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Safe Haven
‘Safe Haven’ is the title of this picture depicting pleasure boats sheltering in the harbour of Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.
Wells-next-the-Sea has been a port and safe haven for boats for at least 600 years. Protected by salt marshes behind a sand bar, the Port of Wells was one of England’s major harbours in Tudor times.
Commercial shipping in Wells suffered with the coming of the railway in 1857, but continued to be busy up to the First World War. Now Wells is the home to many pleasure craft and a small fleet of fishing boats slipping out on one tide and come home on the next.
A Large visible feature of the town is the large granary with loading gantry built around 1903 – 1906, this has now been turned into luxury flats.
Safe Haven
‘Safe Haven’ is the title of this picture depicting pleasure boats sheltering in the harbour of Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.
Wells-next-the-Sea has been a port and safe haven for boats for at least 600 years. Protected by salt marshes behind a sand bar, the Port of Wells was one of England’s major harbours in Tudor times.
Commercial shipping in Wells suffered with the coming of the railway in 1857, but continued to be busy up to the First World War. Now Wells is the home to many pleasure craft and a small fleet of fishing boats slipping out on one tide and come home on the next.
A Large visible feature of the town is the large granary with loading gantry built around 1903 – 1906, this has now been turned into luxury flats.