Thames Barge - Edith May
Location
OS Ref: TQ 859 674
Last Visited: 2012

The Edith May
The Edith May spent most of her life carrying wheat and grain products from East Anglia to London. She was built in 1906 by J & H Cann of Harwich, and remained in trade until 1961.
In the 60s and 70s she had an illustrious career as a racing barge. Then in the mid 80s she was fitted out for charter work, but essential maintenance work was neglected and she fell into a sad state of disrepair.
She was bought by her current owners, the Gransden family, in 1999 who spent the next ten years restoring her to her current resplendent condition, using mainly reclaimed materials and timber.
She is available for group charter in the summer, and is open as a tea room between October and April. See the official web site detailed below, for more information.
Look out for the Whitstable Oyster Yawl Thistle F86, an earlier Gransden family restoration project, which is usually moored in Faversham Creek.
External Links and References
External Links
- Thames Barge Edith May
The official site with information on sailings as well as the history of the barge, etc.
http://www.edithmaybargecharter.co.uk/
- Thames Barge Edith May
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