The Maritime Heritage Centre is currently closed until Easter 2025.
Open from Easter Sunday April 20 2025 until the end of October on Sundays and bank holiday Mondays
11am - 4pm
The working wooden boats of the North Norfolk coast are unique to this area. Discover the boats, their stories and the people that built and used them. Experience their rich history through our events, trips, displays and film archive.
Visit our Maritime Heritage Centre to learn about boats. Displays and films discover life as it local fishing.
Sail on Lucy Lavers, our restored Dunkirk Little Ship and experience the Heritage Maritime Port of Wells.
Delve into our virtual museum with over 200 films showcasing local fishermen, lifeboatmen, boatbuilders, of wooden boat building and restoration. Includes the fishermen’s own photo albums, and their stories of the working along this coast.
Visit our Maritime Heritage Festival and Flotilla. See the local historic boats afloat and watch the spectacular flotilla.