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Rivers

Gloucestershire

  • Tewkesbury to above Maismore Weir and Gloucester Docks
    entrance is normally B1, but when in flood is B2
  • Maismore Weir and Gloucester Docks entrance to Boxbush, on ebb tide is B2, on flood tide with no bore is B3 and on flood tide with bore is A

Hereford & Worcester

  • Upper Arley to Tewkesbury : B1 when the river is in normal summer conditions; B2 when the river is in winter conditions, B3 when the river is in spate or flood conditions.  Always inspect Folly Point Rapids before shooting. There is a bylaw prohibiting the shooting of Weirs on the River Severn below Stourport.

Montgomery

  • Above Llanidlos is NOT normally canoeable
  • Llanidloes to Newton: B1 (often very shallow and not
    canoeable)
  • Newton to River Vyrnwy confluence: B1

Shropshire

  • River Vyrnwy confluence to Upper Arley
    • B1 in normal conditions, except 50 metres either side of Shrewsbury Weir
    • B2 when in flood or spate conditions

Note

The lower reaches of the Severn can be extremely hazardous. See Gloucestershire for details of the bore

Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire

  • Under normal conditions and up to yellow alert: B1
  • Above yellow alert: B2

Essex

  • Purfleet to Gravesend: B2
  • Inshore Canvey Island to Southend: B1
  • West of a line from Shoeburyness to Warden Point: B2

Greater London counties

  • Upstream of Putney Bridge: B1
  • From Putney Bridge to Purfleet: B2 (unless otherwise classified)
  • Woolwich Barrier Radio Control Zone: B3

Gloucestershire

  • All: B1

Kent

  • Dartford to Mucking Flats: B2
  • Mucking Flats to Lower Hope Point, up to one mile offshore: B2
  • Mucking Flats to Lower Hope Point, one mile offshore to the median line: B3

Surrey

  • Except the Weirs, under normal conditions and up to yellow alert: B1
  • Above yellow alert: B2
  • All weirs: B3

Wiltshire

  • All: B1





 

 

Derbyshire

  • Normal conditions: B1
  • When in spate: B2
  • Below weirs normally from 1 April to 31 October: B2
  • From 1 November to 31 March: B3
  • Below weirs in spate: B3

Humberside

  • Where non-tidal: B1
  • Where tidal: A

Leicestershire

  • Normal conditions: B1

Nottinghamshire

  • Normally: B1
  • Below weirs normally: B2
  • Below weirs in spate: B3
  • From 1 November to 31 March: B3

Staffordshire

  • B1

Brecknock

  • Upstream of Llyswen: B3
  • Llyswen to Hay on Wye: B2
  • Downstream of Hay-on-Wye: B1

Gloucestershire

  • Roarden to Symonds Yat: in normal conditions is B1; when river lever is high it's B2
  • Symonds Yat Rapids: B2
  • Downstream of Symonds Yat Rapids: normal conditions from 1 April to 31 October it's B1; in spate from 1 April to 31 October is B2; 1 November to 31 March is B2

Gwent

  • Above Tintern: in normal conditions from 1 April to 31 October it's B1; in spate from 1 April to 31 October it's B2; from 1 November to 31 March it's B2
  • Between Tintern and Chepstow Bridge: B2
  • Between Chepstow Bridge and confluence with River Severn: B3

Hereford & Worcester

  • Hay on Wye to Symonds Yat: B1 when the river is in normal summer conditions; B2 when the river is in winter conditions, B3 when the river is in spate or flood conditions. Always inspect Mornington Falls and Symonds Yat Rapids before shooting.

Montgomery

  • A

Radnor

  • Upstream of Glasbury: B3
  • Glasbury to Hay-on-Wye: B2
  • Downstream of Hay-on-Wye: B1

 

 

Waterways Directory

This directory provides an indication of the classification of waters in the United Kingdom in normal summer conditions.

  • Current conditions must be considered before use. 

  • Water levels can rise and fall rapidly, it is strongly advised that local knowledge is sought. 

  • Water grading gives no guarantee that an access agreement is in existence. There are several problems concerning river access.  

  • Where access agreement is in force it must be observed by members of The Scout Association, unless the permission of every individual landowner over whose water it is proposed to paddle has been obtained. 

  • The Scout counties or areas concerned have provided the information contained in this directory. If an area of water is not listed in this directory, please contact the local Scout County or area for up-to-date advice.