The LV18 will be open for visitors from Saturday 25th May, returning to our customary hours of 11am to 4pm.

Visitors are welcome to come aboard the LV18, walk around the deck and go down below to see how the lightvessel crews lived during their months at sea. There’s also a history of pirate radio and examples of radio over the last century.

Most of the vessel is open to the public apart from a small area which is still undergoing refurbishment.

Please note that the ship was not built for those who need additional accessibility.

Our enforced closure was due to the disastrous arson on 2nd Feb. The clean up that followed has also delayed our normal winter maintenance activities – a few of these remain so please bare with us!

We welcome donations to our restoration fund
https://www.gofundme.com/f/lv18-restoration-fund