Don't miss our Maritime Heritage Festival Wells-next-the-Sea July 23 & 24....
Over twenty historic wooden fishing boats are gathering at Tugboat Yard! The Flotilla will be led by our Flagship restored Dunkirk Little Ship and former relief lifeboat at Wells, Lucy Lavers, now...
View ArticleGetting ready to welcome you at our Maritime Heritage Centre from April 9 and...
We are getting ready to welcome you to our Maritime Heritage Centre in Stiffkey at Easter (open Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays until the end of October) We are also starting to plan our Maritime...
View ArticleThis year's Maritime Heritage Festival and Flotilla is on Saturday July 29...
Dates for your diaries!! Saturday July 29 and Sunday July 30 We will be hosting the Maritime Heritage Festival and Flotilla again with Curlew Coastal Charters, who skipper our flagship Lucy Lavers....
View ArticleOur Maritime Heritage Centre is open from Easter Sunday 11-4!
We are open on Sundays and Bank holiday Mondays from 11-4. Do come and see our fascinating displays of our local maritime heritage - fishing for crabs and whelks, lifeboats, wooden boat building - in...
View ArticleOur Maritime Heritage Centre is looking good! Lovely merchandise and...
We look forward to seeing you! Lots of displays of our local Maritime History - tales of wooden fishing boats and lifeboats, artefacts, films and lovely things to buy to support our tiny...
View ArticleRescue Wooden Boats is featuring in the next "Escape to the...
We were delighted to be joined last year by a film crew and Denise Nurse Escape to the Country presenter on a perfect day for a trip on Lucy Lavers with Skipper Liam Pink and a visit to the Maritime...
View ArticleMaritime Heritage Festival and Flotilla July 29 & 30 Wells-next-the-Sea
Jointly with Curlew Coastal Charters, who skipper trips afloat on Lucy Lavers, we are planning our annual Maritime Heritage Festival and Flotilla spectacle on July 29 and 30. We are inviting heritage...
View ArticleRescue Wooden Boats has a part-time opportunity for an Engagement Coordinator...
We are delighted to let you know we have just been given a small Community Lottery Grant to employ a part-time “Engagement Coordinator” for 38 weeks. The job description is below. Do pass this on to...
View ArticleMaritime painting for auction! On view at Maritime Heritage Festival in Wells...
Detail of painting above James Case has generously donated this delightful and confidently executed maritime painting in aid of Rescue Wooden Boats. It is an unframed oil painting on board. it...
View ArticleLucy Lavers drying out so she can be re-painted and varnished.
Lucy Lavers is drying out in a barn, and will be sanded, repainted and varnished before she goes back in the water. We'll keep you posted of her progress back to her former glory ready to take you...
View Article2024 some dates for your diaries
The Maritime Heritage Centre in Stiffkey will open on Sunday March 31 and Monday April 1 from 11am - 4pm and we look forward to welcoming you on Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays throughout the...
View ArticleLucy Lavers maintenance under way
A group of brilliant volunteers got working on Lucy Lavers over the weekend. Scraping off the barnacles, taking off fittings and starting to sand the hull to ready it for Withams Group blue paint....
View ArticleOur 2024 calendar of events programme is live
Our 2024 events are now live on our website. Take a look to see if there are any events that you would like to attend this year. Some of our events are drop-in, and others will require booking....
View ArticleLucy Lavers Dunkirk film show at Wells Maltings Thursday March 14 at 7pm
14th March 7pm at Wells MaltingsDouble bill at the Maltings, Wells-next-the-Sea on Thursday March 14 at 7pm. Tickets £10. Proceeds for local charities Rescue Wooden Boats and The Norfolk Churches’...
View ArticleWant to find out how to the read the weather?
Want to find out how to the read the weather? We all want to know what the weather is going to be like. It is the most talked about ice-breaker, conversation maker that there is. Head to the event he...
View ArticleDiscover our Maritime Mingle events
Every Sunday at 1:30pm-2pm from the 7th April until the 27th October we will be hosting a mingle at our Maritime Heritage Centre in Stiffkey. You will be greeted with a warm reception, the offer of a...
View ArticleShare an experience for Mother's Day
Rather than get your mother a bunch of flowers, a new plant or a box of chocolates. Why not treat her to tickets to one of our Maritime Mingle events? You will be supporting our charity and giving her...
View ArticleMaritime Heritage Centre opens this weekend Sunday and Monday 11-4
Maritime Heritage Centre opens this weekend Sunday and Monday 11-4 and every Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday until end of October. We have new exhibits, activities for children and new children's...
View ArticleMaritime Mingle this Sunday
This Sunday and every Sunday at 1:30pm-2pm from the 7th April until the 27th October we will be hosting a mingle at our Maritime Heritage Centre in Stiffkey. Fancy popping in? You will be greeted with...
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