Monthly Archive: April 2017

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Queenborough / RNLI / Safety

New Sheppey inshore lifeboat

Sheppey’s new inshore lifeboat has been named Buster after a 99-year-old man who loved “messing about in boats”. The D-class rigid inflatable, with a top speed of 25 knots, was delivered to Sheerness on...

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Festival

Maidstone River Festival Cancelled

Our upstream partner organisation, the Medway River Users Association, has just announced that “due to complete incompetence of Maidstone Borough Council the towpath/footpath is closed from this week until late Aug 2017; this will...

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Uncategorized

Pirates Cave Open Day, 22 April

* The Flare Amnesty is free, but with a minimum spend of £25 in-store on the day. Up to a maximum of 10 flares per person. As we have a maximum overall capacity of...

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Queenborough / Sailing / Training

TS Royalist to visit Queenborough

The famous tall ship, TS Royalist, will be coming to Queenborough Harbour on Tuesday 11 April at approximately 4.00pm. This will be their second visit. Well worth coming to have a look. The new sail...

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Queenborough

Queenborough Harbour wins £500K award

Queenborough Harbour Trust CIC is delighted to have been awarded £500,000 from the Coastal Community Fund Awards, Round 4, to develop Queenborough harbour’s mooring facilities and in so doing support the local visitor economy....

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Environment / Wildlife

River Medway Nursery Area: No-Take Zone

Working with Rochester Oyster and Floating Fishery, Kent and Essex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA) is leading the way in marine conservation with the creation of the UK’s largest no-take zone in the...