Rivers and the right to navigate

Scotland Scotland has public use of inland water subject to a code of conduct. There have been some issues related to heavy use of certain...

Paddlers can get involved in looking after their local river in a number of ways Litter removal Removing invasive weeds Habitat improve...

Some paddlers do make agreements with local landowners over when and where paddling takes place. The stability achieved the allows both gro...

Clause 33 of the Magna Carta of 1225 All kydells shall be removed from all rivers It is argued that this only applied to the 'Great Ri...

In this case, the Yorkshire Derwent Trust sought to be able to repair a set of locks on a cut on the river, thus re-enabling navigation. The...

The Itchen Navigation (Hampshire) is a good illustration of how unclear it can be if a right of Navigation exists. What I will do here is to...

Since the 1600's there have been many acts of parliament passed (and repealed) for the purpose of 'making rivers navigable'. W...