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The East Anglian Waterways Association is a

waterway society A waterway society is a society, association, charitable trust, club, trust or "Friends" group involved in the restoration, preservation, use and enjoyment of waterways, e.g. a canal, river, navigation or other waterway, and their associated bu ...

and an

umbrella organisation An umbrella organization is an association of (often related, industry-specific) institutions who work together formally to coordinate activities and/or pool resources. In business, political, and other environments, it provides resources and ofte ...

East Anglia East Anglia is an area in the East of England, often defined as including the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. The name derives from the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of the East Angles, a people whose name originated in Anglia, in ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

, UK. The association was founded on 18 April 1958, and it campaigns for the

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and good management of the

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and inland waterways in East Anglia. One of its early projects was an investigation into the complex legal status of the staithes or landing stages on the

Norfolk Broads Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North ...

, which was carried out in the 1960s. The research paved the way for many of the staithes to be adopted by the Broads Authority, and retained as public access points to the waterways.''Inland Waterways of Great Britain'', (2009), Jane Cumberlidge, 8th Edition, Imray Norie Laurie and Wilson, For more than fifty years, EAWA has worked with other organisations to have the

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 Wa ...

reopened to

Bedford Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population of the Bedford built-up area (including Biddenham and Kempston) was 106,940, making it the second-largest settlement in Bedfordshire, behind Luton, whilst ...

, the purchase and restoration of

Dilham Dilham is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the England, English county of Norfolk. The village is located 4.3 miles south-east of North Walsham and 12 miles north-east of Norwich, and is situated on the River Ant. Histo ...

Dyke on the Broads, and many other projects. EAWA is also a member of the Broads Forum. Having suggested plans to reopen the

North Walsham & Dilham Canal The North Walsham and Dilham Canal is a waterway in the England, English county of Norfolk. It was authorised by Parliament in 1812, but work on the construction of a canal which ran parallel to a branch of the River Ant did not start until 18 ...

in 1992, and then working actively to achieve that aim, the EAWA helped with the launch of the North Walsham and Dilham Canal Trust in 2008. The association is also one of the funding partners for the

Fens Waterways Link The Fens Waterways Link is a project to improve recreational boating opportunities in the counties of Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire, England. By a combination of improvements to existing waterways and the construction of new links a circular ...

, a multimillion-pound project for the creation of a

navigable A body of water, such as a river, canal or lake, is navigable if it is deep, wide and calm enough for a water vessel (e.g. boats) to pass safely. Such a navigable water is called a ''waterway'', and is preferably with few obstructions against dir ...

link through

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and Spalding to

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. The Link would open up 240 km of

waterway A waterway is any navigable body of water. Broad distinctions are useful to avoid ambiguity, and disambiguation will be of varying importance depending on the nuance of the equivalent word in other languages. A first distinction is necessary b ...

. EAWA also actively supports related projects, such as the

Bourne Eau Bourne Eau is a short river which rises from an artesian spring in the town of Bourne in Lincolnshire, England, and flows in an easterly direction to join the River Glen at Tongue End. Within the town, it once powered three water mills, one of w ...

restoration, the

Stamford Canal Stamford Canal, now disused, is one of the earliest post-Roman canals in England. It opened in 1670, around 100 years before the start of the Industrial Revolution which brought about the "golden age" for canals in Britain. Parts of the route c ...

, and Clay Dike, in partnership with the

Inland Waterways Association The Inland Waterways Association (IWA) is a registered charity in the United Kingdom and was formed in 1946 to campaign for the conservation, use, maintenance, restoration and sensitive development of British Canals and river navigations. Not ...

. EAWA's partnerships with other waterways trusts / organisations: * Chelmer Canal Trust * River Stour Trust * River Gipping Trust * Sleaford Navigation Trust * Little Ouse Group * Great Ouse Boating Association * Middle Level Waterman's Club * Louth Navigation Trust

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External links

Broads Authority Local Development framework consultation databaseNational Archives: The Easterling, EAWA newsletter, 1960–68
Waterways organisations in the United Kingdom

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