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Contents

Foreword
By the Deputy Prime Minister the Right Hon John Prescott MP Secretary of State for the Environment Transport and the Regions

Overview

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: The Changing Face of the Inland Waterways
What are the inland waterways?
A new role for the inland waterways
The system today

Chapter 3: The Government's Approach
A vision for the inland waterways
The Inland Waterways Amenity Advisory Council
The way forward

Chapter 4: A New British Waterways
Unlocking the potential

Chapter 5: Waterways Partnerships
Waterways management
The Association of Inland Navigation Authorities
British Waterways and the Environment Agency
The Waterways Trust

Chapter 6: Integrating Other Policies
Leisure and recreation, tourism and sport
Heritage, the natural environment and education
Regeneration
Transport
Freight
Planning

Chapter 7: The Next Steps

Chapter 8: Summary of Policy Measures

Appendix 1:
Inland Waterways Amenity Advisory Council Report Britain's Inland Waterways: An Undervalued Asset Recommendations and responses

Appendix 2:
Inland Waterways Amenity Advisory Council Report Waterway Restoration Priorities Recommendations and responses

Appendix 3:
Planning policy and the inland waterways

Appendix 4:
Inland waterways organisations

Appendix 5:
Map of the inland waterways of England and Wales

Acknowledgements

We wish to thank the following for their help in providing photographs for this document:

British Waterways
The Environment Agency
The Broads Authority/David Burton
Sustrans
The National Trust
The Manchester Ship Canal Company
R Booth/Calderdale MBC
City Cruises plc

We also wish to thank Imray Laurie Norie and Wilson Ltd., for supplying a map of the inland waterways of Great Britain upon which the map in this document is based.

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Published 27 June 2000

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