List of navigation authorities in the United Kingdom

This List of navigation authorities in the United Kingdom is a list of links to any navigation authority in the United Kingdom, relating to any navigable waterway, aqueduct, canal, navigation, river or port.

These include:


 * narrow canals, broad canals, or ship canals
 * rivers which have been made navigable
 * the Broads
 * the navigable drains of The Fens.

The "Big Three"

 * Canal and River Trust – charity replacing British Waterways in managing the majority of the canals and many navigable rivers
 * Environment Agency – environmental regulatory body, manages its waterways as part of its water management obligations.
 * Broads Authority – has status similar to other British national parks but alone amongst them also exercises a navigation function. The "Sandford Principle" as applied in other national parks does not apply here.

Other authorities

 * Local authorities
 * National park authorities
 * Trusts

Navigation authorities in the UK

 * Associated British Ports - ABP Humber
 * Avon Navigation Trust (Stratford-on-Avon to Tewkesbury)
 * Basingstoke Canal Authority
 * Beaulieu River
 * Bridgewater Canal - Manchester Ship Canal Company in conjunction with the Bridgewater Canal Trust
 * Bristol Harbour Authority
 * The Canal & River Trust, formerly British Waterways - supported by grant-in-aid from Government
 * Broads Authority - a national park authority
 * Cambridgeshire Lodes
 * Cardiff Harbour Authority
 * Chesterfield Canal Partnership
 * City of York Council
 * Company of Proprietors of the Chelmer & Blackwater navigation
 * Company of Proprietors of the Neath Canal Navigation
 * Company of Proprietors of the Stroudwater Navigation
 * Conservators of the River Cam
 * Dart Harbour and Navigation Authority - a Trust Port, Dartmouth
 * Devon County Council
 * Driffield Navigation Trust
 * Droitwich Canals Trust
 * Environment Agency - supported by grant-in-aid from Government
 * Essex Waterways Ltd - a subsidiary of the Inland Waterways Association
 * Exe Estuary Navigation Authority based at Exeter
 * Exeter City Council
 * Gloucester Harbour Trustees - a Trust Port
 * Herefordshire & Gloucestershire Canal Trust
 * Hull City Council
 * Inland Waterways Association subsidiary Essex Waterways Ltd
 * Ipswich & Stowmarket Navigation - River Gipping Trust
 * River Ivel - Environment Agency and riparian landowners
 * Lake District National Park Authority
 * Lancaster Canal's Northern Reaches - various ownerships
 * Lapal Canal -  various ownerships
 * Little Ouse Navigation - Environment Agency / riparian landowners
 * Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority
 * Manchester Ship Canal Company - the majority of shares are owned by Peel Ports, a subsidiary of The Peel Group.
 * Medway Ports
 * Middle Level Commissioners
 * Neath Canal Navigation, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
 * Port of Hull and the River Hull, Associated British Ports
 * Port of London Authority
 * River Dee, Wales -  Environment Agency has harbour authority responsibilities downstream
 * River Glen, Lincolnshire - Environment Agency
 * River Great Ouse - Environment Agency
 * River Hamble Harbour Office
 * River Idle - Environment Agency
 * River Medway - Non-tidal: Environment Agency; Tidal: Medway Ports
 * River Severn - Avon and Wiltshire: Bristol Haven Conservancy
 * River Severn, Gloucestershire/Herefordshire: Gloucester Harbour Trustees
 * River Tyne - Tidal: Port of Tyne Authority; Non-tidal: various
 * Scottish waterways - managed by the Scottish Executive and British Waterways Scotland (BWS)
 * Sedgemoor District Council - as Harbour Authority for the Port of Bridgwater and the River Parrett
 * Sleaford Navigation
 * Ulster Canal - various, both in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
 * Waterways Ireland
 * The Waterways Trust
 * The Wey & Arun Canal Trust, Wey & Arun Junction Canal
 * Wey and Godalming Navigations, National Trust
 * Wilts & Berks Canal Trust
 * River Witham - Witham Fourth District Drainage Board

Waterways

 * List of waterways
 * Waterways in the United Kingdom
 * Association of Inland Navigation Authorities (AINA), an unincorporated membership organisation for inland navigation authorities
 * Inland Waterways Association
 * Scottish Inland Waterways Association
 * Inland Waterways Association of Ireland (includes Northern Ireland)
 * List of waterway societies in the United Kingdom

Rivers

 * Rivers of the United Kingdom
 * List of rivers of the United Kingdom
 * Estuary, Firth, Floodplain, River delta, Source (river or stream), Tributary

Canals

 * Canals of the United Kingdom
 * List of canal aqueducts in Great Britain
 * List of canal basins in Great Britain
 * List of canal junctions in Great Britain
 * List of canal locks in Great Britain
 * List of canal tunnels in Great Britain

Seaports

 * List of seaports

Other

 * Navigability
 * Tide