Now in its fifth year, the group are working with local community groups in securing the Abbot's Staith, a 15th-century warehouse, a property currently on English Heritage's At Risk Register, it is anticipated that the development of the Abbot s Staith could offer opportunities for social, educational, historical and economic solutions for the town, whilst also promoting tourism.
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Having been excavated to upwards of seven feet below low water of spring tides, it possesses the great advantage of being able to float small vessels even when the water is lowest, and vessels of a large size will generally have sufficient water . . . . In order to facilitate the loading of coals . . . a staith, similar to one on the Tyne, is in course of erection, by which waggon-loads will be at once discharged into the holds of vessels . ..
