Tuesday 13th October 2026

MALDON PROMENADE And

THAMES BARGE CRUISE & CREAM TEA

Located in Essex on the Blackwater estuary and is probably best known as the foremost modern-day centre for Thames sailing barges. These fine old ships, with their distinctive red ochre sails, evoke an era long since past and today you get to experience sailing on one.

After time to find lunch, we join our private chartered vintage barge at Maldon Quay for a two hour cruise with cream tea to enjoy the quiet beauty of the River Blackwater. Leaving the Quay, the barge heads down river past the Victorian Promenade Park; past the statue of Byrhtnoth guarding Maldon against marauding Vikings; Northey Island which is a bird reserve owned by the National Trust; Heybridge Basin, the entrance to the Chelmer and Blackwater Canal; Mill Beach with its colourful beach huts on legs and finally towards the privately owned Osea Island.