Norfolk Broads

I think a boating holiday on the Norfolk Broads is the best holiday you can have in the UK (that's just my opinion, of course!). I've had a week's holiday on a boat on the Broads three times; the last time was last summer. The Norfolk Broads is a series of lakes (broads) connected by rivers covering nearly 200 square miles of countryside in Norfolk and Suffolk. There are over 125 miles of navigable waterways in this area. One of the best things about the Broads is that, unlike canals, there are no locks to negotiate. Despite its natural appearance, the Norfolk Broads is a man-made landscape. In the Middle Ages, the underlying peat beds were ...  Read the complete review

I've wanted to have a boating holiday on the Norfolk Broads for about as long as I could remember, so when my friend announced that that was where she was planning on having her hen party I was really pleased! The Norfolk and Suffolk Broads is an area of wetlands in East Anglia. There are altogether 40 Broads, and they vary in size. Most of these are linked together by a network of rivers, which combine to create 200km of lock-free waterways. These large shallow lakes were peat pits in medieval times and first became flooded during the 14th Century as sea levels rose. Accomodation -------------------- The best way to see the Broads is ...  Read the complete review

My grandparents lived in Norfolk and I spent many summers there. It feels like I practically grew up there because whenever I am driving there it feels like I'm going home. I had always seen the Norfolk broads but had never explored them via water, so after months and months of badgering my partner; we booked up with Herbert Woods. I booked it just before Christmas and it was all I could talk about until July. The Boat ======== Herbert Woods is based in a small place called Potter Heigham famous for the store of Latham's and the tiny bridge. We had booked for a week on Shimmering Light, which had cost about £1000, I know that may ...  Read the complete review

Let me take you on a journey, a voyage of discovery through the peaceful world of the waterways of the Norfolk Broads. Before we go we had better have a quick lesson in geography and history. The Broads are a huge area of wetland that cover just over three hundred square Kilometres of Norfolk and North Suffolk. They include over two hundred Kilometres of navigable waterways including the rivers Waveney, Bure and Yare plus many other smaller waterways. There are forty-one Broads in all, eighteen of them navigable. The whole area encompassing water, fen, marsh, woodland and arable land make up this unique wetland area that holds a protected ...  Read the complete review

As I type I'm drifting down the River Ant. It's still and deadly quiet. The countryside and banks are a myriad of autumn colours as the sun shines weakly down upon them casting a glow on the softly rippling water. It's peaceful. Tranquil, and ...... bloody freezing ... hang on, I'm goin' down below!! Cor blimey gov'ner! Brass monkey weather today or what? (and I started so poetically too :) I guess I'm lucky. My family (Ma & Pa) have a boat on the Norfolk Broads. I have my own readymade holiday! And what's more, it doesn't cost a penny ~ teehee! Floating down deserted rivers freezing our bits off in the ...  Read the complete review