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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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Tag Archives: aylsham
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
Halloween by the river
It’s that time of the year again when the trees are busy shedding their leaves via a riot of colour, the clocks have reverted to real time and the weather is starting to feel as it should for the season. … Continue reading
Sail and Storm
It’s now over a week since Coltishall and I promised myself some quality down time for a few days but I didn’t get it. Mind you it was largely my own fault as I thought I’ll just keep on top … Continue reading
Posted in Bure Blog
Tagged Albion, aylsham, Belaugh, book, Coltishall, retirement, Sarah Spooner, UEA
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Giant Hogweed and ice cream
No it’s not a recipe idea and let me say at the outset that nobody ever should attempt to touch let alone eat Giant Hogweed as it is extremely toxic and we have it in abundance on the Bure along … Continue reading
Posted in Bure Blog
Tagged aylsham, Canoe, Coltishall, Giant Hogweed, Himalayan Balsam, Ice Cream, Knotweed, Mink. event
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Laptop, Maps and a farewell
This blog finds yours truly sat on a train blogging away to my hearts content. I suspect that needs some explanation so this is what’s happened in the last week. Firstly I purchased a new but relatively basic laptop to … Continue reading
Posted in Bure Blog
Tagged Ashe Hurst, aylsham, Bittern Line, Coltishall, embroidery, event, Greater Anglia, Hoveton, Laptop, Printer, WI, Wroxham
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Wood good / Plastic bad
……..I think not (in every case) I was recently on Coltishall Common imagining our event in my minds eye and what will go where and all that sort of thing. I couldn’t fail to notice all the boats moored … Continue reading
Posted in Bure Blog
Tagged aylsham, Bure Valley Railway, Coltishall, event, Norwich, Richardsons, Roys of Wroxham
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Canoe runs
There are two charitable canoe or kayak events coming up on the Bure / Aylsham Navigation. The first is a run in a day from Aylsham to Wroxham sponsored for local childrens charitable causes on 11th August 2012 by local … Continue reading
