List entries by category - Marine
Anderton Boat Lift www.andertonboatlift.co.uk
Northwich CW9 6FW England
The Anderton Boat Lift was built in 1875 and was the world's first boat lift. Until Foxton is rebuilt it will remain England's only boat lift but others exist around the world.
Last updated: 2008-04-22
Berney Arms www.berneyarms.co.uk
Berney Arms, Great Yarmouth NR30 1SB England
Berney Arms is one of the remotest stations in England and has a very infrequent service. It is surrounded by the Norfolk Broads and has a windmill and a pub a pleasant walk away next to the river.
Last updated: 2008-05-17
Black Country Living Museum www.bclm.co.uk
Dudley DY1 4SQ England
An urban heritage park to which buildings from throughout the Black Country have been relocated. The site includes trams, trolleybuses, coal mine, blacksmith's and canal plus a traditional pub and fish & chip shop.
Last updated: 2007-10-09
Churnet Valley Railway www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk
Cheddleton England
The Churnet Valley Railway runs through the scenic Churnet Valley alongside the Caldon Canal.
Last updated: 2009-05-22
Cox's Mill
Addlestone KT15 2JX England
Cox's Mill is located just south of Weybridge on the River Wey Navigation. It is an old flour mill which used to be served by boats from London. Even though it is now converted to flats it is still a fine building in a lovely location next to Cox's Lock and the old mill pond.
Last updated: 2008-04-05
Elblag Canal and inclined planes en.wikipedia.org/...
Between Elblag and Ostroda Poland
The Elblag Canal uses an ingenious system of inclined planes to drag boats between its different levels.
Last updated: 2007-10-24
Falkirk wheel www.thefalkirkwheel.co.uk
Falkirk Scotland
Canal lift - new but worth inclusion
Last updated: 2008-04-05
Foxton Inclined Plane www.fipt.org.uk
Foxton LE16 7RA England
The Foxton Inclined Plane was situated on what is now the Leicester Section of the Grand Union Canal. The lift was opened in 1900 to provide working narrow boats with a faster way of climbing the 75ft hill than using the existing 10 locks. The inclined plane was closed in 1911 and traffic returned to the locks. The Foxton Inclined Plane Trust was formed i n1980 and is working towards the restoration of the inclined plane.
Last updated: 2008-05-17
Historic Dockyard Chatham www.chdt.org.uk
Chatham ME4 4TZ England
The Historic Dockyard Chatham is a maritime heritage site that covers over 400 years of Britain's maritime history and provides the world's most complete dockyard of the age of sail.
Last updated: 2007-10-09
Hollinwood Canal Society www.hollinwoodcanal.co.uk/...
Manchester England
The Hollinwood Canal Society aims to see the restoration of the canals within Daisy Nook Country Park, the re-connection of Daisy Nook with the Ashton Canal and the creation of a new canal link through to the Rochdale Canal.
Last updated: 2008-04-14
Hythe Pier Tramway en.wikipedia.org/...
Hythe near Southampton England
Narrow guage pier railway, originally from a WW1 mustard gas factory
Last updated: 2007-10-14
Museum of Science and Industry www.msim.org.uk
Manchester M3 4FP England
Includes an interesting collection of railway locomotives and live industrial steam engines.
Last updated: 2007-10-07
Narrow Boat by L T C Rolt www.amazon.co.uk/...
The classic canal book written in 1939 gives an interesting insight into the canals, towns, way of life and thoughts of the time. Many of Rolt's concerns are still valid today, it seems we don't learn! A must.
Last updated: 2007-10-13
Narrow boat President www.nb-president.org.uk
Dudley DY1 4SQ England
Narrow boat President is an ex Fellows Morton Clayton steam narrow boat, and is now owned by the Black Country Living Museum at Dudley.
Last updated: 2007-10-13
Narrow Boat Trust www.narrowboattrust.org.uk/...
England
The Narrow Boat Trust is a Charity, which exists "To preserve and restore narrow boats and canal craft of all descriptions, exhibit the same for the benefit of the public and where possible to promote the use of such boats for commercial canal carrying".
Last updated: 2008-04-05
National Brewery Centre www.nationalbrewerycentre.co.uk
Burton-on-Trent DE14 1NG England
Formerly the Bass Museum. Includes an explanation and artifacts of brewing using the unique Burton Union System, steam engines, vans and buses. The museum has a model of Burton-on-Trent in 1921 and includes a model railway. Worthington White Shield is brewed on site and can be sampled draught in the Brewery Tap.
Last updated: 2010-03-20
National Register of Historic Vessels www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk
UK
National Historic Ships is a Non Departmental Public Body advising the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on national historic ship preservation and funding priorities. It also advises the Heritage Lottery Fund and other public funding bodies on preservation priorities and individual applications. It also acts as a focus for advice on aspects of the preservation of historic vessels and maintains the National Register of Historic Vessels.
Last updated: 2007-10-14
National Waterways Museum - Ellesmere Port www.nwm.org.uk/...
Ellesmere Port CH65 4FW England
Bringing Britain's canal history to life
Last updated: 2007-10-07
National Waterways Museum - Gloucester Docks www.nwm.org.uk/...
Gloucester GL1 2EH England
Housed over three storeys in a Victorian warehouse, situated in the heart of the city’s historic Gloucester Docks the museum recreates the story of the people who worked on the waterways and on the dockside.
Last updated: 2007-10-07
National Waterways Museum - Stoke Bruerne www.nwm.org.uk/...
Stoke Bruerne NN12 7SE England
Explore the story of Britain's waterways in a restored corn mill alongside the Grand Union Canal.
Last updated: 2007-10-07
Paddle Steamer Kingswear Castle www.pskc.freeserve.co.uk/...
Chatham, Kent ME4 4TQ England
Kingswear Castle is a coal-fired paddle steamer which was built in 1924 and cruised until the 1960s on the River Dart with her sister ships Totnes Castle.
Last updated: 2008-05-04
Paddle Steamer Preservation Society www.psps.freeserve.co.uk/...
The Paddle Steamer Preservation Society is Britain's longest established and largest steamship preservation group and operates Britain's only two working paddle steamers. It was founded in 1959 and has sailed its ships since 1975.
Last updated: 2008-05-04
Paddle Steamer Waverley www.waverleyexcursions.co.uk/...
UK
The last sea-going paddle steamer in the world
Last updated: 2008-05-04
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct en.wikipedia.org/...
England
The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct was completed in 1805 to carry the Llangollen Canal over the River Dee. It is the longest and highest aqueduct in Britain.
Last updated: 2008-04-22
Portland Basin Museum www.tameside.gov.uk/...
Ashton-under-Lyne OL7 0QA England
The Portland Basin Museum is housed within the restored nineteenth century Ashton Canal Warehouse. The museum includes a 1920s street to allow you to find out how people used to live in Tameside.
Last updated: 2008-04-14
Square Sail Shipyard www.square-sail.com/...
Charletown Harbour, St Austell PL25 3NJ England
A fleet of square rigged sailing ships and the harbour facilities to maintain them.
Last updated: 2010-05-22
Sunderland Maritime Heritage www.sunderlandmaritimeheritage.org.uk/...
Sunderland SR1 2BB England
Sunderland Maritime Heritage exists to preserve artifacts, documents, pictures and the skills of the shipyard workers that contributed to shipbuilding in Sunderland from 1346 until 1988 when the last shipyard closed.
Last updated: 2009-04-17
The Barge Association www.barges.org/...
The Barge Association is for anyone who is interested in barges or barging or owns a barge. Their aims include bringing together people interested in barges and barging and representing the interests of barge owners.
Last updated: 2009-05-22
The Hythe
Maldon CM9 5HN England
The Hythe is situated at the head of the River Blackwater estuary and is home to a collection of historic vessels including Thames sailing barges. There are also two pubs at the Hythe and up the hill in Maldon are additional pubs and two breweries.
Last updated: 2008-04-05
Wherry Yacht White Moth www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/...
Horning, Norfolk England
Wherry Yacht White Moth was built in 1915 by Ernest Collins of Wroxham for the Coleman family (of mustard fame) and was the last wherry yacht ever built.
Last updated: 2009-10-11
Wooden Canal Boat Society www.wcbs.org.uk/...
Manchester England
The Wooden Canal Boat Society is a charity dedicated to saving, restoring and using on community projects some of the old wooden working boats of Britain's canal network. The boats are kept at Portland basin museum.
Last updated: 2008-04-14
Yorkshire Waterways Museum www.waterwaysmuseum.org.uk
Goole DN14 5TB England
The Yorkshire Waterways Museum offers an extensive collection which tells the story of the Port of Goole, the transportation of coal, the lives of barge families, and the boat building tradition of our ancestors.
Last updated: 2007-10-07