The article mentions 25 % and 30 % discounts being offered to electric boaters by the UK Environment Agency and the Broads Authority and that battery powered vehicles have the carbon footprint of their petrol equivalents.

The Broads in East Anglia are not in the strictest sense a National Park, being run by a separately constituted Broads Authority set up by a special Act of Parliament in 1988 and with a structure in which conservation is subordinate to navigational concerns ( see Sandford Principle below ), but it is generally regarded as being " equivalent to " a national park.

The Broads Authority, a Special Statutory Authority responsible for managing the area, became operational in 1989.

The Broads has the same status as the national parks in England and Wales ; the Broads Authority has powers and duties almost identical to the national parks, but is also the third-largest inland navigation authority.

Because of its navigation role the Broads Authority was established under its own legislation on 1 April 1989.

More recently the Authority wanted to change the name of the area to The Broads National Park in recognition of the fact that the status of the area is equivalent to the rest of the national park family, but was unable to get agreement from all the different parties.

The Broads Authority Act 2009, which was promoted through Parliament by the Authority, improves public safety on the water.

The Broads are administered by the Broads Authority.

The Broads, although administered by the Broads Authority, give their name to the Broadland local government district, while parts of the Broads also lie within other council areas: North Norfolk, South Norfolk, Norwich and Great Yarmouth ( all in Norfolk ) and Waveney district in Suffolk.

The Broads Authority are promoting sustainable boating, and the use of electric boats is being encouraged by the provision of charging points at a number of the mooring sites provided by the Authority.

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For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Broadland although the river, broad and their immediate environs fall within the executive area of the Broads Authority.

The project was a joint initiative involving the Broads Authority, Norfolk Broads Yacht Club and the local landowner, Trafford Estates.

The lock was refurbished in 1992, and was managed by Waveney District Council, but there were discussions taking place in 2009 to transfer it to the Broads Authority, who manage the rest of the Broads.

The Broads have also been an important centre for racing yachts since the late 19th century, and the design of the boats have included several innovative features, including short fin keels and a separate rudder.

It is also part of the Upper Thurne Broads and Marshes Site of Special Scientific Interest.

" Toad Hole Museum " is a former marshman's cottage and also houses the Broads Information Centre.

Hoveton Little Broad, also known as Black Horse Broad, is a secluded broad of fairly open aspect, in the middle reaches of the River Bure between Hoveton and Horning, Norfolk, in The Broads National Park.

In 1978, the forerunner to the present-day Broads Authority was established by the Countryside Commission ( now also Natural England ).

There is also Muck Fleet which connects the Trinity Broads ( Ormesby, Rollesby and Filby Broad ) to the main network.

She also co-wrote the TV comedy film These Old Broads ( 2001 ), of which she was also co-executive producer.

Coots in the North also begins in the Broads before moving to the lake in the north.

It has been a seaside resort since 1760, and is the gateway from the Norfolk Broads to the sea.

The Broads Authority is the agency which has statutory responsibility for the Broads in England.

The Broads Authority has to:

The success of the Konik ponies has led to their use for grazing in other nature reserves in the UK and on the Broads.

* England: Dartmoor, Exmoor, Lake District, New Forest, Northumberland, North York Moors, Peak District, South Downs, Yorkshire Dales and The Broads which has equivalent status to a National Park.

As choreographer, Hinton ’ s work has been seen on the musical episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Once More, with Feeling, These Old Broads, Foreign Student ( With Charles Dutton ), The Golden Globe Awards, Dance in America ; the sitcoms Fired Up, Sister Sister, The Trouble with Normal, and The Boys.

The Broads, and some surrounding land, were constituted as a special area with a level of protection similar to a National Park by The Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act of 1988.

* The children's novels Coot Club and The Big Six, both by Arthur Ransome, are set on the Broads.

Daniel Defoe enlivens this account of the Waveney's Broads course: The River Waveney is a considerable river, and of a deep and full channel, navigable for large barges as high as Beccles ; it runs for a course of about fifty miles, between the two counties of Suffolk and Norfolk, as a boundary to both ; and pushing on, tho ' with a gentle stream, towards the sea, no one would doubt, but, that when they see the river growing broader and deeper, and going directly towards the sea, even to the edge of the beach ; that is to say, within a mile of the main ocean ; no stranger, I say, but would expect to see its entrance into the sea at that place, and a noble harbour for ships at the mouth of it ; when on a sudden, the land rising high by the sea-side, crosses the head of the river, like a dam, checks the whole course of it, and it returns, bending its course west, for two miles, or thereabouts ; and then turning north, thro ' another long course of meadows ( joining to those just now mention'd ) seeks out the River Yare, that it may join its water with hers, and find their way to the sea together.

* Broads by Bike Good cycle routes in the local Horning area

The broads themselves cover an area of, and form part of an area of managed by the Broads Authority, and designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1998.

The How Hill Nature Reserve is administered by the Broads Authority.

Run by South Norfolk Council and the Broads Authority with local representation carried out by the Loddon Parish Council.

Originally, the Nature Conservancy Council ( now Natural England ), pressed for a special authority to manage the Broads which had been neglected for a long time.

It is one of the most scenic in the East of England traversing the Norfolk Broads on its route to the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the North Norfolk Coast.

This is a very commonly used method on the Norfolk Broads in England.

The Waveney is a river which forms the boundary between Suffolk and Norfolk, England, for much of its length within The Broads.

Wayford Bridge is a village on the River Ant on the A149 road, near Stalham in Norfolk, England within The Broads National Park.

It is on the River Ant just off the A149 road, near Stalham in Norfolk, England within The Broads.

* Horsey Mere, one of the Norfolk Broads in the east of England

The Trinity Broads are part of the Broads National Park in Norfolk, England, comprising 5 broads in total.

Upton Fen lies within The Broads National Park in Norfolk, England.

Alderfen Broad lies within The Broads National Park in Norfolk, England.

Cockshoot Broad, one of the Norfolk Broads, lies on the River Bure within The Broads National Park in Norfolk, England.

St Benet's Abbey is a ruined abbey of the Order of Saint Benedict situated on the River Bure within The Broads in Norfolk England.

How Hill lies on the River Ant within The Broads National Park in Norfolk, England.

Hoveton Great Broad lies within The Broads in Norfolk, England, between Wroxham Broad and Salhouse Broad.

Loddon is a small market town about southeast of Norwich on the River Chet, a tributary of the River Yare within The Broads in Norfolk, England.

Yachts of the Norfolk Broads Sailing Club on Wroxham BroadWroxham Broad is on the River Bure near the village of Wroxham in Norfolk, England within The Broads National Park.

The Broads Authority was formerly represented by one member on the East of England Regional Assembly, now defunct.