ErA-AAglian. Box 5 INTRODUCTION This guide has been produced by the Anglian Region of the Every effort has been made to ensure that the Environment Agency and provides useful information for information contained in this guide is accurate, but no people wishing to navigate the Rivers Nene, Great Ouse, liability can be accepted for any errors, inaccuracies or Ancholme, Welland, Glen, Stour and the Middle Level System. omissions. CONTENTS 089727 ENVIRONMENT AGENCY Peterborough (01733) 371811. NAVIGATION STRATEGY For local information on the Great Ouse please contact our Brampton office on (01480) 414581. The National Navigation Strategy was published in the last quarter of 1993 and is one of a series of documents setting For local information on the Nene, Welland, Glen and out aims and objectives, and the means by which they will Ancholme please contact our Lincoln office on (01522) be achieved, across all the Agency's core functions. 513100. The principal aim is to maintain and improve inland waters For local information on the Stour please contact our and their facilities for use by public where the Agency is the Ipswich office on (01473) 727712. navigation authority. BOAT LICENSING AND Key objectives of the strategy are to:- REGISTRATION • contribute to the development of an overall navigation Details of regional requirements for the registration and strategy for England and Wales; licensing of craft to use the waterways described in this booklet are available from:- • regulate Agency navigations through the enforcement of a consistent series of licences, orders, byelaws and The Environment Agency statutes; Anglian Region Kingfisher House • maintain and improve the Agency navigation fairway, Goldhay Way facilities and standards; and Orton Goldhay PETERBOROUGH PE2 5ZR • recover from users the costs of providing specific navigation facilities and a reasonable proportion of the Telephone (01733) 371811 costs of maintaining the navigation. Failure to pay the appropriate fee in advance will lead to Through the implementation of the strategy, we will ensure prosecution. that resources are properly targeted towards maintaining and improving the Region's navigation in a cost effective Boat owners navigating Recreational Waterways within the way. Agency's Anglian Region should acquaint themselves with the following legislation, copies of which can be obtained INFORMATION LINES from the Agency at the above address. Should you require general information on the navigation The Recreational Waterways (Registration) Byelaws 1979 function, please contact our navigation section on The Recreational Waterways (General) Byelaws 1980 Flexible fuel filling hose Galley cooker Fire Permanent ventilation in all compartments with jubilee clips and surround insulated blanket with cooking and/or heating appliances low impedence Handrails Emergency hatch way metallic conductor Fuse box Master switch as close to Point with battery terminals control as possible tap for portable appliance Fixed copper gas pipe to galley etc to run as All batteries high as possible must be secured in ventilated compartments Readily sighted and accessible and provided Flexible with a cover hose Engine Regulator oil tray SAFETY or oiltight Carburettor 5] Fixing bracket FEATURES bulkhead drip tray 3 Cas, Diesel, Cranage, Slipage, Pumpout Facilities Stlbblngton Boatyard The tidal Nene flows through parts of ,(01780) 783144 W ansford Lincolnshire to the busy port of Wisbech with its Dutch style of waterfront Wansford Lock j architecture and the new port at Sutton Yarwell Bridge before entering the Wash between two towers known as "the lighthouses". Nassington Rising at sources near Badby, Naseby and Yelvertoft, the Nene becomes navigable Elton Lock at Northampton where these Fotherinqhay Elton tributaries combine. Navigation Perio | begins at the junction with the Lock Mooring Varmington Northampton Arm of the Lock Grand Union Canal near J Cotton End Lock and — Cotterstock extends 91 miles (147 Cotterstock Lock km) to the sea. N Oundle The Agency's Recreational Ashton waterway stretches Lower Barnwell Lock from Northampton Mooring, Diesel. Petrol, Water, Waste, Chandlery Upper Barnwell to Bevis Hall, just Oundle Manna Clubhouse and Lock Repair) (01832)272762 upstream of Wisbech River. Users mUSt ... - - Mooring RIVER NENE NAVIGATION Wadenhoe conform to the The River Nene is a particularly important navigation as it Recreational Byelaws links the Grand Union Canal to the Middle Level and the throughout this Thorpe W aterville sea. Although the navigation was originally commercial it is length. Titchmarsh Lock now almost entirely used for recreation. ---- Environment Agency Islip Lock 48 hr Mooring at Middle Nene Sailing Flowing through Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Environment Agency Club Lincolnshire and bordering Norfolk, the Nene gives 48 hr Mooring at Nine ------- . Arches Bridge Thrapston constrasting views of eastern England. In Mooring, Water, Diesel, Slipway, Waste, Telephone, Bar, Shower,” Northamptonshire the river flows through farmland and Toilet Boat traffic is Thrapslon Mill M arina (01832) 732850 the industry of Northampton, Wellingborough and i Denford increasinq on this Lock . 3 Irthlingborough interspersed with the numerous stone Woodford Woodford attractive waterway villages with their churches for which this "county of I Lock but it is still quiet squires and spires" is famous. ’’Lower Ringstead compared with other Great Lock fUpper Ringstead navigations such as the Addington Lock Peterborough dominates the route through canals and Great Ouse. Little Cambridgeshire with the cathedral visible on the horizon Addington across the fenland landscape. The Nene was tidal to Irthlingborough A speed limit of 7 mph Peterborough until the construction of the Lock (11 kmph) applies throughout tidal lock and sluice at the Dog-in-a-Doublet Irthlingborough N the navigation except for one in 1937. mile downstream of Wellingborough * fj Higham Lock Peterborough. This derestricted Mooring, stretch is clearly signposted. , Toilets Ditchford Lock (Radial gate and pointing doors) There are 66 fixed bridges and 37 locks Lower weiimgborough Lock between Peterborough and Northampton, NORTHAMPTON upper Wellingborough Lock Each lock is 83ft 6ins. (25.5m) long and Great 15ft wide (4.6m). To make allowances for adverse D oddinqton Earls conditions, the maximum dimensions for craft should be regarded as: Barton Wollaston Lock Billing Doddington Lock Aqua >1604) Length 78ft (23m) Beam 1 3ft ( 3.9m) 408181 % <0*312 Cogenhoe Draught 4ft ( 1.2m) Headroom 7ft (2.1m) W ater. M ooring Lock M ooring W hite Mills Lock N ortham ptc 'Co9«nhoe W histon Lock M arine N.B. All craft approaching all these maximum dimensions Clifford Lock Sccot Caravan Boatyard Site ^Abington Mill (01604) would have difficulties. Lock Lock 890559 Rush Mills Petrol, Lock Grand W ater Union Canal For information in respect of the passage of craft or moorings in the port of Wisbech and Dog-ina-Doublet down to the sea apply to: marks the tidal limit of the River Nene and passsage through the lock is by prior arrangement only Those The Port Manager wishing to arrange passage should ring 01733 202219 Port Office ■ Kings dyke to Middle Level Wisbech. (Telephone (01945) 582125). and Great Ouse Navigations Craft should proceed through Wisbech with care. The For information about navigation on — Mooring the Middle Level system, telephone the Commissioners on 01354 53232 banks are lined with steel and concrete piling, there is stone in the bed, and there is a strong run on the flood and Water levels cannot be guaranteed. Care should be taken ebb tide, particularly at the lower stages. when: FOR PASSAGE INTO THE GRAND UNION CANAL AT 1) Approaching any of the river controls, weirs, sluices, NORTHAMPTON locks etc., should there be any significant flow on the The Northampton Branch extends for 4 miles before river. joining the main Grand Union Canal at Gayton via 1 7 locks. Maximum beam for craft in the Northampton Arm of 2) Stopping overnight, or leaving a boat for a considerable the canal is 7 ft. amount of time, ie over winter (where boats are permitted to remain in the water) or in a flood situation, RIVER NENE LOCKS do not moor in shallow water or with a tight rope or chain as water levels may fluctuate. If the level drops and The majority of locks on the River Nene have steel pointing a craft is moored aground or in shallow water, it may be doors at the upstream end and vertical steel gates at the careened or damaged. If the level rises and mooring lower end. ropes or chains are tight, the boat may take on water, be pulled under or even broken free. The Environment LOCKS SHOULD BE LEFT WITH THE POINTING DOORS Agency (Anglian Region) is not liable for any damage CLOSED AND THE VERTICAL GATE RAISED AND caused to craft moored on the river, as a result of LOCKED fluctuating water levels. The vertical gates are normally locked. KEYS ARE MOORING THEREFORE REQUIRED TO OPERATE LOCKS ON THE RIVER Boats must not be moored within 36 metres of any locks, NENE. These can be obtained from the Environment sluices, weirs or water intakes except when navigating Agency, Anglian Region, Kingfisher House, Goldhay Way, through a lock. In some cases such as the Dog-in-a- Orton Goldhay, Peterborough, Cambs, PE2 5ZR. Two Doublet, Bedford Road Sluice (Northampton) and Weston weeks should be allowed to process applications. A Favel (Northampton) mooring is prohibited for 100 metres windlass to fit a TA inch square is required to operate the on both sides of the structure. paddles. The Nene is a Recreational Waterway between Cotton End Lock, Northampton and Bevis Hall, Wisbech and Agency Recreational Byelaws apply to all of this length of river. FOR PASSAGE TO AND FROM THE TIDAL RIVER NENE The river is tidal for 25 miles downstream of the Dog-in-a- Doublet Lock which is five miles below Peterborough. Registered craft may pass through this lock every day from 07.30 hours until official sunset time. Boat owners are advised to telephone the Lock Keeper at Peterborough (01 733) 202219, in advance of their arrival to make arrangements for passage.