River Great Ouse (River Wissey)

The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 75 feet long and 12 feet and 6 inches wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.
The navigational authority for this waterway is Environment AgencyRelevant publications — Waterway Maps:
- Waterway Routes 01M - England and Wales Map
- Waterway Routes 68M - River Great Ouse and Tributaries Map (Downloadable)
Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:
River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction Junction of the River Great Ouse with the River Wissey |
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Hilgay Railway Bridge | 2 furlongs | 0 locks | |
Hilgay Bypass Bridge New A10 Road Bridge |
2 miles and ¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
Hilgay Old Bridge Old A10 Road Bridge |
2 miles and ¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
Hilgay EA Moorings | 2 miles and ¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
Hilgay Village Green Moorings Not available during village events |
2 miles and 1 furlong | 0 locks | |
Skipwith Corner | 2 miles and 4 furlongs | 0 locks | |
Wissington Light Railway Bridge | 4 miles and 6½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
Wissington Pipe Bridge | 5 miles | 0 locks | |
Wissington Sugar Beet Factory Bridge | 5 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
Wissington New Road Bridge | 5 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
Methwold Common Lode No Access |
6 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
Stoke Ferry Fen Lode | 6 miles and 6 furlongs | 0 locks | |
River Wissey - Methwold Lode Junction Junction of the River Wissey and the Methwold Lode (Footpath to Methwold village) |
6 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
Northwell Fen Lode | 7 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
Cut-Off Channel Aqueduct | 8 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
River Wissey Sluice Bridge | 8 miles and 3 furlongs | 0 locks | |
River Wissey - Cut-Off Channel Junction Junction of the River Wissey and the Cut-Off Channel |
8 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
Stoke Ferry Bridge Stoke Ferry Wharf and Road Bridge with footbridge alongside |
8 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
Whittington Bridge (River Wissey) | 9 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
Stringside Drain Head of navigation |
9 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
Oxborough Wharf Oxborough Ferry |
10 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 0 locks |
- 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
Wikipedia has a page about 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 Wash and the North Sea near Kings Lynn. With a course of about 143 miles (230 km), mostly flowing north and east, it is the fifth longest river in the United Kingdom. The Great Ouse has been historically important for commercial navigation, and for draining the low-lying region through which it flows; its best-known tributary is the Cam, which runs through Cambridge. Its lower course passes through drained wetlands and fens and has been extensively modified, or channelised, to relieve flooding and provide a better route for barge traffic. The unmodified river would have changed course regularly after floods.
The name Ouse is from the Celtic or pre-Celtic *Udso-s, and probably means simply "water" or slow flowing river. Thus the name is a pleonasm. The lower reaches of the Great Ouse are also known as "Old West River" and "the Ely Ouse", but all the river is often referred to simply as the Ouse in informal usage (the word "Great" – which originally meant simply big or, in the case of a river, long – is used to distinguish this river from several others called the Ouse).