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The Kasbah sits on Grimsby’s historic dock peninsula, and is comprised of around 90 buildings of all shapes and sizes, many of which are currently waiting to be chosen by a new tenant who will bring them back to life.

In the meantime, existing tenants carry on their work and welcome visitors and clients as part of their daily business. The security gate at the entrance to the dock estate (requiring photo id), and mobile security patrolling 24 hours a day, give them reassurance that safety measures are in place, and help protect visitors from accident or injury.

Until the transition has been made to relatively full occupancy, public access will remain somewhat limited due to health and safety concerns.

That said, we put on very successful Heritage Open Day events in September each year, which bring many visitors to the port for enjoy guided walks, smokehouse tours, and open studios, as well as other delights including delicious food produced on site.

Creative Start open day

The docks will be open for Heritage Open Days again this year on 14th September 2024 – see below for further information.

We fully anticipate that as more businesses and organisations move into the Kasbah, there will be more public interaction in the form of events small and larger. Keep your eye on this page for updates.

Explore Port of Grimsby - Kasbah Open Day

SATURDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2024, 10am - 4.30pm

Explore the historic quarter, known as the Kasbah, on the Port of Grimsby. Take a guided tour, listen to a talk, or wander the site marvelling at the history of the port’s connections with the globe. To be pre-book your tours, here’s the link to book.

JOIN A SMOKEHOUSE TOUR – Patrick Salmon, owner of Alfred Enderby Smokehouse will be opening the smokehouse during the Port of Grimsby event and leading guided tours around it during the open day. An opportunity to learn more about the smoking process, the work being done to enlarge one of the oldest businesses on the port and to purchase some fine Grimsby smoked haddock.

The smokehouse tours need to be pre booked – here’s the link to book

Exhibition of paintings and prints by Sarah Webb

SATURDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2024
Building 89, Wharncliffe Road 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Sarah Webb is a distinguished contemporary British artist who has portrayed a wide range of subjects but is best known for her dramatic landscapes, seascapes and portraiture. Born and raised in the Grimsby & Cleethorpes area Sarah often takes her inspiration from the local heritage and landmarks that are the subject of many of her works. Sarah’s exhibition on Heritage Open Day is of huge significance to the artist who has been visiting the docks since she was a young girl and they have continued to inspire her wherever she has been living in the world throughout her career. Webb’s expressive oil paintings have been exhibited worldwide including London’s National Portrait Gallery, the Queens Gallery; more recently Webb has exhibited in Venice as part of the opening celebrations of the 2024 Venice Biennale. Now based back home in Grimsby, Webb continues to paint and exhibit her work nationally & internationally. The docks and local coastline as well its surrounding areas continue to feature as a key subject matter and inspiration for her paintings.

Website: www.sarahwebbfineart.com; FB/ IG: @sarahwebbfineart

Painting the Port Exhibtion

FROM SATURDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2024 at
Coffee On the Docks, Auckland Road.

Dale Mackie is a renowned local artist who has exhibited around the region and whose paintings are housed in private collections nationally. Born in Cleethorpes, for the last two years he has been located on the Port of Grimsby as ABP’s artist in Residence, capturing the sights of the historic Kasbah.

Famed for painting local heritage fishing scenes, this first for the port will see an exhibition showcasing the modern elements including offshore wind, and some of the work being undertaken on the buildings.

From Saturday 14th of September, Dale will be exhibiting his Painting the Port artwork in Coffee on the Docks. If you’re heading over for the Open Day, do pop in and have a look.

Erica Eyres: No One Knows I’m Dying

SAT 14 SEPTEMBER - SAT 19 OCTOBER 2024 at TT88, Wharncliffe Road.

Erica Eyres debut solo show at the turntable gallery is scheduled to coincide with the Heritage Open Day (14th September). This collection of work has been curated into three distinct themes, paintings of cosmetology and dermatology, emergency paintings, and recreations of portraits from vintage magazines. Each interspersed with ceramic works representing the body in various forms.

Instagram: @erica_eyres
Website: www.ericaeyres.com

Heritage Open Day Opening Hours: 10:00 – 16:00.
Regular Opening Hours: Thurs to Sat: 11:00 – 14:00, or by appointment.
Website: www.turntablegallery.uk
Email: info@turntablegallery.uk
Instagram: @turntablegallery

"Up in Smoke" Annabel McCourt

SATURDAY 22 JUNE 2024

Grimsby Docks heritage as you’ve never seen or heard it before! 4 original smokehouse cowls come to life via phonic art, contemporary painting and audience participation.

Exhibition will be held in Building 89, Wharncliffe Road (see interactive map for location)

Open Saturday, 22nd June 11 am to 3 pm

& following week:

Mon to Fri 10 am to 12 noon and 2 to 4 pm

Oral History Exhibition

SATURDAY 22 JUNE 2024

Heritage Trust Lincolnshire presents an exhibition focusing on memories of working in Peterson’s Smokehouse and Fred’s Fisheries (Buildings 49 and 89 in the Kasbah), collected at last year’s Heritage Open Day.

The exhibition can be viewed on the upper floor of Peterson’s (Building 49) between 11 am and 3 pm on 22nd June.

Directions:

Enter Docks from Lockhill Roundabout; Turn left past the Ice Factory; Follow one way system to right on Wharncliffe Rd.; Visit Annabel McCourt in Building 89 then walk through to Henderson St.

email: vicky@ggift.co.uk for further details

Docks Unwrapped

SATURDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 2023

Creativity at the Port of Grimsby

Approximately 2000 people joined us on Saturday 16th September to experience the creativity of the Docks, past present and future, at this free Heritage Open Days event.

As well as finding out about the development of the railways and early dock design and being inspired by the the renewables industry, attendees visited creative studios and exhibitions, and joined tours of the area and some of it’s buildings.

We also had a visit from Mr Mayor, who cut a scale model cake of the recently restored Alfred Enderby Smokehouse, with donations in return for a slice of the cake going to Grimsby & Cleethorpes Sea Cadets.

Grimsby Docks Open Day

SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER 2022

Astounding Inventions Down Dock in Grimsby

Over 1000 people joined us on the historic port of Grimsby for Heritage Open Days in 2022 to learn how amazing innovations have propelled us into the future. They took part in guided walks through the historic streets, saw how our unique smoked fish is produced, and tried some “inventive” activities.

2022 Walking Tour, Auckland Road

Heritage Open Days

SATURDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2021

The joint themes for 2021’s Heritage Open Days were Edible England and Voices of Lincolnshire (untold stories).

Attendees heard all the untold stories (and legends!) of the Kasbah while learning about its vital role in supplying the nation’s favourite dish in our virtual ‘Edible England’ themed event.

See the virtual tour filmed for the event on Clee TV’s Heritage Channel.

Kasbah open day bus tour
Grimsby smoked fish

Smokehouse Tours

THROUGHOUT THE YEAR

Patrick Salmon of Alfred Enderby offers a tour of his smokehouse to small groups of visitors, who learn about the process from beginning to end, and end up sampling the delicious smoked fish Alfred Enderby is rightly famous for.

For more information about these highly entertaining and informative events, contact smoked@alfredenderby.co.uk