Waterscape
Encyclopedia
Waterscape was set up in the summer of 2003 and is British Waterways
leisure website, supported by the Environment Agency
and the Broads Authority
as an official information and leisure resource for inland waterways within the UK.
Waterscape is an information resource and leisure guide for all of the canals, rivers and waterways throughout England, Scotland and Wales with references to boating, fishing, holidays, walking, cycling, volunteering, pubs and restaurants.
Waterscape also provides information and advice on:
As part of a marketing campaign in 2008, Waterscape launched the viral game The Crazy Duck in December. The game was set up to teach people about the facts and history of the waterways within the UK.
British Waterways
British Waterways is a statutory corporation wholly owned by the government of the United Kingdom, serving as the navigation authority in England, Scotland and Wales for the vast majority of the canals as well as a number of rivers and docks...
leisure website, supported by the Environment Agency
Environment Agency
The Environment Agency is a British non-departmental public body of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and an Assembly Government Sponsored Body of the Welsh Assembly Government that serves England and Wales.-Purpose:...
and the Broads Authority
Broads Authority
The Broads Authority is the agency which has statutory responsibility for the Broads in England. Originally, the Nature Conservancy Council , pressed for a special authority to manage the Broads which had been neglected for a long time. In 1978, the forerunner to the present-day Broads Authority...
as an official information and leisure resource for inland waterways within the UK.
Waterscape is an information resource and leisure guide for all of the canals, rivers and waterways throughout England, Scotland and Wales with references to boating, fishing, holidays, walking, cycling, volunteering, pubs and restaurants.
Waterscape also provides information and advice on:
- How to hire a boat or cottage along the canals and rivers
- Local area information including visitor attractions, history and the local wildlife
- Boat Licensing and Fishing Licensing
- Canal cruising rings
- Cycle and Walking Routes
- Public fishing areas
As part of a marketing campaign in 2008, Waterscape launched the viral game The Crazy Duck in December. The game was set up to teach people about the facts and history of the waterways within the UK.
See also
- British WaterwaysBritish WaterwaysBritish Waterways is a statutory corporation wholly owned by the government of the United Kingdom, serving as the navigation authority in England, Scotland and Wales for the vast majority of the canals as well as a number of rivers and docks...
- Canals of Great Britain
- Rivers of Great Britain
- Waterways in the United KingdomWaterways in the United KingdomWaterways in the United Kingdom is a link page for any waterway, river, canal, firth or estuary in the United Kingdom.-Related topics:*Waterway, water power, navigable, navigable aqueduct, navigable river, navigable waters, navigability, Waterway society, List of waterway societies in the United...
- History of the British canal systemHistory of the British canal systemThe British canal system of water transport played a vital role in the United Kingdom's Industrial Revolution at a time when roads were only just emerging from the medieval mud and long trains of pack horses were the only means of "mass" transit by road of raw materials and finished products The...
External links
- Waterscape - British Waterways leisure website - wildlife, cycling, walking, boating, maps
- The Crazy Duck - educational game by Waterscape
- British Waterways website - corporate information, document downloads, licencing
- Case Study - case study from Coast Digital of Waterscape