Enjoy a relaxing trip approximate journey times - in hours, one way

Dilham Northern rivers & broads Sutton Wroxham ~ Coltishall 2 Sutton Broad Horsey Wroxham ~ Salhouse Broad 1 Hickling Mere Hickling Salhouse Broad ~ 1 Broad Barton Horsey Horning ~ Ranworth 1 Broad Broad 1 Ranworth ~ South Walsham 1 /2 Coltishall West Somerton South Walsham ~ St Benet’s Abbey 1 How Hill Potter 1 Heigham RIVER St Benet’s Abbey ~ Upton 1 /2 Hoveton 1 Hoveton Womack new bridge Upton ~ Acle /2 RIVER BURE Water Little Broad old bridge 1 Acle ~ Stokesby /2 Wroxham Horning Ludham Bridge River Ant ANT Mouth Wroxham 3 Broad St Benet’s Abbey Stalham ~ Wayford Bridge /4 Thurne 1 Stalham ~ Sutton /2 Salhouse THURNE Mouth Broad Malthouse 3 Broad Stalham ~ /4 South 1 Ranworth Walsham Sutton ~ Barton Broad /2 South Broad Barton Broad ~ How Hill 1 Walsham Upton 3 Acle Bridge How Hill ~ Ludham Bridge /4 1 Ludham Bridge ~ Ranworth 1 /2 Stokesby Acle RIVER BURE Ludham Bridge ~ Upton 2 We strongly 3 advise you Hickling ~ Horsey /4 Going under bridges not to cross 1 Breydon Hickling ~ West Somerton 1 /2 Water On larger boats make sure you know the West Somerton ~ 1 1 headroom (air draught) your boat needs before Potter Heigham ~ Womack Water /2 trying to pass under. Check the advance bridge 1 Womack Water ~ Thurne /2 gauge board to see what clearance you Mooring

MAXIMUM have available and whether your boat HEIGHT There are free Broads Authority UNDER will pass through. BRIDGE moorings throughout . FEET METRES Watch your head! 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

2.0 For safety and 7 headroom? protection of 2.25 (air draught) the environment 8 please keep to the speed 2.50 Please follow the guidance from boatyard staff on how to moor. limits - look out for the signs.

NORWICH 4 mph is a very fast walking pace.

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

3 Broads information centre St Olaves ~ Burgh Castle /4 Oulton RIVER WAVENEY Broad 0 2 km approx Geldeston scale new bridge Mutford 0 2 miles Lock old bridge Reproduced by permission of Ordnance Survey on be- Geldeston Lock Beccles half of HMSO. © Crown copyright and database right 2011. Ordnance Survey number 100021573.

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