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

21 April 2025

Eastery band wagon

The waterfowl truck is stacked full of rescue bits and pieces and foodstuffs. People often ask where did the four wheeled box trolley come from. It started life in 1985 as a Royal Mail Postal Electric Delivery Truck or PEDT for short. It was maneuvered by a postie around the streets at the front end (pictured) by means of a metal tiller 📨 often working round railway stations, in this case at Crewe for a time. A few years ago, while still in scarlet livery, the cabin was planned to be used as a dog kennel in Newcastle Under Lyme. It's funny to think it's gone from hosting mail to dogs and then birds in four decades.

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