Whittlesey Community
Website's guide to the Nene-Ouse Navigation
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WATERWAYS
Extracts
entirely from a
Fenland District Council leaflet designed by Bob Ledger)
The
"Middle Level" Nene - Ouse Navigation Link, which passes
through Whittlesey, offers a picturesque and interesting insight into
the region known as the Fens. The link travels from Stanground
lock near the cathedral city of Peterborough, to a lock at the small
village of Salters Lode, near to the Denver Sluice complex.
The link is 28.5 miles
long. At Denver the waterway links to the River Great Ouse along
which it is possible to cruise to Ely, Bedford and Cambridge. At
the Stanground end the link joins with the River Nene which in turn
eventually links with the Grand Union Canal.
The waterway flows
through a number of attractive Fenland towns and villages which offer
both visual and historical interests. It is ideal for quiet
boating holidays with its distinctive scenery and abundant
wildlife.
(Extract from a
Fenland District Council leaflet designed by Bob Ledger)
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MAPS FOR NAVIGATORS
The Middle Level , The River Nene, The Upper Gt. Ouse, The River
Cam and Lower Ouse.
Published by Imray, Laurie,
Norrie & Wilson, Wych House, St.Ives, Cambs.
Tel: 01480 462114
NAVIGATIONAL NOTES
Navigation Authorities, Nene-Ouse-Link, Middle Level Commisioners, Dartford
Road, March.
Tel:01354 653232
No license is required at present.
River Nene and Ouse, Environment
Agency, Anglian Region, Orton Goldhay, Peterborough.
Tel 01733 371811
LOCKS
| Stanground Lock,
Length 80 ft, Width 11 ft 6 ins. Mr. Rootham Tel: 01733 566413 |
| Ashline Lock, Length
90ft Width 11ft 6 ins. Unattended |
| Marmont Priory Lock,
Length 92 ft, Width 12 ft, Mrs. Norton. Tel: 01945 773959 |
Salters Lode Lock,
Length 62 ft, Width 12 ft 6 ins, Possible 80 ft on a falling
tide.
Mr. Grodkiewicz. Tel 01366 382292 |
| Denver Sluice,
Recorded advice, Tel: 01366 382340 |
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