Norfolk Broads Boat Hire From Family and Independent Firms

Key Facts about a Norfolk Broads Boating Holiday

• The Norfolk Broads one of the UK’s National Parks and are a great place for pottering in a holiday cruiser! In the Broads National Park you can enjoy the fresh air and big skies. Moor up for a spot of fishing, climb church towers for the views, watch the wildlife, and visit pubs and villages. In short, relax!
• The Broads are tidal, unlike canals, so water levels change twice a day. This affects cruising, mooring which is often to pontoons, and a few bridges can only negotiated on low tides. The further from the sea, the less the effect of tides, most Broads waterways are shallow and tranquil.
• Broads boats are different too. Most boats for hire are either cruisers or yachts or open day boats, including increasing numbers of electric craft. With the only access to the Broads via the sea at Great Yarmouth or Lowestoft few canal based narrowboats risk the tricky sea voyage.
• There are 7 rivers and 13 navigable Broads. The northern Norfolk Broads include Ranworth Broad and Hickling Broad, the River Ant and River Thurne connecting them to the River Bure and Great Yarmouth. From Great Yarmouth the southern Norfolk Broads can be reached via Breydon Water. Breydon Water also connects to the Suffolk Broads and Lowestoft.