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
Conserving our maritime heritage
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.
Maritime Heritage Centre
Visit our Maritime Heritage Centre to learn about boats. Displays and films discover life as it local fishing.
Lucy Lavers
Sail on Lucy Lavers, our restored Dunkirk Little Ship and experience the Heritage Maritime Port of Wells.
Virtual museum
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.
Maritime Heritage Festival & Flotilla
Visit our Maritime Heritage Festival and Flotilla. See the local historic boats afloat and watch the spectacular flotilla.
Events 2025
We will be hosting some interesting events at our Maritime Heritage Centre in 2025 in addition to our annual Maritime Heritage Festival & Flotilla.
Become a friend
From just £12 a year support our work, keep up to date and get invited to events.
