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River Great Ouse (Old West River - Small River)

Information about the waterway

The River Great Ouse (Old West River - Small River) is a small river and is part of the River Great Ouse (Old West River). It runs for 11 miles and 4¾ furlongs through 1 lock from Earith Junction (where it joins the River Great Ouse (Tidal Section) and the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River)) to Pope's Corner (where it joins the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) and the River Cam (Main river - Large River)).

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.

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Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:

Earith Junction Junction with Old West River, New Bedford River and the River Great Ouse (Tidal Section)
Hermitage Lock Staffed lock; see navigation notes or call 01487 841548.	½ furlongs	0 locks
Hermitage Marina	¾ furlongs	1 lock
Site of Flat Bridge Deck removed 2018	1 mile and 7¾ furlongs	1 lock
GOBA Moorings Aldreth	3 miles and 1¼ furlongs	1 lock
Aldreth Bridge	3 miles and 4 furlongs	1 lock
Great Ouse - Cottenham Lode Junction Junction of the River Great Ouse and Cottenham Lode (un-navigable)	6 miles and 7 furlongs	1 lock
Twenty Pence Bridge	7 miles	1 lock
Twenty Pence Marina	7 miles and 1½ furlongs	1 lock
Great Ouse - Engine Drove Junction Junction of the River Great Ouse and Engine Drove	8 miles and 2 furlongs	1 lock
Cambridge Road Bridge	8 miles and 3½ furlongs	1 lock
Stretham Ferry Marina	8 miles and 5¾ furlongs	1 lock
Stretham Old Bridge	8 miles and 6 furlongs	1 lock
The Lazy Otter Wharf	8 miles and 6¼ furlongs	1 lock
Lazy Otter GOBA Moorings	9 miles and ¾ furlongs	1 lock
Green End Bridge	9 miles and 6½ furlongs	1 lock
Stretham GOBA Moorings Access to Stretham Old Engine	9 miles and 7¼ furlongs	1 lock
Newmarket Road Bridge	10 miles and 3 furlongs	1 lock
Hundred Acre EA Moorings	11 miles and 1½ furlongs	1 lock
Golds Mere EA Mooring (48 hrs)	11 miles and 2 furlongs	1 lock
Holt Fen Bridge Ely to Cambridge railway bridge	11 miles and 2½ furlongs	1 lock
West River Bridge	11 miles and 4 furlongs	1 lock
Fish and Duck Marina Fuel Dock	11 miles and 4¼ furlongs	1 lock
Pope's Corner Junction of River Cam with Old West River	11 miles and 4¾ furlongs	1 lock

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Additional information

Navigational Notes

External websites

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
Homepage - Ely Marine Ltd. - Cathedral Marina — associated with Hermitage Marina

Wikipedia

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).

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