BWH news

Burnham Wharf Heritage celebrated the completion of the restoration of Kings Wharf with a ceremony held on the Crouch riverfront and...

William Kings boatyard were famed the world over for building iconic wooden racing yachts at the boatshed that stood on the site of the...

The hoisting  of the crane at Kings jetty was undertaken by the Burnham Wharf Heritage team on an early Saturday morning in May. Under...

Spring 2025 saw progress in preparing the elements for hoisting of the crane at Kings Wharf. Timber repairs to the crane gaff were...

Work starting on the Burnham Sailing Club jetty, towing away the rotten outer piles and fitting the new joists.

BWH has now increased the scope of its restoration following the very kind offer of the Herring family to let us have control of two...

Merry band of volunteers, woodworking and paddling in the mud.

Removing the crane jib from Kings Wharf and levelling the river bed at the end of Vanguard and Quay Cote prior to the  first barge...

The start of our restoration. Replacing the rotten decking, refurbishing the original crane mechanism. This was used to lift boats over...

This section shows the dilapidated state of the wharves and jetties before we started work. If we had not started when we did, they would...