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

27 April 2023

"Been for a walk"


This well known 1902 picture postcard shows a combined scene of industrial, domestic and leisure happenings on the quays around Wroxham Bridge.

An Edwardian pleasure wherry is berthed nose down river along the front of Granary Staithe, Hoveton. Note the series of thatched sheds with a washing line of bed linen drying. The tall chimney on the other side of the High Street belonged to Horace Howlett's steam roller mill. Coincidentally, the millers produced grain and seed for livestock, birds and the like.

Picture: Jarrolds

Chris, Andrew

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