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For the experience of a Lifetime...
come aboard Lydia Eva!
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​The Best tourist attraction in Great Yarmouth'

​Lydia Eva & Mincarlo Information for 2024

The Lydia Eva Museum ship is moored on South quay Great Yarmouth and will open Saturdays throughout March 2024, 1000 till 1300

From the 1st of April 2024 Lydia Eva will be open from Wednesday to Monday, 1000 till 1600 (subject to volunteer availability and weather / Closed on Tuesdays)

The Mincarlo is moored on Heritage quay south pier Lowestoft and from the 1st April 2024 Mincarlo will be open from Monday to Sunday 1000 till 1600 (subject to volunteers available)

Get your wonderful Lydia Eva x Wonka Badge Here! 

To celebrate the fabulous Wonka film starring the one and only Lydia Eva we have had some beautiful badges made. They are on sale on board for £7.50 each, or you can order them by email for £12.00 which includes postage. They are a wonderful way to celebrate Lydia Eva's starring role! 

Lydia Eva the Film star!

​Lydia Eva has taken centre stage as she plays a pivotal part in an upcoming for a blockbuster movie, ‘Wonka’. The story will focus specifically on a young Willy Wonka and how he met the Oompa-Loompas on one of his earliest adventures.
 
Directed by Paul King and starring Timothée Chalamet, Olivia Colman and Keegan-Michael is expected to hit cinemas in the UK around December 15th, 2023.
 
Lydia Eva was transported down to Lyme Regis on the south coast for a starring role in scenes where a young Willy Wonka arrives in England. A visual effects team from Warnes Bros was onboard the herring drifter filming its engines being tested for the film.
 
Filming by the visual effects crew at Lydia Eva's berth on Yarmouth's South Quay will be used to recreate her engine room using CGI movie magic technology to amaze cinema-goers on the big screen.

​Paul Mitchell, chairman of the Lydia Eva and Mincarlo Trust, said: "We can't hope for better advertising than being in a film like this. Hopefully it will bring a lot more footfall to the vessel after people see her in the film.”
 
"It will help keep a part of Yarmouth's history going." "We think it is of paramount importance to keep this vessel running to help keep a part of the town's heritage alive." Find out more about the Lydia Eva here…

​The historic Lydia Eva, docked for the filming of Wonka in Lyme Regis. The ship, which is the world's last surviving steam-powered herring drifter, was used for the scenes showing a passenger steamer bringing a young Wonka to England.
Donate to keep these beautiful vessels afloat for generations to come... your donations help keep the ships afloat and open to the public and ​we really need your help. You can donate by clicking the link here or using the QR code. Thank you, your support means so much. 
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Your support to keep these vessels afloat is vital... We are currently looking for volunteers to help us continue to preserve two of Britain's most important vesse​ls.
To get involved or find out more get in touch today! Just email ​us here.

​​Your donations on-board help cover the costs of insurance and other liabilities. To keep the ships afloat and open to the public, we really need your help. I
f you make a small donation we will give you access to the insider information on the ships. We call it "PORTHOLE". This has all the extra info
you may want, on the running of the trust, the crewing of the ships and archive material. Please help.

To make a booking, discuss hiring Lydia Eva for a private event or any other enquiries you may have just email us here.
For school visits & to book daytime or evening visits please contact our Education Officer.

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The objects for which the Association is established is the advancement of the education of the public in particular by the preservation
​& exhibition of the ​Yarmouth Steam Drifter “Lydia Eva YH89″ & the Lowestoft Side Winder Trawler “Mincarlo LT412"
©Lydia Eva & Mincarlo Charitable Trust Ltd / Registered Charity No. 803654