barge – Sailing By: Tales from our coasts and inland waterways

Red Sails: bringing bricks by barge from Kent to London

This short clip provides a glimpse of the building boom of Victorian London, with millions of bricks being brought from[…]

We’ve been following the progress of young boatbuilder, Ash Faire-Ring, based in Norfolk, England as he restores the Thames barge,[…]

This rare colour footage from the British Film Institute archive shows life on the River Thames in the 1930s. Its[…]

This Pathé archive film tells the story of Thames Sailing barge Pretoria which became a restaurant on the Thames in[…]

View a fascinating, compelling newsreel, without any commentary, showing large sailing barges with full sails racing in Friesland, Holland. We[…]

This extract tells the story of James Herbert, son of an agricultural labourer, who followed many local young men in[…]

Built in 1893 by John Howard of Maldon, Essex, SB Venta was originally named Jachin. In 1914, she sank off[…]

Humber Keels had square rig, and the Sloop was gaff fore-and-aft rigged but the hull is apparently the same. There[…]

Originating in the 17th century for defence as well as transport, the canals remain an important part of life in[…]

Heybridge and Maldon on the River Blackwater, Essex, have a long maritime history from defending English shores against invasion from[…]