Hastings Fishermen's Museum

15/10/2026

We have successfully raised £5,000 to save Felicity (RX58) — the last wooden fishing boat to work from Hastings beach. The work carries on!

12/10/2026

28/09/2026

Here’s a short video with Peter, from Hastings Wooden Boats about the RX58 and the plans for where she will hopefully be on display in the near future.

Felicity, RX58, is the last wooden fishing boat to have worked from...

21/09/2026

We were very sad to learn of the passing of David 'Stixer' Kirtley. We always enjoyed his visits and the last time we saw him, the museum rang with his singing!! Gillie sent us this wonderful photo of him for this post. Lots of love from us to the family.
(Unfortunately we can't have the flag at half mast as we usually would as we're having problems with the flag pole.)

16/09/2026

Keep an eye on our youtube channel as we've been digitising some old footage which will be uploaded online.

The first one is below.

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

23/08/2026

Sorry we've been so quiet lately on our social media. So much has been going on behind the scenes and of course the summer holidays with lots of people enjoying our museum. The big news is we are involved in trying to save 'Felicity' All the details of how to donate or volunteer with help can be found on the poster. Thank you for reading!

12/08/2026

Well done ladies! Squatting for Cancer Research on 'Enterprise'! You can do it.

03/08/2026

We are raising £5,000 to save Felicity (RX58) — the last wooden fishing boat to work from Hastings beach.

31/07/2026

Today we have Alison Purdy with her beautiful glass on the half boat!