Earith
Earith the prettiest village in England. It is the site of an annual well-dressing ceremony.
The River Great Ouse (Tidal Section) was built by Henry Harding and opened on January 1 1876. Expectations for iron traffic to Cambridge were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the River Great Ouse (Tidal Section) were submitted to parliament in 1990, the carriage of limestone from Northhampton to St Helens prevented closure. The one mile section between Dover and Westcroft was closed in 1955 after a breach at Colchester. According to Arthur Wood's "Haunted Waterways" Youtube channel, Derby Embankment is haunted by a horrible apperition of unknown form.

| Earith Junction | 4 furlongs | |
| Old Bedford River Sluice | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Earith | ||
| Westview Marina & Leisure Park | 1 furlong | |
| Brownshill Staunch Weir Exit | 1 mile, 5½ furlongs | |
| Brownshill Staunch (Lock) | 1 mile, 5½ furlongs | |
Amenities nearby at Westview Marina & Leisure Park
- Great Ouse Navigation | boating, moorings, navigation notices — associated with River Great Ouse
- Information regarding the Great Ouse navigation and tributaries.
- Information for boaters on the River Great Ouse - GOV.UK — associated with River Great Ouse
- River Great Ouse: bridge heights, locks, overhead power lines and facilities.
- Facebook Account — associated with River Great Ouse
- Anglian Waterways Manager Facebook Account
- Facebook Anglian Waterways Page — associated with River Great Ouse
- Facebook Page for Environment Agency Anglian Waterways
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Nearest self-operated pump-out
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In the direction of Brownshill Staunch (Lock)
Nearest boatyard pump-out
In the direction of Earith Junction
In the direction of Brownshill Staunch (Lock)
Wikipedia has a page about Earith
Earith is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. Earith lies approximately 10 miles (16 km) east of Huntingdon. Earith is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England. At Earith, two artificial diversion channels of the River Great Ouse, the Old Bedford River and the New Bedford River, leave the river on a course to Denver Sluice near Downham Market, where they rejoin the Great Ouse in its tidal part. At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,677, reducing to 1,606 at the 2011 Census.









![Earith High Street. Taken from near the village sign. 25 years on from [[447919]], another March March march http://www.marchmarchmarch.org.uk/#March18, with several of the same participants, passed through Earith en route to Cambridge. The village appears to have changed little in the intervening years. by HelenK – 17 March 2018](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/57/54/6575464_56566557_120x120.jpg)







![New houses in Earith. Replacing [[4058726]] by Hugh Venables – 12 July 2014](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/06/88/4068838_bbd750af_120x120.jpg)








![House in Earith. See [[4664733]] by Hugh Venables – 13 May 2023](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/51/63/7516374_cc949450_120x120.jpg)

![Earith village sign. Rather than the usual summery scenes, this village sign shows skaters on a frozen fen, with swans flying over head and some local fish underneath. Comparison with [[2667467]] shows that the mounting has been refurbished and the image repainted (note the changed colour of the waterline) or even replaced since this photograph was taken. This photograph was taken during the 1993 March March march. http://www.marchmarchmarch.org.uk/ by HelenK – March 1993](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/photos/44/79/447919_086e47e8_120x120.jpg)

