The bedford river valley park framework sets out a shared vision to guide the park s creation over the next decade and beyond. It is a tidal stretch of river.
Re opening the canal to boats seemed almost.
Bedford river. Below is a map and more information to help you plan your journey to the river festival. Descending the devizes flight. The bedford river festival is held biennially in bedford across a site that truly takes over the town for the weekend including russell park the embankment and st mary s gardens to name just a few hotspots.
This is because of the distance between the tops of the two embankments on either side of the river the river is fairly straight for much of its length. It provides an almost straight channel between earith and denver sluices. This web site aims to help you find out more about the park where it will be who is involved what changes it could bring and the opportunities it presents.
This publication was withdrawn on 27 april 2018. It is tidal with reverse tidal flow being clearly visible at. At the same census the borough of bedford had a population of 157 479.
The new bedford river also known as the hundred foot drain because of the distance between the tops of the two embankments on either side of the river is a man made cut off or by pass channel of the river great ouse in the fens of cambridgeshire england. Bedford river festival information on the closures restrictions affecting the navigation. The old bedford river is an artificial partial diversion of the waters of the river great ouse in the fens of cambridgeshire england it was named after the fourth earl of bedford who contracted with the local commission of sewers to drain the great level of the fens beginning in 1630.
Published 11 july 2016 from. I spent some time in my youth visiting parts of the derelict kennet and avon canal. The 21 mile new bedford river is a man made by pass of the river great ouse at the fens in cambridgeshire.
The new bedford river also known as the hundred foot drain because of the distance between the tops of the two embankments on either side of the river is a man made cut off or by pass channel of the river great ouse in the fens of cambridgeshire england it provides an almost straight channel between earith and denver sluices it is tidal with reverse tidal flow being clearly visible at. The river is named after the fourth earl of bedford. You may also know it as the hundred foot drain.
Like its newer namesake it is a relatively straight paddle straight through the countryside. Waterways campaigner and mooring customer john revell is sharing some of his previous script on other restored waterways that he has visited as he looks forward to the old bedford river campaign cruise on 19th to 22nd august 2018. Like the new bedford river the old bedford river is a relatively new navigation it was designed to by pass the river great ouse at the fens in cambridgeshire.
The idea of an artificial river running as the old bedford river does from earith to denver was not a new. Bedford is a historic market and the county town of bedfordshire england at the 2011 census the population of the bedford built up area was 106 940 while that within its traditional boundary was 87 590. Bedford was founded at a ford on the river great ouse and is thought to have been the burial place of offa of mercia.
