River Great Ouse

£5.2m revamp for safer summer on eastern waterways

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Mark Lancaster

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July 29, 2026

Boaters are set to benefit from a £5.2 million programme of improvements across Anglian Waterways – but campaigners say the figure just isn’t enough. WORK carried out at more than 14 sites – from Northamptonshire to Norfolk – are designed to boost safety, reliability and environmental quality, ensuring rivers remain open and accessible to thousands…
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Campaign cruise to highlight funding crisis threatening the Great Ouse

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Web Editor

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July 7, 2026

Boaters will travel from St Ives to Bedford this July in a bid to highlight what campaigners describe as a critical lack of investment in the River Great Ouse and Britain’s inland waterways. A FLEET of boats will cruise the River Great Ouse from St Ives to Bedford this month as part of a campaign…
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NEW MOORINGS to transform marina

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Web Editor

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July 21, 2025

A REFURBISHMENT project is under way to significantly enhance the facilities at Aquavista’s Buckden Waterside & Marina on the River Great Ouse near St Neots in Cambridgeshire. The major investment, due for completion around now, sees the refurbishment of the existing showers, toilets, laundry and marina reception as well as installation of a dog wash…
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