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Get out with BESL and walk!

BESL have arranged a series of walks in the Broads this summer. All the walks are FREE OF CHARGE, all we ask is you book in advance as the number of places are limited.

The last of the four walks that are offered this year is detailed below. Fingers crossed this walk enjoys the good weather shared by the others!

August 11th. "Moorings, Mills and Marshes - flood defences in the southern rivers"
Start 1.30pm. Walk lasts approximately 2.5 hours including a brief refreshment stop.
Meet at the Broads Authority car park off Herringfleet Road.
Parking: available at the Broads Authority car park off Herringfleet Road.
A guided walk through Herringfleet Hills, across the marshes and along the River Waveney looking at recent enhancemments provided with the flood defence works and notable flora and fauna.
Suitable for ages. Group limited to 20 places.
PLEASE NOTE there will be a brief refreshment stop midway with the opportunity to visit the pub.

Booking for the above is advised. Please contact Angela Rowe on telephone 01603 226173 to confirm a place.

We look forward to welcoming you to this walk and providing, we hope, further insight to the Broads and the works being undertaken to preserve them.

Major improvement schemes in 2010

New Compartments

Completion of works started in previous years

Compartments 1 and 2 piling removal planning application

A planning application (reference 2009/0226) for the removal of piling in Compartments 1 and 2 (Upton and South Walsham Marshes) was submitted to the Broads Authority in August 2009. This will complete the programme of works started in April 2006. Construction was completed in autumn 2007, since that date regular monitoring has been undertaken of the setback banks and the establishment of vegetation. Permission was granted in November and works are due to start late 2010.

The piling removal will complete the defence works in this area. Monitoring of the site, including the erosion of the remaining cadge bank, will continue for a minimum of four years.

Compartment 28 phase 2 Carlton Marshes

A planning application (reference: 2010/0048) for flood defence works was submitted to the Broads Authority in February 2010. The proposal is to construct a new floodbank at the base of Petos Marsh near Oulton Broad. Permission was granted on July 16th 2010. Work is due to start in the near future.

Planning application details