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This List of navigation authorities in the United Kingdom is a list of links to any navigation authority in the United Kingdom , relating to any navigable waterway , aqueduct , canal , navigation , river or port .
These include:
narrow canals, broad canals, or ship canals
rivers which have been made navigable
the Broads the navigable drains of The Fens .
Examples of navigation authorities
Canal and River Trust – charity replacing British Waterways in managing the majority of the canals and many navigable rivers[ 1] Environment Agency – environmental regulatory body, manages its waterways as part of its water management obligations.[ 2] Broads Authority – has status similar to other British national parks but alone amongst them also exercises a navigation function. The "Sandford Principle " as applied in other national parks does not apply here.[ 3]
Other authorities
Dredging the Union Canal, Edinburgh Hickling Broad, Norfolk Broads Prebends Bridge, River Wear, Durham Punting on the Cam, Cambridge "Lore Prahm" entering Silloth Port, Solway Firth River Conwy estuary, North Wales River Lagan, Belfast, Northern Ireland Commercial Port, Whitehaven, Solway Firth
Navigation authorities in the UK
Associated British Ports - ABP Humber[ 4] Avon Navigation Trust (Stratford-on-Avon to Tewkesbury )[ 5] Basingstoke Canal Authority[ 6] Beaulieu River Bridgewater Canal - Manchester Ship Canal Company in conjunction with the Bridgewater Canal Trust [ 7] Bristol Harbour AuthorityThe Canal & River Trust , formerly British Waterways - supported by grant-in-aid from Government
Broads Authority - a national park authority Cambridgeshire Lodes
Cardiff Harbour Authority Chesterfield Canal Partnership City of York Council Company of Proprietors of the Chelmer & Blackwater navigation Company of Proprietors of the Neath Canal Navigation Company of Proprietors of the Stroudwater Navigation Conservators of the River Cam [ 8] Dart Harbour and Navigation Authority - a Trust Port, Dartmouth [ 9] Devon County Council Driffield Navigation Trust [ 10] Droitwich Canals Trust Environment Agency - supported by grant-in-aid from GovernmentEssex Waterways Ltd - a subsidiary of the Inland Waterways Association Exe Estuary Navigation Authority based at Exeter Exeter City Council Gloucester Harbour Trustees - a Trust PortHerefordshire & Gloucestershire Canal Trust Hull City Council Inland Waterways Association subsidiary Essex Waterways Ltd
Ipswich & Stowmarket Navigation - River Gipping TrustRiver Ivel - Environment Agency and riparian landownersLake District National Park Authority Lancaster Canal 's Northern Reaches - various ownershipsLapal Canal - various ownershipsLittle Ouse Navigation - Environment Agency / riparian landownersLoch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority Manchester Ship Canal Company [ 11] The Peel Group .[ 12] Medway Ports [ 13] Middle Level Commissioners [ 14] Neath Canal Navigation , Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council Port of Hull and the River Hull , Associated British Ports [ 15] Port of London Authority [ 16] River Dee, Wales - Environment Agency has harbour authority responsibilities downstreamRiver Glen, Lincolnshire - Environment AgencyRiver Great Ouse - Environment AgencyRiver Hamble Harbour Office [ 17] River Idle - Environment AgencyRiver Medway - Non-tidal: Environment Agency; Tidal: Medway PortsRiver Severn - Avon and Wiltshire: Bristol Haven Conservancy River Severn, Gloucestershire/Herefordshire: Gloucester Harbour Trustees [ 18]
River Tyne - Tidal: Port of Tyne Authority ; Non-tidal: variousScottish waterways - managed by the Scottish Executive and British Waterways Scotland (BWS)
Sedgemoor District Council - as Harbour Authority for the Port of Bridgwater and the River Parrett [ 19] Sleaford Navigation [ 20] Ulster Canal - various, both in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland Waterways Ireland The Waterways Trust The Wey & Arun Canal Trust , Wey & Arun Junction Canal Wey and Godalming Navigations , National Trust [ 21] Wilts & Berks Canal Trust River Witham - Witham Fourth District Drainage Board [ 22]
See also
Waterways
Rivers
Canals
Seaports
Other
References
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