HEATHER

Welcome to Heather

Houseboat of character, docked in Hoveton by the River Bure on the Norfolk Broads Waterways.

Heather is cared for by a partnership of friends and family. Our aim is to preserve the distinctive style of the houseboat and enable future generations to enjoy her charms.

Explore the riverside, browse the shops and places to eat and drink ~ and much more beyond monumental Wroxham Bridge.

Andrew, Timothy and Christopher

24 April 2015

Postcard from Broadland


Designer and classic Broadland boat owner, Tim Johnson has created a series of attractive, eye catching posters to promote the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads area. The first poster depicts the ruins of St Benets at Holme Abbey. We were thrilled when Tim used an image of Heather to create number 2 in the series. She is shown laying at anchor on Salhouse Broad in the dappled afternoon sunshine.

Tim drew his inspiration for making the postcards from the numerous iconic marketing posters commissioned by rail companies. These were usually displayed at stations. During holidays in Broadland as a child, Tim collected postcard versions of the classic colourful railway posters.

Apart from the extensive network of navigable canals and rivers, the shallow rivers, lakes and marshes of Broadland together form the largest conserved water space in the UK. The area is not officially designated a National Park in law, however it is linked to other conservation and marine~navigation bodies.

Chris

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King's Head Staithe, Hoveton, pictured from Wroxham public Parish Staithe