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===2010 to present=== [[File:SS Robin 2014-07 (04).jpg|thumb|SS ''Robin'', July 2014.]] After 3 years of conservation work in [[Tilbury]], in July 2011 ''Robin'' returned to east London, where she was originally built, to undergo further internal restoration and preparation before opening as the SS Robin museum, theatre and educational centre in the [[Royal Victoria Dock]] in [[London Borough of Newham|Newham borough]] in 2014, with the support of a grant of just over Β£950,000 from the [[Heritage Lottery Fund]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14135730 |title=Steamcoaster SS Robin arrives at London's Royal Docks |work=[[BBC News]] |department=London |date=13 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22784159 |title=Prince visits oldest steamship SS Robin |work=[[BBC News]] |department=London |date=5 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=SS Robin to re-open doors to public |url=http://www.hlf.org.uk/news/Pages/SSRobintoreopendoors.aspx#.UiNA-9JJMrU |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120215071941/http://www.hlf.org.uk/news/Pages/SSRobintoreopendoors.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 February 2012 |website=[[Heritage Lottery Fund]] |date=1 February 2012 |access-date=12 June 2013 }}</ref> She was then subsequently moved to the [[Millennium Mills]] Dock, where she was temporarily berthed for further restoration and development before reopening to the public, at the western end of the Royal Victoria Dock (close to the [[London Cable Car]]), in 2015. In 2023, she was moved to [[Trinity Buoy Wharf]].<ref>{{cite press release |url= http://ssrobin.com/news/2023/12/6/ss-robin-move-to-trinity-buoy-wharf-timings-amp-route |title= SS Robin move to Trinity Buoy Wharf: timings & route}}</ref>
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