Lower Street has since been renamed Essex Road.

Following Lower Street to the east, leads to the school, marina, leisure centre, church and the old riverbank.

The main Village Hall, playing fields and children's play area are located behind Lower Street on the upper side of the village.

The village has a community centre near the junction of Upper Street with Lower Street.

There is also a red brick Baptist church in Chapel Loke, off Lower Street, which dates from 1802.

Arising during the course of the castle's building was a settlement in the dale, which had its beginnings in what is now Unterstraße ("Lower Street").

Further towards the river in Lower Street the houses were always packed closer together.

It is a cluster of houses along Lower Street, south of the centre of Eastry.

Nether Street was recognised by the mid-14th century as an old street, sometimes called "Lower Street" in later periods.

A hand axe has been found in Lower Street (which follows the spring line).