Welcome to the Beverley Barge Preservation Society, a registered charity set up in 2000 to provide visitors with a memorable experience.
We own the MV Syntan, an ex-working barge previously operated by Richard Hodgson’s Tannery to carry hides and other tanning materials from Hull docks to the Beverley Beck, and then by road to the Tannery which was situated in Flemingate.
She now acts as a museum and community resource in addition to taking charters down the River Hull to the Humber Estuary.
We are also refurbishing a former British Waterways maintenance boat, the Sun, which will act as a trip boat on the Beck, and then down the River Hull to the Humber or up to the Driffield Navigation system.
Both boats are designed to cater for those with disabilities and we are open to Charters and Bookings for many types of function; meetings, musical events, parties, plays, in addition to the nostalgia trips on the river.