British Waterways

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British Waterways sign near Gas Street Basin on the BCN Main Line in Birmingham
British Waterways sign near Gas Street Basin on the BCN Main Line in Birmingham

British Waterways is a government body sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the Scottish Government in the United Kingdom. It is the navigation authority for the vast majority of the inland waterways in the UK. It was created in 1963 to assume control of the inland waterways assets of the British Transport Commission; which was itself set up on nationalisation of the railways in 1947. Half of the United Kingdom population lives within five miles of one of British Waterways' canals or rivers.[1][2]

British Waterways manages and cares for 2,200 miles (3,541 km)[3] of canals, rivers, docks, buildings, structures and landscapes. This includes 2555 listed structures,[4] more than 69 Scheduled Ancient Monuments,[4] more than 800 designated areas, as well as more than 100 Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs). It maintains a museum of its history within the National Waterways Museum at Gloucester.

  1. ^ Waterscape.com - British Waterways leisure site
  2. ^ British Waterways London Quarterly Newsletter, Summer 2007
  3. ^ British Waterways home page
  4. ^ a b British Waterways Heritage

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