FAQs - Navigation information now available on GOV.UK

The website has closed and visitors will be redirected to relevant GOV.UK content.

The website has closed and visitors will be redirected to the relevant GOV.UK page.

No. The River Medway website will continue to operate.

However, Environment Agency navigation information for the River Medway is now only available on GOV.UK as responsibility for managing the River Medway website will transfer away from the Environment Agency on 30 September 2026.

River Thames information is already on GOV.UK and remains unchanged.  

No. Existing users will be redirected where appropriate.

However, you may wish to update any saved bookmarks to the new GOV.UK pages.

The latest Environment Agency navigation information is now available on GOV.UK. Links to all new GOV.UK navigation pages are provided here: 

Anglian Waterways

Overview

• Anglian Waterways - the regional river navigation authority 

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/anglian-waterways-the-regional-river-navigation-authority

• Anglian waterways - river conditions, navigation notices, closures and restrictions

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/anglian-waterways-river-conditions-closures-and-restrictions

• Volunteering with Anglian Waterways

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/volunteering-with-anglian-waterways

Information for boaters

• Information for boaters - River Great Ouse

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/river-great-ouse-bridge-heights-locks-and-facilities

• Information for boaters - River Nene

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/river-nene-bridge-heights-locks-and-facilities

• Information for boaters - River Stour

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/river-stour-locks-and-facilities

• Information for boaters - River Ancholme

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/information-for-boaters-river-ancholme

• Information for boaters - Black Sluice Navigation (Forty Foot Drain)

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/information-for-boaters-black-sluice-navigation-forty-foot-drain

• Information for boaters - rivers Glen and Welland

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/rivers-welland-and-glen-locks-and-facilities

Moorings and facilities 

• Mooring - Denver Complex

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mooring-denver-complex

• Mooring - Upware Moorings

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mooring-upware-moorings

• Wild Mooring - Anglian Waterways

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/wild-mooring-anglian-waterways

Northampton Marina 

• Mooring - Northampton Marina

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mooring-northampton-marina

River Medway 

• River Medway - using, mooring and river conditions

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/river-medway-using-mooring-and-river-conditions

River Thames information is already on GOV.UK and remains unchanged.  

Please contact your Area Waterways Team if you have any area related questions. 

Or contact navigation@environment-ageny.gov.uk with any general questions.