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

1 January 2026

Life of a boat

Unexpectedly in the summer, Martin, a friendly master ~ custodian of a classic Leo Robinson Broadland cabin yacht visiting Hoveton from the southern rivers; tied up by the lifeboat at the short stay moorings up river of the bridge.

By astonishing coincidence, Martin worked on board the isolated oil rig platform NORTHERN PRODUCER, where the lifeboat was stationed while in service off the north coast of Scotland. 

Martin was a "rope access technician... abseiling down and doing structural inspections... and probably sat in her doing lifeboat drills". 

Northern Producer was a partly submersible drilling rig, or floating production facility (FPF) built in 1976 to work, located in the North Sea around 90 miles north east of the Shetland Islands.

Chris, Tim

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