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- Norfolk County Council Norfolk County Council – responsible for education, highways and social services.
Useful Links
- Aylsham Local History Society Taking the history lead in this project.
- Aylsham Town Council Giving full support to the project
- Aylsham Wildlife Trust The wildlife trust studies in and around Aylsham
- Brampton Parish Council The Parish Council for Brampton – email bopc@hotmail.co.uk
- Broads Authority Principal conservation agency for the Broads
- Broads Review website A great website reviewing locations around the Broads
- Bure Valley Railway Although not actively involved the BVR runs parallel to the navigation and great views of it are afforded from the train or footpath.
- Buxton Mill Brampton Mill Holiday Apartment
- Buxton Parish Council Buxton with Lammas PC – this site includes some Bure photographs.
- Captain Ahabs Watery Tales This is a blog site with some crackingly good photographs of the navigation.
- Coltishall Parish Council Website for Coltishall
- East Anglian Waterways Association An association with an interest in all navigable waterways in East Anglia past, present and future.
- Hautbois Activity Centre Hautbois Residential and Activity Centre offers the perfect venue for training, conferences, activity or residential breaks. Hautbois is owned by Girlguiding Anglia, and is open to bookings from Guide & Scout Groups, Schools, Businesses and private gr
- Horstead Parish Council Website for Horstead
- Inland Waterways Association The website for the local branch of the IWA
- Inland Waterways Association (local branch) Website for the Ipswich branch of the IWA
- Jim Shead Jim is a waterways historian and photographer with an interest in this and other waterways. He has a dedicated Aylsham Navigation page on his site.
- Mary Hardy's Diary The result of 25 years of transcribing and research by Margaret Bird – this is an important social history with direct relevance to the Navigation.
- Museum of the Broads The primary museum collating, conserving and displaying the history of the Broads. The Aylsham Navigation was part of the Broads network
- Norfolk Art Place Norfolk Art Place is a new business, specialising in the supply of art products from Norfolk-based artists, and services to artists. They say they are passionate about art, about Norfolk, and about the wonderful variety of art and artists in our county. I
- Norfolk Federation of Women’s Institutes Part of the National Federation of Women’s Institutes, the largest voluntary organisation for women in the UK
- Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society Based at Gressenhall this is the prime site and organisation for the industrial history of the County.
- Norfolk Mills A really good site with info about the navigation. This site has permitted use of some of its material by us and we are grateful. Thanks.
- Norfolk Wherry Trust Owners, preservers and operators of the Albion
- Postcards from the Broads A site full of interesting old photographs from all around the Broads.
- Richardsons Boating Holidays Richardsons have supported us – other boatyards are available
- The Canoe Man Organised trips by canoe throughout the Broads including the Aylsham Navigation.
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Category Archives: Bure Blog
A very brief blog
There’s been a lot happening and I’ve not been very good at putting it in to a blog for you but there are reasons for that not the least of which is that my email got hacked which at best … Continue reading
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Canals and Prime Minister’s
Oh dear as I write this I have heard of the death of Margaret Thatcher and I’m surprised at my own reaction as for many years I hated what she had done to this country but I find myself feeling … Continue reading
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Tagged Canal, Dilham, EA, Ebridge, Environment Agency, Margaret Thatcher, North Walsham
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Easter Wishes
Easter (normally) is a time of seasonal transition with Spring already sprung and winter a recent memory. This year things are a little topsy turvy with winter weather clinging for much longer than we have become used to. However over … Continue reading
Fight the good Fight
Once again I find myself apologising for a belated blog but in my defence I have been rather unwell. Without painting an overly depressing picture I do have a serious underlying lung condition and there is a virulent chest infection … Continue reading
It’s been a long time coming
Firstly let me apologise as it has been a while since I sat down to write a blog. I could offer a long list of plausible (and genuine) excuses; suffice to say things have been a little time challenged around … Continue reading
Winters compared
Except in the very worst weather winter can throw the Aylsham Navigation would have stayed open as it is based on flowing rather than static water. Just as well too as the wherries would have been responsible for bringing fuel, … Continue reading
Snow and paths
Footpaths and access to the river are high on my mind this week as things seem to go from bad to worse. It has even reached the point where a private individual has had to resort to law to try … Continue reading
A New years wish – happy snapping
In 2013 I will not have to move to Outer Mongolia to escape the Olympics so it’s already a better year. Having said that 2012 was taken up with planning and executing the Coltishall event which all agreed went well … Continue reading
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Tagged Brampton Island, Footpath, Keel, New Year, peace, Scottish Wildcat, speaking
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