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Who maintains the UK’s canals and rivers?
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Navigation authorities
- Acting Conservator of the River Mersey – Navigation conservancy
- Aefon Teifi Fairways Ltd – Waterway management company
- Anglian Water – Grafham Water – Navigation manager (byelaws)
- Anglian Water – Rutland Water – Navigation manager (byelaws)
- Annan Harbour – Trust Harbour authority (trust port)
- Argyll & Bute Council – Navigation authority (municipal)
- Ashby Canal Trust – Charitable trust
- Associated British Ports (ABP Garston) – Harbour authority (company)
- Associated British Ports (ABP Humber) – Harbour authority (company)
- Associated British Ports (ABP Ipswich) – Harbour authority (company)
- Associated British Ports (ABP King’s Lynn) – Harbour authority (company)
- Associated British Ports (ABP Lowestoft) – Harbour authority (company)
- Associated British Ports (ABP Plymouth) – Harbour authority (company)
- Associated British Ports (ABP Southampton) Harbour authority (company)
- Associated British Ports (ABP Swansea) Harbour authority (company)
- Avon Navigation Trust Navigation authority (charitable trust)
- Barking & Ilford Navigation Co Ltd – Navigation company
- Barnsley, Dearne & Dove Canals Trust – Charitable trust
- Basingstoke Canal Authority – Navigation authority (municipal)
- Bedford to Milton Keynes Waterway Trust – Restoration charity
- Berwick Harbour Commissioners – Harbour authority (trust port)
- Blyth Harbour Commissioners – Harbour authority (trust port)
- Bridgewater Canal Co Ltd (part of Peel Group) – Navigation company
- Brightlingsea Harbour Commissioners Harbour authority (trust port)
- Bristol City Council – Navigation authority (municipal)
- Bristol Port Co Ltd – Harbour authority (company)
- Broads Authority – Navigation authority (public)
- Buckingham Canal Society – Charitable Incorporated Organisation
- Canal & River Trust – Navigation authority (charitable trust)
- Cardiff Harbour Authority – Harbour authority (municipal)
- Carmarthenshire County Council/ Cyngor Sir Gâr – Harbour authority (municipal)
- Cattewater Harbour Commissioners – Harbour authority (trust port)
- Cheshire West and Chester Council – Navigation authority (municipal)
- Chesterfield Canal Trust – Charitable trust
- Chichester Canal Trust – Charitable trust
- Chichester Harbour Conservancy Board – Harbour authority (trust port)
- Christchurch Borough Council – Local Lighthouse Authority
- City and County of Swansea Council/ Cyngor Dinas a Sir Abertawe – Navigation manager (byelaws)
- City of Portsmouth – Harbour authority (municipal)
- Clyde Port Authority – Harbour authority (company)
- Company of Proprietors of Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation Ltd – Navigation company
- Company of Proprietors of the Neath Canal Navigation (owned by St Modwen Neath Canal Ltd) – Navigation company
- Company of Proprietors of the Stroudwater Navigation – Navigation company
- Conservators of the River Cam – Navigation conservancy
- Conwy County Borough Council/ Cyngor Bwrdestref Sirol Conwy – Harbour authority (municipal)
- Cornwall Council – Harbour authority (municipal)
- Cornwall Council – Harbour authority (municipal)
- Cowes Harbour Commission – Harbour authority (trust port)
- C. RO Ports Killingholme Ltd – Harbour authority (company)
- Crouch Harbour Authority – Harbour authority (trust port)
- Dart Harbour and Navigation Authority – Harbour authority (trust port)
- Denbighshire County Council – Harbour authority (municipal)
- Driffield Navigation Trust – Navigation trustees
- East Yorkshire Council – Navigation authority (public)
- Environment Agency – Navigation authority (public)
- Environment Agency – Harbour authority (public)
- Essex Waterways Ltd – Waterway management company
- Exeter City Council – Harbour authority (municipal)
- Falmouth Docks and Engineering Company – Harbour authority (company)
- Falmouth Harbour Commissioners – Harbour authority (trust port)
- Fenland District Council Harbour authority (municipal)
- Forth Ports Authority – Harbour authority (company)
- Fowey Harbour Commissioners – Harbour authority (trust port)
- Glasgow City Council – Navigation manager (byelaws)
- Gloucester Harbour Trustees – Harbour authority (trust port)
- Great Yarmouth Port Authority – Harbour authority (trust port)
- Gwynedd Council/Cyngor Gwynedd – Harbour authority (municipal)
- Harwich Haven Authority – Harbour authority (trust port)
- Herefordshire & Gloucestershire Canal Trust – Charitable Trust
- Hull City Council – Harbour authority (municipal)
- Isle of Wight District Council – Harbour authority (municipal)
- Kings Lynn Conservancy Board – Harbour authority (trust port)
- Lake District National Park Authority – Navigation manager (byelaws)
- Lancaster Canal Regeneration Partnership – Unincorporated partnership
- Lancaster Port Commissioners – Harbour authority (trust port)
- Langstone Harbour Board – Harbour authority (trust port)
- Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust Ltd – Charitable Trust
- Littlehampton Harbour Board – Harbour authority (trust port)
- Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park Authority – Navigation manager (byelaws)
- Looe Harbour Commissioners – Harbour authority (trust port)
- Lord Montague of Beaulieu (Beaulieu Enterprises Ltd) – Harbour authority (company)
- Louth Navigation Trust – Charitable Trust
- Lymington Harbour Commissioners – Harbour authority (trust port)
- Maldon Harbour Improvement Commissioners – Harbour authority (trust port)
- Manchester Ship Canal Co (Peel Ports) – Harbour authority (company)
- Manchester & Stockport Canal Society – Charitable trust
- Mersey Docks & Harbour Co (Peel Ports) – Harbour authority (company)
- Middle Level Commissioners – Internal Drainage Board
- Milford Haven Port Authority Harbour authority (trust port)
- National Trust – Charitable Trust
- Natural Resources Wales – Harbour authority (public)
- Neath Port Authority – Harbour authority (trust port)
- Nenthead Mines Conservation Society – Charitable trust
- Newcastle City Council – Navigation manager (byelaws)
- Newhaven Port & Properties Ltd – Harbour authority (company)
- New Orford Town Trust – Harbour authority (trust port)
- Newport Harbour Commissioners – Harbour authority (trust port)
- Nith Navigation Commission Harbour authority (trust port)
- North Devon Council Harbour authority (municipal)
- Northumbrian Water – Navigation manager (byelaws)
- Ouse and Humber Drainage Board – Internal Drainage Board
- Padstow Harbour Commissioners – Harbour authority (trust port)
- Peel Ports Medway – Harbour authority (company)
- Perth & Kinross Council – Harbour authority (municipal)
- Poole Harbour Commissioners – Harbour authority (trust port)
- Port of Boston Ltd – Harbour authority (company)
- Port of Fosdyke Ltd – Harbour authority (company)
- Port of London Authority – Harbour authority (trust port)
- Port of Mostyn Harbour authority (company)
- Port of Sunderland Authority Harbour authority (municipal)
- Port of Tyne Authority Harbour authority (trust port)
- Port Tennant Co Ltd – Navigation company
- Preston City Council (Riversway) – Harbour authority (municipal)
- Queen’s Harbourmaster – Harbour Authority (public)
- Queen’s Harbourmaster Harbour Authority (public)
- River Hamble Harbour Authority (Hants CC) – Harbour Authority (municipal)
- River Yealm – Harbour Authority (trust port)
- Salcombe Harbour Authority (South Hams District Council) – Harbour authority (municipal)
- Sandwich Port and Haven Commissioners – Harbour authority (trust port)
- Scarborough Borough Council – Harbour authority (municipal)
- Scottish Canals – Navigation authority (public)
- Sedgemoor District Council – Harbour authority (municipal)
- Shoreham Port Authority – Harbour authority (trust port)
- Sleaford Navigation Trust – Charitable trust
- Southern Water – Navigation manager (byelaws)
- St Mawes Pier & Harbour Co – Harbour authority (company)
- Stafford Riverway Link – CIC Navigation company
- Stratford and Warwick Waterways Trust – Charitable trust
- Stroud Valleys Canal Co – Navigation company Stroud District Council
- Sutton Harbour Authority – Harbour authority (company)
- Tees & Hartlepool Port Authority – Harbour authority (company)
- Teignmouth Harbour Commissioners – Harbour authority (trust port)
- Teignmouth Quay Co (ABP) – Harbour authority (company)
- Tendring District Council – Navigation manager (byelaws)
- Torridge District Council – Harbour authority (municipal)
- Ulverston Canal Company (part of NPL Estates Ltd) – Charitable Trust
- Urr Navigation Trust – Harbour authority (trust port)
- Waveney District Council – Harbour authority (municipal)
- Waveney District Council (Sentinel Leisure Trust) – Waterway management company
- Wey & Arun Canal Trust – Charitable Trust
- Welland and Deepings IDB – Internal Drainage Board
- Wilts & Berks Canal Trust – Charitable Trust
- Witham 4th District IDB – Internal Drainage Board
- York City Council – Navigation authority (municipal)
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