Holyhead Maritime Museum

In Holyhead, North Wales, there is a marine museum called the Holyhead Maritime Museum. She launched 38 times and saved 128 people before being replaced by the Prince of Wales. The Thomas Fielden, named for their father and presented in 1875 by MP Joshua Fielden and his brothers, required the home to be expanded. After purchasing a second large boat in 1890, the home was expanded to allow a beach-based landing from a horse-drawn carriage.

A trustees group was established on September 24, 1984, following the holding of local marine exhibitions in other locations in 1982 and 1983. The Duke of Westminster officially opened the museum in March 1986 after the trustees secured a nine-year lease from the Church in Wales on the abandoned St. Elbods church.

Stena Line offered the museum a peppercorn rent on the refurbished Lifeboat house at Newry Beach after the lease expired and after failing to reach an agreement on a lease within a new development. The museum reopened in its current location in 1998 after deciding to upgrade the structure by developing new visitor facilities with funds from the Heritage Lottery Fund and renegotiating the lease to 99 years.

Location: Newry Beach, Holyhead, North Wales