List of navigation authorities in the United Kingdom

This List of navigation authorities in the United Kingdom is a list of links to any navigation authority in the United Kingdom, relating to any navigable waterway, aqueduct, canal, navigation, river or port.

These include:

* narrow canals, broad canals, or ship canals
* rivers which have been made navigable
* the Broads
* the navigable drains of The Fens.

Examples of navigation authorities

The "Big Three"

* British Waterways - a public corporation and commercial operator, subject to objectives laid down by the Government, and statutory obligations and powers.
* Environment Agency - environmental regulatory body, manages its waterways as part of its water management obligations.
* Broads Authority - manages its waterspace as part of the National Park.

Other authorities

* Local authorities
* National Park authorities
* Trusts

Navigation authorities in the UK

* Associated British Ports - Port of Hull
* Basingstoke Canal Authority
* Bristol Harbour Authority
* British Waterways - supported by grant-in-aid from Government
* Broads Authority - a National Park Authority
* Cambridgeshire Lodes
* Cardiff Harbour Authority
* Chesterfield Canal Partnership
* City of York Council
* Company of Proprietors of the Chelmer & Blackwater navigation
* Company of Proprietors of the Neath Canal Navigation
* Company of Proprietors of the Stroudwater Navigation
* Conservators of the River Cam
* Dart Harbour and Navigation Authority - a Trust Port, Dartmouth
* Devon County Council
* Driffield Navigation Trust
* Droitwich Canals Trust
* Environment Agency - supported by grant-in-aid from Government
* Essex Waterways Ltd, a subsidiary of the Inland Waterways Association
* Exe Estuary Navigation Authority based at Exeter
* Exeter City Council
* Herefordshire & Gloucestershire Canal Trust
* Hull City Council
* Inland Waterways Association subsidiary Essex Waterways Ltd
* Ipswich & Stowmarket Navigation - River Gipping Trust
* River Ivel - Environment Agency and riparian landowners
* Lake District National Park Authority
* Lancaster Canal's Northern Reaches - various ownerships
* Lapal Canal - various ownerships
* Little Ouse Navigation - Environment Agency / riparian landowners
* Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority
* Lower Avon Navigation Trust (Evesham to Tewkesbury)
* Manchester Ship Canal Company
* Medway Ports
* Middle Level Commissioners
* Neath Canal Navigation, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
* Port of Hull, Associated British Ports
* Port of London Authority
* River Dee, Wales - Environment Agency has harbour authority responsibilities downstream
* River Glen, Environment Agency
* River Great Ouse, Environment Agency
* River Hamble Harbour Office
* River Hull, Associated British Ports
* River Humber, ABP Ports is Competent Harbour Authority for Humber
* River Idle, Environment Agency
* River Medway - Non-tidal: Environment Agency; Tidal: Medway Ports
* River Severn, Avon and Wiltshire: Bristol Haven Conservancy
* River Severn, Gloucestershire/Herefordshire: Gloucester Harbour Trustees
* River Tyne - Tidal: Port of Tyne Authority; non-tidal: various
* Scottish waterways - managed by the Scottish Executive and British Waterways Scotland (BWS)
* Sleaford Navigation
* Ulster Canal - various, both in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
* Upper Avon Navigation Trust (Stratford-on-Avon to Evesham)
* The Waterways Trust
* The Wey & Arun Canal Trust, Wey & Arun Junction Canal
* The Wey Navigations, National Trust
* The Wilts & Berks Canal Trust
* River Witham - Witham Fourth District Drainage Board

ee also

Waterways

* List of waterways
* Waterways in the United Kingdom
* Association of Inland Navigation Authorities (AINA), an unincorporated membership organisation for inland navigation authorities
* Inland Waterways Association
* Scottish Inland Waterways Association
* Inland Waterways Association Ireland (does include Northern Ireland)
* List of waterway societies in the United Kingdom
* Navigability

Rivers

* Rivers of the United Kingdom
* List of rivers of the United Kingdom
* Estuary, Firth, Floodplain, River delta, Source (river or stream), Tributary

Canals

* Canals of the United Kingdom
* List of canal aqueducts in Great Britain
* List of canal basins in Great Britain
* List of canal junctions in Great Britain
* List of canal locks in Great Britain
* List of canal tunnels in Great Britain

eaports

* List of seaports

Other

* Navigability
* Tide, tidal

External links

* [http://www.abports.co.uk Associated British Ports - main page]
* [http://www.abports.co.uk/custinfo/ports/hull.htm Associated British Ports - Hull]
* [http://www.aina.org.uk Association of Inland Navigation Authorities website]
* [http://www.basingstoke-canal.co.uk Basingstoke Canal Authority website]
* [http://www.shipcanal.co.uk Bridgewater Canal website]
* [http://www.britishwaterways.co.uk British Waterways website]
* [http://www.broads-authority.gov.uk Broads Authority website]
* [http://www.camconservators.org.uk Conservators of the River Cam website]
* [http://www.dartharbour.org.uk Dart Harbour and Navigation Authority website]
* [http://www.drifnav.plus.com/dnt/index.htm Driffield Navigation Trust website]
* [http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/navigation Environment Agency website]
* [http://www.humber.com River Humber website]
* [http://www.medwayports.com Medway Ports website (Tidal section)]
* [http://www.middlelevel.gov.uk Middle Level commissioners website]
* [http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/places/riverwey River Wey navigation, National Trust]
* [http://www.hants.gov.uk/leisure/coast/harbours/hamble River Hamble website]
* [http://www.shipcanal.co.uk Manchester Ship Canal website]
* [http://www.sleafordnavigation.co.uk Sleaford Navigation Trust website]
* [http://www.portoflondon.co.uk Port of London Authority website]
* [http://w4idb.co.uk Witham Fourth District Internal Drainage Board]