Navigation authorities

A quarter of the UK's inland waterways are controlled by 30 navigation authorities drawn from the public, private and voluntary sectors. [1]

The Environment Agency, the Broads Authority and British Waterways Board are subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000, most of the other inland navigation authorities are not.

See also:

• Competent harbour authorities.
• Trust ports.
• Lighthouse authorities.

A

• Aberdeen Harbour Board.
• Acting Conservator of the River Mersey
• Annan Harbour Trust.
• Associated British Ports. [2]
• Avon Navigation Trust. [3]

B

• Basingstoke Canal Authority [4]
• Berwick Harbour Commission.
• Blyth Harbour Commission.
• Brayford Trust Limited.
• Breckland District Council.
• Bridgewater Canal Co Ltd.
• Brightlingsea Harbour Commissioners.
• Bristol City Council
• Bristol Port Company [5]
• British Waterways Board - also called Scottish Canals.
• Broads Authority
• Bude Canal Trust [6] [7]

C

• C. RO Ports Killingholme Ltd
• Caernarfon Harbour Trust
• Canal and River Trust
• Cardiff Harbour Authority
• Carmarthenshire County Council.
• Cattewater Harbour Commissioners.
• Chester and West Cheshire Council
• Chesterfield Canal Partnership - not a navigation authority
• Chichester Harbour Conservancy Board
• Chichester Ship Canal Trust
• City of York Council
• Clyde Port Authority.
• Colchester Borough Council
• Company of Proprietors of the Chelmer & Blackwater navigation
• Company of Proprietors of the Neath Canal Navigation
• Company of proprietors of the Stroudwater Navigation
• Conservators of the River Cam
• Conwy County Borough Council.
• Cornwall Council
• Crouch Harbour Authority
• Cowes Harbour Commission

D

• Dart Harbour and Navigation Authority
• Denbighshire County Council
• Derbyshire County Council
• Devon County Council
• Driffield Navigation Trust
• Droitwich Canals Trust Ltd
• Drumardoch Estates (full legal name unknown)
• Dudley Canal and Tunnels Trust.
• Dumfries and Galloway Council.
• Dundee Port Authority - Forth Ports.

E

• East Riding of Yorkshire Council [8]
• Environment Agency, The
• Essex Waterways Limited
• Exeter City Council

F

• Falmouth Docks and Engineering Company
• Falmouth Harbour Commissioners
• Fenland District Council
• Folkestone & Hythe District Council
• Forth Port Authority (may need updating[9])
• Fowey Harbour Commissioners

G

• Gloucester Harbour Trustees
• Great Yarmouth Port Authority (not on the main list)
• Gwynedd Council.

H

• Hampshire County Council
• Harwich Haven Authority.
• Herefordshire & Gloucestershire Canal Trust - https://www.h-g-canal.org.uk/
• Hull City Council [10]

I

• Inverness Harbour Trust.
• Isle of Anglesey County Council.
• Isle of Wight Council.

K

• Kings Lynn Conservancy Board.

L

• Lake District National Park Authority
• Lancaster Port Commissioners
• Langstone Harbour Board.
• Leicestershire County Council
• Littlehampton Harbour Board
• Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park
• Looe Harbour Commissioners.
• Lord Montague of Beaulieu (Beaulieu Enterprises Limited).
• Lough Navigation Trust. - http://www.louthcanal.org.uk/
• Lymington Harbour Commissioners.

M

• Manchester Ship Canal Company
• Maldon Harbour Improvement Commissioners.
• Market Weighton Drainage Board
• Medway Ports Authority - Peel Ports Medway
• Mersey Docks and Harbour Company
• Middle Level Commissioners
• Milford Haven Port Authority.

N

• National Trust, The
• Natural Resources Wales.
• Neath Port Authority.
• Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council.
• Newhaven Port & Properties Ltd
• Newport Harbour Commissioners.
• Nith Navigation Commission.
• North Walsham and Dilham Canal Company (not on the main list)

• New Orford Town Trust.

P

• Padstow Harbour Commissioners.
• Peel Ports Medway.
• Perth & Kinross Council.
• Poole Harbour Commissioners.
• Port of Boston
• Port of Fosdyke Ltd
• Port of London Authority
• Port of Mostyn.
• Port of Sunderland Authority
• Port of Tyne Authority
• Port of Wisbech (not on the main list)
• Port Tennant Company Limited (not on the main list)
• Port of Tyne Authority.
• Portsmouth City Council
• Preston City Council.

Q

• Queen's Harbour Master

R

• Renfrewshire Council.
• River Hamble Harbour Authority (Hampshire County Council).
• River Yealm Harbour Authority.

S

• Salcombe Harbour Authority (South Hams District Council).
• Sandwich Port & Haven Commissioners
• Scarborough Borough Council.
• Sedgemoor District Council
• Shoreham Port Authority
• Sleaford Navigation Trust - appears not to be a navigation authority(?)
• Stroud Council
• Stroud Valleys Canal Company.

T

• Tees and Hartlepool Port Authority
• Teignmouth Harbour Commissioners
• Teignmouth Quay Co (ABP)
• Torridge District Council

U

• Urr Navigation Trust.

W

• Warkworth Habour Commissioners.
• Ireland Waterways Ireland - cross-border body http://aims.niassembly.gov.uk/officialreport/minutesofevidencereport.aspx?AgendaId=25971&eveID=12984
• Waveney District Council (defunct) - merged to become East Suffolk Council
• The Wey & Arun Canal Trust Ltd
• Whitchurch Waterways Trust
• Witham Fourth Internal Drainage Board

Y

• Yarmouth Harbour Commissioners[11]
• York City Council

Resources

• http://www.aina.org.uk/members.aspx
• http://www.britishwaterways.co.uk/media/documents/Inland_Navigation_Authorities.pdf
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120310013708/http://www.britishwaterways.co.uk/media/documents/Inland_Navigation_Authorities.pdf
• https://britishmarine.co.uk/Services/Business-Support/Technical-Support/Guidance-and-Advice/Commercial-Vessels/Navigation-Authorities-UK
• https://waterways.org.uk/waterways/uk-canal-map/who-maintains-the-uks-canals-and-rivers
• https://web.archive.org/web/20190724104558/https://mcanet.mcga.gov.uk/public/c4/cat-waters/nav_authorities.html - Marine and Coastguard Agency list (archived).
• https://github.com/mysociety/whatdotheyknow-theme/issues/1254