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Numbers of Boats on the Inland Waterways - AINA

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TABLE 1: The navigati<strong>on</strong> authorities – <strong>the</strong>ir c<strong>on</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>al status, waterways and navigati<strong>on</strong>al dimensi<strong>on</strong>s<br />

Navigati<strong>on</strong> Authority C<strong>on</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>al Status Waterway(s) Locks Dimensi<strong>on</strong>s (m)<br />

No. Length Beam Depth Headroom<br />

Basingstoke Canal<br />

Authority<br />

Local Authority Owned Partnership -<br />

via Local Authority powers<br />

Basingstoke Canal (51 km) 29 20.7 3.9 1.0 1.7<br />

Bristol Harbour Authority Statutory Navigati<strong>on</strong> Authority -<br />

Local Authority owned<br />

British <strong>Waterways</strong> Statutory Navigati<strong>on</strong> Authority -<br />

Public Corporati<strong>on</strong><br />

River Av<strong>on</strong> (13 km)<br />

plus City Docks<br />

Two-thirds canals, <strong>on</strong>e-third rivers<br />

England – 2,929 km<br />

Scotland – 491 km<br />

Wales – 120 km<br />

2 5.4 1.8 1.8 3.1<br />

Narrow Canals 764 21.95 2.13 1.0 1.83<br />

Broad Canals 749 21.95 4.34 1.37 2.4<br />

Rivers 143 22.3 4.56 1.37 2.4<br />

Broads Authority Statutory Navigati<strong>on</strong> Authority Various rivers and Broads<br />

(200 km)<br />

1 26.2 6.1 2.7 2.7<br />

Cardiff Harbour Authority Statutory Navigati<strong>on</strong> Authority -<br />

Local Authority owned<br />

Cardiff Bay, Rivers Taff & Ely<br />

(13 km)<br />

3 40.0 10.5 5.0 n/a<br />

Chester City Council Statutory Navigati<strong>on</strong> Authority -<br />

Local Authority owned<br />

River Dee (19 km) 0 20.0 4.0 1.0 4.0<br />

Chesterfield Canal<br />

Partnership<br />

Cross-border Advisory Partnership -<br />

via Local Authority powers<br />

Chesterfield Canal (8 km) 5 21.95 2.08 0.76 2.16<br />

C<strong>on</strong>servators <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>the</strong> River<br />

Cam<br />

Statutory Navigati<strong>on</strong> Authority River Cam (12 km) 2 30.5 4.3 1.2 2.7<br />

Dev<strong>on</strong> County Council<br />

Country Park - via Local Authority<br />

powers<br />

Grand Western Canal (18 km) 0 Unlimited 2.1 1.1 2.2<br />

12<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Numbers</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> boats <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> inland waterways - Report <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>the</strong> 2008 <strong>AINA</strong> survey

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