Hermitage River Projects is a registered charity that aims to promote knowledge and understanding of the Thames, its history, its ecology and the communities using it; to undertake educational initiatives that increase understanding of navigational and boat handling skills; to undertake cultural initiatives that promote and celebrate river heritage; and to encourage the use, preservation and restoration of historic vessels.

Hermitage River Projects also operates the visitor berths at Hermitage and helps to coordinate events at HCM.

The charity operates on the same site as Hermitage Community Moorings, a co-operative which owns and operates a residential mooring at Hermitage Wharf, Wapping.

Open Days 16th & 17th March 2024

March 11th, 2024|Comments Off on Open Days 16th & 17th March 2024

The first open days of 2024 will be similar to usual with a pop up cafe in the pier house and all the resident barges to look at close up. We also hope that one [...]

Film screening plus Q&A : THE LIVING THAMES Thurs 7th Dec 7pm in the Pier House

November 10th, 2023|Comments Off on Film screening plus Q&A : THE LIVING THAMES Thurs 7th Dec 7pm in the Pier House

Introduced by Sir David Attenborough, and presented by environmentalist Chris Baines, The Living Thames gives a voice to the many people with a hand in making the Thames Estuary the great river it is. Despite its sometimes [...]

Open Days 16th & 17th Sept 2023

September 13th, 2023|Comments Off on Open Days 16th & 17th Sept 2023

This September we welcome the 3 vessels of The Cirdan Trust as part of their 40th anniversary. Queen Galadrial, (1937 Baltic Trader 32m x 6.4m x 2.4m draft) Faramir (1981 Bermudian Ketch 22m x  5.25m [...]

Open Day Weekend – 17th &18th June 2023

May 19th, 2023|Comments Off on Open Day Weekend – 17th &18th June 2023

Gates open 11am to 4pm on both Saturday and Sunday. There will be the usual pop-up cafe and a visiting historic vessel mooring up at the visitor berth for people to have a close up [...]

PRIZE DRAW – by the Floating Quilters of Hermitage, in aid of Ukrainian refugees

March 16th, 2023|Comments Off on PRIZE DRAW – by the Floating Quilters of Hermitage, in aid of Ukrainian refugees

A energetic group of people from Hermitage Moorings - "The Floating Quilters" - have created a beautiful patchwork quilt that is out there to be won via Prize Draw. See the following link to find [...]

Open Day Weekend – March 18th & 19th 2023

March 15th, 2023|Comments Off on Open Day Weekend – March 18th & 19th 2023

Touchstone returns to Hermitage, fresh from drydock. Gates open 11am to 4pm on both Saturday and Sunday Motor tug Touchstone will be coming and will to be open to visitors, there will be a pop-up cafe in the pier [...]

Open Day Weekend – 17th &18th Sept 2022

September 1st, 2022|Comments Off on Open Day Weekend – 17th &18th Sept 2022

Hermitage welcomes the historic vessel Havengore for the September open days weekend, in the year of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. It will be open to visitors during the normal open day hours of 11am to [...]

Open Day Weekend – 18th &19th June 2022

May 31st, 2022|Comments Off on Open Day Weekend – 18th &19th June 2022

After more than three years tug Touchstone returns to Hermitage Gates open 11am to 4pm on both Saturday and Sunday Motor tug Touchstone will be arriving from Chatham Historic Dockyard to be open to visitors, there will [...]

Open Day Weekend – 26th & 27th March 2022

March 8th, 2022|Comments Off on Open Day Weekend – 26th & 27th March 2022

The first open weekend of 2022 has sailing barge "Will" here, fresh from dry dock, winter repairs and maintenance. The vessel is available for visitors to look at close up, as well as tour round [...]

Open Day Weekend – 4th & 5th Sept 2021

September 3rd, 2021|Comments Off on Open Day Weekend – 4th & 5th Sept 2021

Two years on from our last Open Days, the 2021 ones coincide with Open House. No need to book, but there may be limitations on numbers and the pop-up cafe that is usually in place [...]

The Cirdan Sailing Trust July 2021

September 2nd, 2021|Comments Off on The Cirdan Sailing Trust July 2021

The Cirdan Trust vessel Faramir came to Hermitage at the end of July; they report below on the trip:  Cirdan, is a small charity that has been providing life changing experiences to the disadvantaged aboard [...]

Microplastics and The Living River Foundation 2021

July 7th, 2021|Comments Off on Microplastics and The Living River Foundation 2021

Photo above: plastic sampling on the river between Richmond and Twickenham. The Living River Foundation is returning to the Thames to sample the estuary for microplastics floating in the surface of the water. The last [...]

KEEPSAKE Exhibition 2021

April 1st, 2021|Comments Off on KEEPSAKE Exhibition 2021

Lockdown Exhibition 2021: KEEPSAKE (Keep Safe) After a grim winter at the mooring with no Wassail, no Imbolc and no New Year’s parties we held an exhibition in the Pierhouse – it started out as [...]

Shadwell Basin Outdoor Activity Centre 2019

May 4th, 2020|Comments Off on Shadwell Basin Outdoor Activity Centre 2019

Following on from the contribution to the successful activities of the Activity Centre in 2017 & 2018  Hermitage River Projects contributed another grant to support the programme at the centre in Shadwell, located just a [...]

Kent Scouts February 2020 visit by RIB

April 30th, 2020|Comments Off on Kent Scouts February 2020 visit by RIB

Back on the 29th Feb, a troop of Scout leaders and young adults who form the Kent Scout Powerboating group braved the wet and windy weather to come up the river in their RIBS, stopping [...]

Eel barge “Korneliske Ykes II” visit 2019

February 20th, 2020|Comments Off on Eel barge “Korneliske Ykes II” visit 2019

  Before we launch into the 2020 season of Open Days and visiting historic boats we look back on a particularly special barge visiting from The Netherlands in 2019      Korneliske Ykes II, a [...]

Open Day Weekend – 21st & 22nd Sept 2019

September 4th, 2019|Comments Off on Open Day Weekend – 21st & 22nd Sept 2019

The Open Weekend coincides with Open House London, and also with Wapping Open Studios (a dozen local artists are exhibiting). Hermitage gates open 11am to 4pm on both Saturday and Sunday and there is the [...]

Eel Barge “Korneliske Ykes II” en route to Hermitage

June 21st, 2019|Comments Off on Eel Barge “Korneliske Ykes II” en route to Hermitage

The eel barge "palinaak" has been spotted in Sea Reach at the mouth of the Thames about an hour ago, under power, as it heads to London. We look forward to it arriving at Hermitage later [...]

Open Day Weekend – 22nd & 23rd June 2019

June 17th, 2019|Comments Off on Open Day Weekend – 22nd & 23rd June 2019

The June Open Days of 2019 will be taking place this weekend. It is a special occasion as 2019 is the tenth anniversary of the building of Hermitage Moorings. We have two vessels coming to [...]

Open Day Weekend – 23rd & 24th March 2019

March 7th, 2019|Comments Off on Open Day Weekend – 23rd & 24th March 2019

The first Open Days of 2019 will be taking place this weekend. Gates open 11am to 4pm on both Saturday and Sunday We have motor tug Touchstone arriving from Chatham and open to visitors, a pop-up cafe in the [...]