Norfolk Broads Day Boat Rental, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Norfolk Broads Day Boat Rental
Norfolk Broads, an introduction. VisitNorwich.
Nicholas Crane, TV presenter and regular visitor to the Norfolk Broads gives a 5 minute introduction to this beautiful wetland, filled with exciting and rare wildlife, unforgettable country scenes, and attractive little villages. If you know the Norfolk Broads you will be filled with nostalgia, if you have never visited it will make you want to pack your bags right now!
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The Norfolk Broads...An Introduction
Nicholas Crane presents an insight to the Norfolk Broads. Produced by the Broads Authority for the Tourism industry, NorfolkBroads.com are happy to help publicise the area to the world.
A Norfolk Wherry on the Norfolk Broads
The day before the Horning boat show, a Norfolk wherry heads up river towards Horning on the Norfolk Broads.
Broads Boating Meet at Coldham Hall
Just a few moments from a fabulous boating weekend at Coldham Hall, October 2012. Many of the crews attending were members of the eastcoastboating.co.uk forum and the sealineforum.co.uk. Many thanks to John and Mary-Jane for organising a fabulous weekend and also the team at Coldham Hall for catering superbly for over 50 hungry boaters!
Irstead, Norfolk Broads, UK
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Irstead is located on the River Ant, very close to Barton Broad, the second largest of the broads. It has a small, rural population as can be seen in this film. Several of the village's buildings are reed-thatched, including in particular the very attractive St Michael's Church.
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Kayak - Coltishall to Little Hautbois - Norfolk Broads (canoe)
An August kayak on this stunning stretch that is closed to all motorised boats. I met only one other person on the water kayaking from Little Hautbois to Coltishall and back again.
If you're planning this trip, note that Coltishall does not like kayaks or canoes and strictly forbids any kayak/canoe launching from their village - signs everywhere!
Instead, launch at the gorgeous slipway at Little Hautbois bridge, kayak to the pub at Coltishall (more signs forbidding kayaks/canoes to be pulled up, so you'll need ropes to tie up to bank at pub) and then back again to the slipway at the bridge.
There is a weir/dam just before Coltishall which requires a sixty second portage, there is an excellent slipway there designed for kayaks/canoes.
Should be a full write-up on my blog shortly - 78adventures.com
Norwich - Along the riverside
A simple 2 mile walk alongside the River Wensum through Norwich. Note the video starts at the end of walk as described below.
OUR FIRST SIGHT OF THE NORFOLK BROADS AT WROXHAM
In August 2014. We were surprised how many swans, geese and ducks congregate there as well as well to do humans enjoying their sleek little and large boats!
dinghy on the broads
norfolk broads 2010 salhouse dinghy
Uk The Broads | The Norfolk Broads
The Broads is a network of mostly navigable rivers and lakes in the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk.
The lakes, known as broads, were formed by the flooding of peat workings.
The Broads, and some surrounding land, were constituted as a special area with a level of protection similar to a national park by the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988.
The Broads Authority, a special statutory authority responsible for managing the area, became operational in 1989
The area is 303 square kilometres , most of which is in Norfolk, with over 200 kilometres of navigable waterways.
There are seven rivers and 63 broads, mostly less than 4 metres deep.
Thirteen broads are generally open to navigation, with a further three having navigable channels.
Some broads have navigation restrictions imposed on them in autumn and winter, although the legality of the restrictions is questionable
Although the terms Norfolk Broads and Suffolk Broads are used to identify specific areas within the two counties respectively, the whole area is frequently referred to as the Norfolk Broads.
The Broads has similar status to the national parks in England and Wales; the Broads Authority has powers and duties akin to the national parks, but is also the third-largest inland navigation authority.
Because of its navigation role the Broads Authority was established under its own legislation on 1 April 1989.
The Broads Authority Act 2009, which was promoted through Parliament by the authority, is intended to improve public safety on the water.
In January 2015 the Broads Authority approved a change in name of the area to the Broads National Park, to recognise that the status of the area is equivalent to the English National Parks, that the Broads Authority shares the same two first purposes as the English National Park Authorities, and receives a National park grant.
This followed a three-month consultation which resulted in support from 79% of consultees, including unanimous support from the 14 UK national parks and the Campaign for National Parks.
Defra, the Government department responsible for the parks, also expressed it was content that the Authority would make its own decision on the matter.
This is the subject of ongoing controversy among some Broads users who note that the Broads is not named in law as a National Park and claim the branding detracts from the Broads Authority's third purpose which is to protect the interests of navigation.
In response to this the Broads Authority has stated that its three purposes will remain in equal balance and that the branding is simply for marketing the National Park qualities of the Broads.
The Broads are administered by the Broads Authority.
Special legislation gives the navigation of the waterways equal status with the conservation and public enjoyment of the area.
Specific parts of the Broads have been awarded a variety of conservation designations, for instance: Special Protection Area status for an area named 'Broadland' composed of 28 Sites of Special Scientific Interest Environmentally Sensitive Area status for parts of the Halvergate Marshes National nature reserve status for: Bure Marshes NNR Ant Broads & Marshes NNR Hickling Broad NNR Ludham - Potter Heigham NNR Redgrave and Lopham Fen Martham Broad NNR Calthorpe Broad NNR Mid-Yare NNRA specific project being considered under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan is re-introduction of the large copper butterfly, whose habitat has been reduced by reduction of fens.
The Broads, although administered by the Broads Authority, give their name to the Broadland local government district, while parts of the Broads also lie within other council areas: North Norfolk, South Norfolk, Norwich and Great Yarmouth and Waveney district in Suffolk.
For many years the lakes known as broads were regarded as natural features of the landscape.
It was only in the 1960s that Dr Joyce Lambert proved that they were artificial features—flooded medieval peat excavations.
In the Middle Ages the local monasteries began to excavate the peatlands as a turbary business, selling fuel to Norwich and Great Yarmouth.
Norwich Cathedral took 320,000 tonnes of peat a year.
Then the sea levels began to rise, and the pits began to flood.
Despite the construction of windpumps and dykes, the flooding continued and resulted in the typical Broads landscape of today, with its reedbeds, grazing marshes and wet woodland.
Various attempts were made to extend the navigable rivers.
The longest-lasting was on the River Waveney, where an Act of Parliament passed on 17 March 1670 authorised improvements which included three locks, at Geldeston, Ellingham and Wainford.
The head of navigation became a new staithe at Bungay.
The new section was a private navigation which was not controlled by the Yarmouth Haven and Pier Commissioners, who had responsibility for the rest of the Broadland rivers.
It remained in use until 1934 and, although the upper two locks have been
Norwich Riverside
The River Wensum in Norwich
Home-A-Float (1960)
River Bure, Wroxham, Norfolk Broads.
M/S of a family with two young children and one older man walking along a path by a river and getting onto a modern looking houseboat; the two children run to the rear of the boat and look over the edge. We see the younger man start up a motor on the houseboat as the older man unties the ropes on the bank. The woman pushes off with a long pole and the older man waves them goodbye.
M/S of the houseboat moving out onto the main river; it looks very kitsch, like a box (in dolly mixture colours) mounted on a boat, with yellow awnings at front and rear, and moves pretty fast! Various shots of the boat driving along, while the man shows the little boy how the controls work.
The woman goes into the kitchen and puts the kettle on the gas stove; the inside looks quite spacious and comfortable. We are told there is no vibration because the motor is outside the hull. More shots of the moving boat, and leafy vegetation and a riverside cottage as we speed along.
The man and woman moor the boat by a river bank, and the family sit round a table for a salad lunch.
Amazing! I want to go on one!
Note: there is no print for this issue. Much documentation on file including leaflets, 'Hire Terms For the 1960 Season' and general information extolling the virtue of these boats for holidays and living. The woman seen is Penny Hagenbach, daughter of Donald Hagenbach who designed the boat and is seen waving goodbye. The younger man is Nevill Blake and the children are Wyn and Kim Blake.
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Clear Gem 2 Breydon Water
June trip across Breydon Water,just look at the lovley summer weather!
norfolk broads
some pictures of our holiday on the norfolk broads
Lime Kiln Dyke, off Barton Broad in the Norfolk Broads UK
Video 1 of Lime Kiln Dyke in the Norfolk Broads.
Bank Holiday Monday 2015
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On the river
cruising the river Ant(Norfolk UK)from a boats view of the river,i.e a camera on the bow (front).
The Norfolk broads - a picnic boat adventure
We hired a picnic boat from Wroxham which was just a 5 minute drive from our cottage at Hall Farm Cottages in Horning. It was s beautiful day, we saw lots of baby geese and ducks and stopped at Ludham Bridge for lunch which is just past the holiday cottage. Beautiful day out!
Royale Light - Norfolk Broads Cruiser
Part of the Herbert Woods Elite fleet this cruiser Sleeps 6+2. Check out the below link for booking and Live Availability: