Day Boating Welcome to Day Boating It Is Charged and Know Your Number

ERWA T Y A S W Help! Try to take a mobile phone, make sure Day Boating Welcome to day boating it is charged and know your number. C Useful numbers ODE Boats are an essential part of the Broads, but whether you’re a first-time boater or Emergencies ...... 999 you’ve been boating all your life, please Coastguard, Police, Ambulance, Fire take care of yourself, your passengers, others on the waterways, the wildlife Problems/advice ...... Broads Radio Control and the fragile world of the Broads. Broads Authority 01603 756056

Police ...... 0845 4564567 Slow down and … non-emergency number for crime see more … in a small boat and anti-social behaviour you’re closer to the wildlife - grebes dancing, If you have to telephone in an emergency dragonflies darting be as specific as possible about your and if you’re really lucky, location. Give: otters frolicking. • the name of the boat • how many people are on board • the name of the river Broads information centres • the nearest village Beccles • any nearby landmarks/post number tel/fax 01502 713196 • the nearest 24 hour Hoveton/Wroxham mooring site - tel/fax 01603 782281 this may include Potter Heigham a grid reference tel 01692 677016 Ranworth tel/fax 01603 270453 50k0309 Toad Hole Cottage, How Hill tel/fax 01692 678763 Further information, Byelaws and Better Boating DVD available from the Broads Authority, Whitlingham Visitor Centre, Norwich Dragonfly House, 2 Gilders Way, Norwich NR3 1UB tel 01603 617332 tel 01603 610734 fax 01603 756069 [email protected] www.broads-authority.gov.uk Wat t wash ch y boa our speed and

Think ahead m obile i a m ph e o w Plan your trip. How far can you k n s • a e It o go in the time you have - an hour, T is t NE afe VER s half a day, a whole day? Where will d i

a you moor up on the way? 1 y (See map and journey times inside). 4 2 W c 7 5 3 n * 8 6 e a Keep an eye on the weather. 0 9 a r y a uo lif r b • Boatyard staff will explain the e-jacket o Follow basics of day boating and where directions from to moor - please follow their guidance. sailing boats - They use the wind so • You are not allowed to fish from a moving Go boating … safely! may have to zig-zag across boat. Remember there’s a closed season the water. Try to pass behind them. for fishing 15 March - 15 June. • Stay just to the right of the centre of the channel. In marked channels, stay within • Stay out of the water - it’s never safe to swim. the red and green posts. • Watch out for fishing gear in the water and • Keep to the speed limits. Boat waves keep clear if possible. Getting on board damage banks, harm wildlife and can be • Take extra care near boats which are dangerous for other boaters and anglers. • Always ask for and wear a life-jacket or dredging or doing other maintenance work. buoyancy aid. • Make sure children are supervised. Young • Boats don’t have brakes - use reverse to children are not allowed to helm the boat. • Be careful getting on board and stepping help slow down the boat. It helps to moor ashore - it could be slippery. • Make sure you and your crew are always against the tide or current as your boat is safely inside the cockpit. easier to control. If anglers are fishing from • Make sure that nothing is trailing behind the a mooring, try to moor away from them. boat - e.g. mooring ropes - they could get • Keep a good lookout for boaters and caught around the propeller. anglers. Dilham Enjoy a relaxing trip approximate journey times - in hours, one way Stalham Wayford Bridge Northern rivers & broads RIVER ANT Sutton Sutton Broad Horsey River Bure Hickling Mere Barton Turf Hickling Wroxham ~ Coltishall 2 Broad Horsey Barton Wroxham ~ Salhouse Broad 1 Neatishead Broad Martham Broad NORWICH Salhouse Broad ~ Horning 1 Coltishall Irstead Potter West Somerton Horning ~ Ranworth 1 How Hill Heigham 1 RIVER THURNE Ranworth ~ South Walsham 1 /2 Hoveton Postwick HovetonBrundall Womack new bridge South Walsham ~ St Benet’s Abbey 1 RIVER BURE flyoverLittle Broad Ludham Water old bridge 1 St Benet’s Abbey ~ Upton 1 /2 Wroxham Horning We strongly 1 Whitlingham RIVER YARELudham advise you Upton ~ Acle / Bridge 2 Surlingham ANT not to cross Broad Mouth Breydon Acle ~ Stokesby 1/ Wroxham St Benet’s Water 2 Broad Abbey Bramerton Thurne Berney Arms THURNE Mouth River Ant Salhouse Malthouse RIVER YARE Broad Burgh Stalham ~ Wayford Bridge 3/ BroadRockland Castle 4 Broad South Cantley Stalham ~ Sutton 1/ Ranworth Walsham 2 South Broad RIVER WAVENEY 3 Reedham Stalham ~ Barton Broad /4 Walsham Upton swing bridge Sutton ~ Barton Broad 1/ Navigable Acle Bridge 2 Barton Broad ~ How Hill 1 Hardley Staithe chain New Cut Stokesby How Hill ~ Ludham Bridge 3/ Not navigable Acle ferry RIVER BURE 4 Chedgrave St Olaves Ludham Bridge ~ Ranworth 11/ St Olaves Bridge 2 RIVER CHET Haddiscoe flyover Ludham Bridge ~ Upton 2 Limit of navigation Loddon We strongly advise you for hire boats not to cross Breydon River Thurne Water Somerleyton 3 Hickling ~ Horsey /4 Bridge swing bridge 1 Hickling ~ West Somerton 1 /2 Free mooring West Somerton ~ Potter Heigham 1 1 (Broads Authority) Potter Heigham ~ Womack Water /2 1 Womack Water ~ Thurne /2 Broads information centre Oulton RIVER WAVENEY Broad

0 2 km Geldeston new bridge Mutford approx Lock scale 0 2 miles old bridge

Postwick Brundall flyover Southern rivers & broads We strongly Whitlingham RIVER YARE advise you Surlingham not to cross Broad Breydon Rivers Yare and Chet Water Thorpe St Andrew ~ Whitlingham 1/ Bramerton Berney Arms 4 Whitlingham ~ Brundall RIVER YARE Burgh 2 Rockland Castle Brundall ~ Rockland 3/ Broad Cantley 4 Rockland ~ Cantley 2 RIVER WAVENEY Reedham Cantley ~ Hardley Staithe 1/ swing bridge 2 3 Navigable Hardley Staithe ~ Reedham /4 1 Hardley Staithe chain New Cut Loddon ~ Reedham 1 /2 ferry Not navigable Reedham ~ Berney Arms 3/ Chedgrave St Olaves 4 St Olaves Bridge River Waveney Limit of navigation RIVER CHET Loddon Haddiscoe flyover for hire boats Geldeston ~ Beccles 1 Beccles ~ Burgh St Peter 2 Somerleyton 3 Bridge swing bridge Burgh St Peter ~ Oulton Broad /4 1 Oulton Broad ~ Somerleyton 1 /2 Free mooring 3 Somerleyton ~ St Olaves /4 (Broads Authority) 3 St Olaves ~ Burgh Castle /4 Broads information centre Oulton RIVER WAVENEY Broad

0 2 km Geldeston new bridge Mutford approx Lock scale 0 2 miles old bridge

© Crown copyright All rights reserved. Broads Authority 100021573 (2009) Geldeston Lock Beccles Going under bridges On larger boats make sure you know the headroom (air draught) your boat needs before trying to pass under. Check the advance bridge gauge board to see what clearance Mooring you have available and whether your MAXIMUM HEIGHT boat will pass through. There are free Broads Authority UNDER moorings throughout the Broads. BRIDGE Watch your head! FEET METRES There are also parish, boatyard and some other private moorings, 5 1.5 such as pubs - there may be a charge for any of these. 1.75 6 For safety and 2.0 protection of 7 headroom? 2.25 (air draught) the environment please keep to the 8 Please follow the guidance from 2.50 speed limits - boatyard staff on how to moor. look out for the signs. 4 mph is a very fast walking pace.