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Coast and Inland Waterways Guides & Information for East Anglia.

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REGIONAL FOCUS and LOCAL INTEREST GUIDES in and around NORFOLK, SUFFOLK, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, ESSEX and the NORFOLK BROADS in EAST ANGLIA UK.

East Anglia has many areas of Local Interest, including both Historic and present events, from the North Norfolk Coast to Essex and includes Cambridgeshire and Suffolk. This section of the Norfolk Broads website contains articles from all areas and many type of Local Interest for the East of England including Pargeting, Round Tower Churches, Castle Acre, How Hill and the Norfolk Wildlife Trust.



Broads - A Question of Balance

First, take a pretty part of the country, advertise its charms, bring in the visitors...

Canoe Safaris on the Broads

You don’t need any experience of canoeing to enjoy the magic of canoeing in the Broads.

Cley Marshes

At a time of changing climates and rising sea levels, evolution is alive and well.

Drainage Mills - Marshland Relics

The Norfolk Broads, if left, would be swamp fetid in summer and non-negotiable in winter.

Electric Boats - Since 1888

Long ago, in the late 19th century, there were electric boats on Britain's waterways.

Excelsior - A Lowestoft Sailing Smack

There is a bit more going on along the north side of Lowestoft's Lake Lothing these days.

Haddiscoe Island - A Place Apart

Once upon a time, in the flatness of Broadland, a notable transport system developed.

Oulton Broad

Oulton Broad provides the perfect base for exploring the region.

River Nar - Harnessing a River

In the days when roads were still hardly worth the name and horses dragging coal waggons...

Seals - Coming out in the Wash

A seal trip is one of the must-do things for visitors who visit the North Norfolk coast.

Wherries - Picking up Survivors

Long before the building of the last trading wherry in 1912, the fleet's fate was sealed.

Wherrymans Way

The Wherryman's Way is in the Broads – Britain's largest protected wetland.

Yare Cottage

John Fox was a wherryman. He and his father and his grandfather all worked with those stately...

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