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 of Oulton Broad.

Gunton was home to Roland Leighton and his family, and it is described by Vera Brittain in her First World War autobiography Testament of Youth.

[2] The Pleasurewood Hills theme park is located on the outskirts of the village.

It is a mixed habitat of beach and sand dunes with vegetated cliffs covered in mostly bracken with gorse and small patches of heather.

In the autumn, Gunton Cliffs and Warren is a good area for seeing both common and rare migrant birds.