Running your boat
e longer your boat, the more the licence costs.
Application forms for various British
Waterways boat licences, together with a BW Starter Pack, may be obtained from BW Customer Services, 64 Clarendon Road, Watford WD17 IDA (01923 201120;
craft@britishwaterways.co.uk).
You can also renew your licence online through the BW website at
www.waterscape.com, which provides lots of valuable information for new boaters. Application forms are also available at any BW regional or local waterway offi ce, from some lock-keepers, and from a local agent such as a marina or boat club. All licences are processed centrally. e form will tell you whether an insurance certifi cate, BSC or RCD declaration needs to be included. Customer Services at Watford will deal with any questions you may have.
ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
e EA runs the non-tidal ames, Medway, and East Anglian rivers. Each of these three regions has its own licensing (or ‘registration’). On the ames, for example, your boat’s width and length are taken into account when calculating a price, whereas in East Anglia, only length matters. Visitors from one EA waterway are entitled to a short ‘free stay’ on the others, though. e non-tidal ames is the river from Lechlade, Oxfordshire, to Teddington Lock. A comprehensive website at
www.visitthames.
co.uk has full details of licensing; you can call the Reading headquarters on 0118 953 5650, or the ames info line on 0845 988 1188. ( e ames Boating Trades Association also publishes a guide to services on the river, available from 01784 473377 or www.
britishmarine.co.uk.)
e Anglian region administers the
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popular rivers Nene and Great Ouse, plus a host of smaller ones: the Ancholme, Glen, Stour, Welland, Lark, Wissey, and part of the Cam. e River Medway in Kent is navigable and non-tidal from Allington Lock up to the Leigh Barrier in Tonbridge, though only connected to the main waterway system by a tricky coastal passage. Short-term licences are available from the offi ces at Allington and Yalding locks, and from a number of marinas. For information on all of these, including downloadable forms, maps and navigation guides, see the EA website at
www.environment-agency.gov.uk/navigation.
Telephone enquiries now go through a central offi ce at 08708 506506, which will answer your questions or pass you on to their regional offi ces to deal with local queries.
NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK BROADS
is intricate system of rivers and broads, popular with pleasure-boaters for over a century, is run by the Broads Authority. Both navigation authority and national park, the BA issues licences, regulates boating and preserves the beauty of this special place. Licence details are available on 01603 610734 or from
www.broads-authority.gov.uk.
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