Braunston marina over the years

The modern Braunston Marina is in stark contrast with its earlier years, when the current marina basin was still a field.

The current marina was photographed in midsummer from the canal through the arch of its famous Horseley Iron Works cast iron bridge. That image is on the front cover of the 2023 IWA calendar, and then again as the feature for August, 2023.

In comparison, back in 1988 and shortly after Tim Coghlan acquired the business, he took a photograph looking out towards the marina entrance. That photograph was in IWA’s 1988 calendar.

Of the current marina, Tim says, “It has taken years of toil to bring it to its present pictorial state.”

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