River Great Ouse (Canalized Section)
The River Great Ouse (Canalized Section) is a broad canal and is part of the River Great Ouse.
It runs for 38 miles and 6¼ furlongs through 15 locks from Brownshill Staunch (Lock) (where it joins the River Great Ouse (Tidal Section)) to Kempston Mill (which is a dead end).
The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 75 feet long and 10 feet and 4 inches wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is 6 feet and 9 inches.
It has junctions with the River Great Ouse (Waits Mooring Arm) at The Waits Moorings Junction and with the River Great Ouse (Godmanchester Backwater) at Great Ouse - Godmanchester Backwater Junction.
The waterway passes through Bedford
The navigational authority for this waterway is Environment AgencyRelevant publications — Waterway Maps:
- Waterway Routes 01M - England and Wales Map
- Waterway Routes 68M - River Great Ouse and Tributaries Map (Downloadable)
Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:
| Brownshill Staunch (Lock) | |||
| Brownshill Staunch Weir Entrance Channel leading to the Weir |
¼ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Pike and Eel Visitor Moorings | 1 mile and ½ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Pike and Eel Marina | 1 mile and 1 furlong | 1 lock | |
| Pike and Eel GOBA Moorings | 1 mile and 1½ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| One Pound GOBA Moorings | 1 mile and 6¾ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Ferryboat GOBA Moorings | 2 miles and 5½ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Holywell Public Mooring | 2 miles and 6½ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Meadow Lane Bridge (Holywell) | 3 miles and 7½ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| St Ives Lock Weir Exit Channel leading to the Weir |
5 miles and ½ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| St Ives Lock | 5 miles and 1 furlong | 1 lock | |
| St Ives Lock Weir Entrance Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
5 miles and 1 furlong | 2 locks | |
| Jones Boatyard Eastablished 1946 |
5 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| St Ives Bypass Bridge | 5 miles and 1½ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| St Ives Town Quay Mooring | 5 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Chapel Bridge (St Ives) The Chapel of St Leger is on this historic bridge. |
5 miles and 4 furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Dolphin Hotel EA Mooring Junction The mooring is about 120 yds down the arm |
5 miles and 4½ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| The Waits Moorings Junction | 5 miles and 5 furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Nobles Field GOBA Mooring | 6 miles and ½ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Hemingford Lock Weir Exit No 1 Channel leading to the Weir |
6 miles and 6½ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Hemingford Lock Weir Exit No 2 Channel leading to the Weir |
6 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Hemingford Lock No 14 | 6 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Hemingford Lock Weir Entrance No 2 Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
6 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Hemingford Grey Manor House | 7 miles and 1 furlong | 3 locks | |
| Hemingford Grey Town Mooring | 7 miles and 2 furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Hemingford GOBA Mooring | 7 miles and 3½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Hemingford Lock Weir Entrance No 1 Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
7 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Houghton Lock Weir Exit No 1 | 7 miles and 5 furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Houghton Mill Channel Entrance | 8 miles and 1 furlong | 3 locks | |
| Houghton Island EA Moorings This mooring is on a landlocked island |
8 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Houghton Mill Channel Exit | 8 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Houghton Lock No 13 Houghton Island, just before the lock on the right, has EA visitor moorings. |
8 miles and 3 furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Houghton Lock Weir Entrance No 2 Channel leading to the Houghton Mill Weir - No Access |
8 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Houghton Lock Weir Entrance No 1 Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
8 miles and 6½ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Wyton Moorings | 8 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Hartford Marina | 9 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Hartford | 10 miles | 4 locks | |
| Purvis Marine Wharf | 10 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Huntingdon Riverside Visitor Moorings | 10 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Huntingdon Town Moorings | 11 miles and ¼ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Huntingdon Old Road Bridge With footbridge alongside |
11 miles and ¾ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Huntingdon Bridge Hotel Visitor Moorings | 11 miles and 1 furlong | 4 locks | |
| A14 Road Bridge (Huntingdon) | 11 miles and 1½ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Mill Common Arm | 11 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Huntingdon Boathaven Marina | 11 miles and 2½ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Godmanchester Bypass Exit below Weir Exit | 11 miles and 4½ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Godmanchester Lock Weir Exit Channel leading to the Weir |
11 miles and 5 furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Godmanchester Lock No 12 | 11 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Great Ouse - Godmanchester Backwater Junction Junction of the River Great Ouse and the Godmanchester Backwater |
11 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Brampton Lock Weir Exit No 1 Channel leading to the Weir |
12 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Brampton Mill Railway Bridges Peterborough to London Railway |
12 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Brampton GOBA Moorings | 12 miles and 7 furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Brampton Mill Marina | 12 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Brampton Mill | 13 miles | 5 locks | |
| Brampton Lock Alternative Channel Exit | 13 miles and ½ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Brampton Lock Weir Exit No 2 Channel leading to the Weir |
13 miles and 1 furlong | 5 locks | |
| Brampton Lock Alternative Channel Entrance | 13 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Brampton Lock No 11 Brampton and the Pepys House half a mile |
13 miles and 1½ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Brampton Lock Weir Entrance No 2 Channel leading to the Weir |
13 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Brampton Lock Weir Entrance No 1 Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
13 miles and 6 furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Mailers Meadow GOBA Mooring No 1 | 14 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Mailers Meadow GOBA Mooring No 2 | 14 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| A14 road bridge ( Brampton) | 14 miles and 6 furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Buckden Marina | 15 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Buckden Marina Fuel & Pump Out | 15 miles and 3½ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Offord Lock Weir Exit No 1 Channel leading to the Weir |
15 miles and 3½ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Offord Lock Weir Exit No 3 Channel leading to the Weir |
15 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Station Lane Road Bridge | 15 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Offord Lock No 10 | 15 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Offord Lock Arm | 15 miles and 5 furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Offord Lock Weir Entrance No 3 Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
15 miles and 5½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Offord Lock Weir Entrance No 2 Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
15 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Offord Lock Weir Entrance No 1 Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
15 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Little Paxton GOBA Moorings | 18 miles and ¼ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Great Paxton | 18 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| St Neots Lock Weir Exit Channel leading to the Weir |
19 miles and 4½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Mill Lane Bridge Winding Hole | 20 miles and ¼ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Mill Lane Bridge (St Neots) | 20 miles and ¼ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| St Neots Lock No 9 | 20 miles and ½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| St Neots Lock Weir Entrance Channel leading to the Weir |
20 miles and 3 furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Ouse - Kym Junction Junction of the Great Ouse and the River Kym. Site of Crosshall Marine and the St Neots Golf Course. |
20 miles and 3½ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Ouse Valley River Club Boat club |
20 miles and 7½ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| St Neots Priory Centre Mooring | 21 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| St Neots Town Mooring | 21 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| St Neots Road Bridge | 21 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| St Neots Marina Marina and wharf |
21 miles and 3 furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Waters Edge Footbridge | 21 miles and 5 furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Great Ouse - Duloe Junction Junction of the River Great Ouse and the Duloe Brook |
22 miles | 8 locks | |
| Willow Bridge Footbridge | 22 miles and 1½ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| River Mills Basin Private - No Access |
22 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Eaton Socon Lock Weir Exit Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
22 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Eaton Socon Lock No 8 | 22 miles and 3 furlongs | 8 locks | |
| River Mill Marina | 22 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Eaton Socon Lock Weir Entrance Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
22 miles and 3½ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Eaton Socon EA Moorings This is a grass bank mooring |
22 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Eynesbury Manor Marina Private moorings |
22 miles and 6 furlongs | 9 locks | |
| A428 Road Bridge | 22 miles and 7½ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Little Barford | 23 miles and 5 furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Tempsford Bridge (north) | 25 miles and 7 furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Kelpie Marina | 25 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Tempsford Bridge (south) | 25 miles and 7½ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Tempsford Footbridge | 26 miles and 1 furlong | 9 locks | |
| Great Ouse - Ivel Junction Junction of the River Great Ouse and the River Ivel |
26 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Roxton Lock Weir Exit Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
26 miles and 5 furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Roxton Lock No 7 | 26 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Roxton Lock Weir Entrance Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
26 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Great Barford Lock Weir Exit Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
28 miles and 7½ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Great Barford Lock | 28 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Great Barford Lock Weir Entrance Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
29 miles | 11 locks | |
| Great Barford GOBA Mooring | 29 miles and ¼ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Great Barford EA Moorings | 29 miles and ½ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Great Barford Bridge See photo no. one for info on navigating this bridge. |
29 miles and ¾ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Barford Old Mills EA Mooring | 29 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Old Mills Lock Footbridge | 29 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Site of Old Mills Lock Lock abolished. Wonderful mooring in old lock cut. |
29 miles and 5½ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Willington Lock Weir Exit Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
30 miles and 2½ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Willington Lock No 4 | 30 miles and 3 furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Willington Lock Weir Entrance Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
30 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 12 locks | |
| Danish Camp Riverside Visitor Centre | 30 miles and 6½ furlongs | 12 locks | |
| Castle Mill Viaduct | 32 miles and 2 furlongs | 12 locks | |
| Castle Mills Lock No 3 Weir Exit Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
32 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 12 locks | |
| Castle Mills Lock No 3 | 32 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 12 locks | |
| Castle Mills Lock No 3 Weir Entrance Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
32 miles and 5 furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Goldington GOBA mooring | 33 miles and 2½ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Cardington Lock Weir Exit No 2 Channel leading to the Weir |
33 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Country Park Stream Junction Junction of the Great Ouse and a stream - No Access |
33 miles and 5½ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Country Park Bridge | 33 miles and 5½ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Cardington Lock Weir Exit No 1 Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
34 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Cardington Lock | 34 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Cardington Lock Weir Entrance No 2 Channel leading to the Weir |
34 miles and 2 furlongs | 14 locks | |
| Cardington Lock Weir Entrance No 1 Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
34 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 14 locks | |
| Cardington Road Wharf Home of the Bedford Boat Club |
34 miles and 5½ furlongs | 14 locks | |
| Priory Marina | 35 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 14 locks | |
| Duck Mill Lock Weir Exit No 3 Channel leading to the Weir |
35 miles and 1½ furlongs | 14 locks | |
| Fenlake Meadow GOBA Moorings | 35 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 14 locks | |
| Longholme Way Footbridge No 2 | 35 miles and 3 furlongs | 14 locks | |
| Longholme Way Footbridge No 1 | 35 miles and 3½ furlongs | 14 locks | |
| Longholme Way Bridge | 35 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 14 locks | |
| Duck Mill Lock Weir Exit No 2 Channel leading to the Weir |
35 miles and 6 furlongs | 14 locks | |
| Bedford Town Moorings No 1 | 35 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 14 locks | |
| Cardington Road Footbridge | 35 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 14 locks | |
| Duck Mill Lock Weir Exit No 1 Channel leading to the Weir |
35 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 14 locks | |
| Duck Mill Lock | 36 miles | 14 locks | |
| Duck Mill Lock Weir Entrance No 2 Channel leading to the Weir |
36 miles and ¼ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Duck Mill Lock Weir Entrance No 1 Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
36 miles and 1 furlong | 15 locks | |
| Bedford | 36 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| A6 Road Bridge (Bedford) | 36 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Riverside Bedford Footbridge | 36 miles and 3 furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Bedford Town Mooring No 2 | 36 miles and 3½ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Sovereigns Quay EA Mooring | 36 miles and 4 furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Prebend Street Bridge | 36 miles and 4½ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Prebend Street Railway Bridge | 36 miles and 5 furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Bedford Railway Bridges | 36 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Ford End Road Footbridge | 37 miles and ½ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Kempston Mill Head of Navigation for most boats |
38 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 15 locks |
- Great Ouse Navigation | boating, moorings, navigation notices — associated with River Great Ouse
- Information regarding the Great Ouse navigation and tributaries.
- Information for boaters on the River Great Ouse - GOV.UK — associated with River Great Ouse
- River Great Ouse: bridge heights, locks, overhead power lines and facilities.
- Facebook Account — associated with River Great Ouse
- Anglian Waterways Manager Facebook Account
- Facebook Anglian Waterways Page — associated with River Great Ouse
- Facebook Page for Environment Agency Anglian Waterways
- Wikipedia — associated with Chapel Bridge (St Ives)
- Wikipedia entry
- Hartford Marina - Tingdene Marinas — associated with Hartford Marina
Wikipedia has a page about River Great Ouse
The River Great Ouse () is a river in England, the longest of several British rivers called "Ouse". From Syresham in Northamptonshire, the Great Ouse flows through Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk to drain into the Wash and the North Sea near Kings Lynn. With a course of about 143 miles (230 km), mostly flowing north and east, it is the fifth longest river in the United Kingdom. The Great Ouse has been historically important for commercial navigation, and for draining the low-lying region through which it flows; its best-known tributary is the Cam, which runs through Cambridge. Its lower course passes through drained wetlands and fens and has been extensively modified, or channelised, to relieve flooding and provide a better route for barge traffic. The unmodified river would have changed course regularly after floods.
The name Ouse is from the Celtic or pre-Celtic *Udso-s, and probably means simply "water" or slow flowing river. Thus the name is a pleonasm. The lower reaches of the Great Ouse are also known as "Old West River" and "the Ely Ouse", but all the river is often referred to simply as the Ouse in informal usage (the word "Great" – which originally meant simply big or, in the case of a river, long – is used to distinguish this river from several others called the Ouse).
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