webcam view: Updated every few minutes from dawn to dusk
'Gt Yarmouth Harbourmouth' webcam is located at the top floor of the offices of Budget Marquees on Cliff Hill in Gorleston-on-sea, facing east to the North Sea. It overlooks the harbour entrance of the river Yare where it turns by the lighthouse, and pier, into the North Sea on Norfolk's east coast - the 'Sunrise coast'.
This is the northern entrance to the Norfolk Broads (250 miles of lock-free waterways consisting of 40+ lakes and 5 rivers; the southern entrance is at Lowestoft, 10 miles south. All rivers form the Norfolk Broads flow out here. They are the Bure, Thurne, Ant, Waveney and Yare, not forgetting the Wensum which flows through Norwich and the Tas which also joins the Yare just below the city.
See the ships come and go! Once a major player in the herring fishing industry, Great Yarmouth is now known as a major gas, oil and wind-farm industry service port. The new Outer Harnour was opened in February 2010 and welcomes larger vessels for maintenance work on the service ships and rigs and for the export of Norfolk's agricultural products (grain),.
Gt. Yarmouth is also a popular seaside resort, a playground for holidaymakers from the Midlands and south east - whilst Gorleston is quieter, and nicer!
Gorleston-on-sea is on the southern side of the river. And it has a sandy beach that stretches for several miles south towards Lowestoft, beside the promenade below the cliff top gardens. This is a popular destination for locals, and the inhabitants of the Waveney valley living around Beccles and Bungay.
At the north end of the beach, the main buildings seen are the Pier Hotel and the Ocean Room, beside which are a garden featuring a bandstand, and cafes and restaurants, 'sea-side' shops, several pubs, a sailing club, the lifeboat centre, 'Pop's Meadow' playground, the Harbour Hotel, the Pavilion Theatre, and the pier itself, where the river turns out to sea, and ships pass, guided by pilots, to service the gas, oil and wind turbines in the North Sea.
Up on the cliff is the Cliff Hotel, several B&Bs and Guest Houses, and residents' homes. A range of shops, businesses and food stores are found on Bells Road. A mile north of the beach is Gorleston high street. To the west beside the by-pass is a variety of out of town stores. Near by are the Norfolk Broads.
If you cannot come in person as much as you like you can always revisit this page to see what today is like here. Tell your friends!