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River Great Ouse (Large Tidal Section)

Information about the waterway

The River Great Ouse (Large Tidal Section) is a seaway and is part of the River Great Ouse. It runs for 15 miles and 5½ furlongs from Great Ouse - The Wash Junction (where it joins the The Wash) to Salter's Lode Junction (where it joins the Middle Level Navigations (Well Creek) and the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River)).

The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 75 feet long and 12 feet and 6 inches wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

The waterway passes through King's Lynn

The navigational authority for this waterway is Environment Agency

Environment Agency
National Customer Contact Centre 03708 506 506 Minicom (for the hard of hearing) 03702 422 549
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/environment-agency
enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk

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The River Great Ouse and Tributaries

Great Ouse - The Wash Junction Junction of the Great Ouse with The Wash
Great Ouse - River Babingley Junction Junction of the River Great Ouse (Large Tidal Section) and the River Babingley	1 mile	0 locks
Cross Bank Road Docks	1 mile and 6 furlongs	0 locks
Fisher Fleet Docks	1 mile and 6¾ furlongs	0 locks
King's Lynn Purfleet Quay Docks entrance	2 miles	0 locks
Kings Lynn Visitor Pontoon	2 miles and 1½ furlongs	0 locks
Great Ouse - River Nar Junction Junction of the River Great Ouse (Large Tidal Section) and the River Nar - No Access	2 miles and 3½ furlongs	0 locks
Free Bridge	3 miles and ½ furlongs	0 locks
A47 Road Bridge (King's Lynn)	3 miles and 1¼ furlongs	0 locks
Great Ouse - Great Ouse Relief Channel Junction Junction of the River Great Ouse (Large Tidal Section) and the Great Ouse Relief Channel - No Access	3 miles and 7¾ furlongs	0 locks
Great Ouse - Smeeth Lode Junction Junction of the River Great Ouse (Large Tidal Section) and Smeeth Lode - No Access	6 miles	0 locks
Great Ouse - Mill Basin Junction Junction of the River Great Ouse (Large Tidal Section) and Mill Basin - No Access	6 miles and ½ furlongs	0 locks
Great Ouse - Middle Level Main Drain Junction Junction of the River Great Ouse (Large Tidal Section) and the Middle Level Main Drain	6 miles and 1½ furlongs	0 locks
Wiggenhall Bridge	6 miles and 5¼ furlongs	0 locks
Magdalen Bridge	8 miles and 5¾ furlongs	0 locks
Stowe Bridge	11 miles and 6½ furlongs	0 locks
Downham Bridge Downham Market 1 mile east	14 miles and 5½ furlongs	0 locks
Salter's Lode Junction Junction of Well Creek with the River Great Ouse	15 miles and 5½ furlongs	0 locks

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Additional information

Navigational Notes

External websites

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

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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