Meet Pudsey Bear!

Pudsey Bear, the famous mascot of charity BBC Children in Need, is visiting the Ipswich Maritime Trust (IMT) Window Museum! See him tomorrow night (Friday 31st July) at 7pm at the Museum on Albion Wharf on the Ipswich Waterfront (w3w: cars.branded.game).

Pudsey is undertaking a circumnavigation of the British Isles on board yacht Big Bear. He embarked upon his 35-port voyage in Hamble on 14th May 2026 and is staying in Ipswich’s Beacon Marina from 31st July until 1st August.

Skipper Jonathan Brewin and his wife Jacky are aiming to raise £70,000 for Children in Need, focussing particularly on children’s mental health. See more: https://www.justgiving.com/page/jonathan-brewin-1

IMT's Window Museum, on Albion Wharf, is showcasing artwork by pupils at St Helens Primary School and Combs Ford Primary School

The Window Museum, open 24/7, is probably the smallest maritime museum in the UK. It’s currently showing an exhibition of artwork created by pupils from St Helens Primary School and Combs Ford Primary School as part of IMT’s Ipswich Heritage Harbour Project, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

The children were inspired by Ipswich’s maritime past and present, and notable local seafarers, such as Thomas Cavendish and Thomas Eldred, who were the second English navigators (after Drake) to sail around the world, from 1586-88.