Maritime museums · Yorkshire & the Humber
Ferriby Boats
In or near Swanland.
Ferriby Boats in England Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
David Wright — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
- Nearest railway station
- Ferriby · 0.5 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Ferriby Boats, the nearest railway station is Ferriby, located 0.5 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is HU14 3DP. Entry is not specified as free or paid, and wheelchair accessibility is limited.
About
Ferriby Boats is a preserved museum ship in England Yorkshire, United Kingdom — a vessel of historic significance preserved as a public visitor attraction. Britain's museum ships span Tudor warships (Mary Rose), tea clippers (Cutty Sark), Victorian battleships (HMS Warrior) and 20th-century submarines.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Humber Estuary - 2000480 SSSI
- Ramsar wetland: Humber Estuary
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Ferriby Boats are three Bronze-Age British sewn plank-built boats, parts of which were discovered at North Ferriby in the East Riding of the English county of Yorkshire. Only a small number of boats of a similar period have been found in Britain and the Ferriby examples are the earliest known sewn-plank boats found in Europe, as well as the oldest known sewn-plank boats in the world outside of Egypt.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Ferriby is on the edge of a major estuary into the North Sea, the Humber, so speculation has been made ever since their discovery about whether they went to sea and sailed to the Continent. There is plenty of evidence that there was cross-channel communication, but it is not known what kind of boats actually sailed across. Keith Miller, a regional archaeologist told the BBC that Ferriby boats would have been used to cross the North Sea, though by modern standards, such vessels as these are considered suitable only for sheltered waters. Nonetheless, the Ferriby Heritage Trust describe Ferriby Boat 3 as Europe's oldest known seacraft. The BBC television programme Operation Stonehenge: What…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 53.7126, -0.5060
- District
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Parish
- North Ferriby
- Postcode
- HU14 3DP
- Parliamentary constituency
- Goole and Pocklington
- Nearest railway station
- Ferriby — 0.5 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q3274394 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Ferriby Boats (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Ferriby Boats?
- Ferriby Boats is in Yorkshire, United Kingdom (postcode HU14 3DP), in the parish of North Ferriby.
- What is Ferriby Boats?
- Ferriby Boats in England Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Ferriby Boats?
- The nearest railway station is Ferriby, about 0.5 km away. Drivers can use postcode HU14 3DP.
- Is Ferriby Boats a protected site?
- Yes — Ferriby Boats is part of the Humber Estuary - 2000480 SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Humber Estuary Ramsar wetland.
- How do I get to Ferriby Boats?
- The nearest railway station is Ferriby, about 0.5 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode HU14 3DP.