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IWA Branch
- West of Thrapston Bridge
Navigation Authority
Environment Agency, Anglian Region, Kingfisher House, Goldhay Way, Orton
Goldhay, PETERBOROUGH, PE2 5ZR
Tel: 01733 371811
Fax: 01733 231840
The river runs from Northampton to the Wash.
Northampton to Peterborough covers 60.5 miles (97.3km)
and 37 locks.
Peterborough to Wisbech covers 31 miles (49.9km)
and just 1 lock.
Northampton to Peterborough
|
Length |
Beam |
Height |
Draught |
|
78ft |
11ft |
6ft 9in |
4ft |
|
23.77m |
3.29m |
2.05m |
1.18m |
Peterborough to Wisbech
|
Length |
Beam |
Height |
Draught |
|
130ft |
20ft |
Dependent on tides |
|
|
21.94m |
4.11m |
||
Boaters’ Services
Visitor Attractions
Remains of Fotheringhay Castle, where
Richard II was born and later Mary Queen of Scots was held by Elizabeth
1 until she was executed there.
www.castleuk.net/castle_lists_midlands/142/fotheringhaycastle.htm
The Nene Valley Steam Railway
Wansford Station, Stibbington,
PETERBOROUGH, PE8 6LR
Tel: 01780 784444
Peterborough Cathedral
Little Prior’s Gate, Minster
Precincts, PETERBOROUGH, PE1 1XS
Tel: 01733 560964
info@peterborough-cathedral.org.uk
www.peterborough-cathedral.org.uk
Ferry Meadows country park offers many
water-based activities.
Tel: 01733 234443
Historical Information
The first work to improve navigation began in the Middle Ages and Northampton was finally reached in 1761. It was almost derelict by the beginning of the twentieth century but the Catchment board restored it to full navigation in the 1920s.
Further Information
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