Two new exhibitions now open - For more details of events, please click HERE

Autumn/Winter opening times: Saturday 10.30 to 4.30, Sunday 1.30 to 4.30. FREE entry for all!

 

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New Exhibition - The Aldous Shipyard

From 30th June 2026

Find more about the Shipyard created by the same family which built St James Chapel of Ease in the High Street.  Check out some of the stories connected with some of their vessels, such as the Mignonette and its connection with cannibalism, or the 'floating mansion' owned by the  Duke of Westminster back in the 1920s, and what percentage of their production in 1957 was for export - a figure many businesses can only dream of.