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

6 March 2025

Book boat

Books hold endless details. The English dictionary describes a houseboat thus ~ A boat roofed over and fitted up as a house, for living in. The word first came into being in 1790 at the height of the Romantic era, when beauty and tragedy were celebrated in the arts, architecture and landscape. The foundation of Heather, the decked hull had a cabin built on top, just over a hundred years after the word was coined ~ making her one of the oldest craft of her kind in the world.
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King's Head Staithe, Hoveton, pictured from Wroxham public Parish Staithe