Welcome to the Official Website of the Louth Navigation Trust

The Navigation Warehouse

The 18th century warehouse - a symbol of the town's prosperity in the days when the wool and corn trade played a leading role in the economy is well worth a visit!

 

 

 

The building was restored in 1999 to the highest environmental standards using the latest green technologies, whilst retaining most of the original fabric. The original bricks were made locally and the Scandinavian pitch pine timbers, imported by sea via Hull and the canal, are still in as good a condition as in 1770 when they were installed. Many of the timber joints retain the numbers carved on them by the carpenters who fitted them.

The partners involved in the restoration were the Louth Navigation Trust and Groundwork UK, who worked closely

 together to bring the scheme to fruition. The Navigation Warehouse is owned and managed by Groundwork UK.

There are three floors, with the ground floor used as meeting rooms. There is exterior decking round the ground floor entrance extending into the Riverhead.

The ground floor consists of a meeting room with disabled access and the office of the Louth Navigation Trust.

On the second floor the Tod Room (so called after the standard measure of 28 lbs. of wool) accommodates the offices of the Lincolnshire Wolds Countryside Service. The smaller Corn room is used by Louth College.

The Warehouse has now achieved its aims of being an educational, social and meetings venue with presentations, talks and walks relating to the canal's past, present and future, being available for voluntary groups, school parties and others. (Please see the contacts page for details). The Navigation Warehouse is the catalyst for the regeneration of the Riverhead area and the canal, plans for which have already been initiated.