Boats

Sobriety A Humber Keel dating from the early part of the 20th Century. Sobriety was built in 1910 at Beverley in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The barge is used for residential trips and is wheelchair accessible. It has accommodation for 12 passengers and has a trained and experienced Skipper and Crew. It is ideal for youth groups, schools, and elderly groups. It can also be hired for corporate and leisure use and is available for residential or day trips. Room 58 (converted former grain barge) The barge is moored at the Waterways Museum and has been converted to a floating art gallery and unique conference and meeting space available for hire. It is one of the most unusual venues and is well equipped with modern technology. A full catering service is available with a good menu range for daytime, evenings and weekends. Please contact for booking information, prices, menus and art exhibition space. It is an ideal facility for wedding receptions and private parties. It is insured to accommodate up to 75 people. Fisrt Aid courses for businesses, run by The Professional First Aid Service are held monthly on Room 58. City Of Hull Built in 1995 at the Opportunities Training Centre in Hull and is now used by Selby, Surewaters. The boat is available for day trips and training and is wheelchair accessible. Where the boats can go The boats are used for trips along the inland waterways network and some of them also navigate the Ouse, Humber and Trent rivers.		Telethon Louise A converted lifeboat with wheelchair lift, Telethon Louise provides the Waterways Museum's tour of Goole Docks, including No.5 Boat Hoist with audio commentary. The History Tours can be pre booked for your own group all year or individuals can come on Sundays from Easter to September and runs on the hour @ £4.00 per person or £3.00 under 12's Wheldale A Museum exhibit, that was used for tugging the train of Tom Puddings which transported coal from the coalfields to the docks and used the Boat Hoist as an unloading mechanism. This was a method used for over one hundred years and only ceased in 1987. SomeTom Puddings still remain at the Museum. Wheldale now has a group of active volunteers who have restored the boat to its original condition and colours, with adaptations for carrying passengers safely. Demonstration trips run regularly throughout the year @ £4.00 per passenger. Please contact the Museum for the 2008 calendar. Click here to see video of original Tom Puddings at work Opportunity A narrow boat used predominantly as a training vessel for volunteers, Youth Inclusion Programmes, Alternative Learning students, and school groups. Waterstart Waterstart is a state of the art broad-beamed boat used at our Thorne Project. The boat was launched in January 2005 and was fully funded by The Coalfields Regeneration Trust to deliver training to young people, quality volunteering and is equipped with multimedia facilities.