About Lightvessel 21

LV21 is a 40 metre steel-hulled lightship being transformed into a floating cultural facility designed to provide a range of services promoting and supporting the creative industries in the Medway area and beyond, whilst celebrating and honouring the maritime traditions of the vessel. LV21 will become a unique venue with an individual and distinct identity, one of the area’s prime platforms for cultural activities across diverse artistic disciplines.

An integral aim of the LV21 project is to help rejuvenate the Medway riverfront and improve the public realm, bringing new life to what was once a busy commercial thoroughfare. LV21 will endeavour to act as a beacon, attracting the community, visitors and businesses to the riverside and establish itself as an iconic landmark for Medway. It will be a celebration of the area’s historical maritime importance and creative community, a brand synonymous with innovation, regeneration and rejuvenation – a leading light in the cultural offer of Medway.

“Lightvessel 21 served the mariner superbly throughout its period of service with Trinity House. We are pleased to see the vessel be put to a use in which future generations will appreciate the important role this vessel played throughout her working life.” – Trinity House