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Drainage windmills on the Norfolk Broads. The Broads Authority is the agency which has statutory responsibility for the Broads. The Nature Conservancy Council (now Natural England), pressed for a special authority to manage the Broads which had been neglected for a long time, and in 1978 the forerunner to the present-day Broads Authority was established by the Countryside Commission (now also ...
The River Yare is a river in the English county of Norfolk. In its lower reaches it is one of the principal navigable waterways of The Broads and connects with the rest of the network. The river rises south of Dereham to the west to the village of Shipdham .
Wroxham Broad is an area of open water alongside the River Bure near the village of Wroxham in Norfolk, England within The Broads National Park. The Norfolk Broads were formed by the flooding of ancient peat workings. Wroxham Broad has an area of 34.4 hectares (85 acres) and a mean depth of 1.3 metres.
Horning is a popular spot for boaters visiting the Norfolk Broads [Colin Smith/Geograph] As storms have swept across the county, an overflow has been spilling sewage into a Broads river for nine days.
Bure Marshes National Nature Reserve (NNR) is a national nature reserve within The Broads National Park in Norfolk, England. Created in 1958, the reserve covers 451.5 hectares of wetland within the floodplain of the River Bure. [1] The reserve contains a number of diverse habitats including broads, dykes, reed beds, fens, and wet woodlands. [1]
Hoveton Great Broad lies within The Broads in Norfolk, England, between Wroxham Broad and Salhouse Broad. The broad is connected to the River Bure , but not open to boat traffic. [ 1 ] Hoveton Great Broad is part of an ancient navigation that has been deliberately allowed to become closed off to any public access since well before the last War.
Hickling Broad is a 600-hectare (1,500-acre) nature reserve 4 km south-east of Stalham, north-east of Norwich in Norfolk.It is managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust. [1] It is a National Nature Reserve [2] and part of the Upper Thurne Broads and Marshes Site of Special Scientific Interest [3] and Hickling Broad and Horsey Mere Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I. [4] It is in the Norfolk ...
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