2025 CENTENARY YEAR of sailing barge "Will" Sailing Barge "Will" is back again for an Open Day, but on SUNDAY ONLY Fully rigged, and with a lee-board each side that is typical of this type of flat-bottomed sailing river vessel, the Will is the largest such barge built, and made of steel (including the lee-boards) [...]
2025 CENTENARY YEAR of sailing barge "Will" Sailing Barge "Will" is back for an Open Weekend, and it is a special year to celebrate 100 years since she was built. Fully rigged, and with a lee-board each side that is typical of this type of flat-bottomed sailing river vessel, the Will is the largest such [...]
The first Open Weekend of 2025 brings new ventures in fund raising for the charity HRP. Tea towels, tote bags and cards have been produced in modest numbers to a design by a teenage budding artist resident at Hermitage. Great gifts, enjoyable to use and a pleasure to behold the gull design is sure to [...]
Sailing Barge "Will" is back for an Open Weekend, the last time was more than two years ago. The vessel is available for visitors to look at close up, as well as tour round the deck (with care). She is a working barge, but takes cargoes of guests now instead of goods as originally built [...]
Gates open 11am to 2:30pm on Saturday ONLY this June Motor tug Touchstone will be open to visitors, there will be a pop-up cafe in the pier house and of course, the resident live-aboard boats to view close up, mainly Dutch and English river barges, with one Norwegian coastal vessel (Motor Ship Hans) and all in navigable condition with [...]
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 or other of the fire tenders usually moored at Lambeth Station opposite the Houses of Parliament will be here to [...]
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 x 2.5m draft) Duet (1912 classic Yawl 20m x 3.4m x 2.2m draft) The Cirdan Trust was founded in 1983 to [...]
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 look at. After a considerable absence from Hermitage (last visit was in 2015 ) VIC96 is steaming (literally firing up [...]
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 house and of course the resident live-aboard boats to view close up, mainly Dutch and English river barges, with one [...]
