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Stalham
Hickling Horsey
A149 Broad Mere
River Ant
The Trinity Broads B1354 A1151 Horning River Thurne Heigham Map 5 numbers of wintering wildfowl important feature of the Broads and
Barton
Broad
provide habitat for fish and insects.
including pochard, tufted duck,
Sound
shoveller and goldeneye.
A1062
Wroxham
Ormesby The biomanipulation of fish began in
B1152 Broad What activities are permitted 1994 and at first was very unpopular
Wroxham
Broad Rollesby on the Trinity Broads? with the local angling community. In
Ranworth River Broad A149
A1151 Broad Bure 1998 the Trinity Broads Project set
Situated north-west of Caister-upon-Sea lie Ormesby, Rollesby, Lily, Ormesby A1064 Broad Traditionally the Trinity Broads up a Fisheries Conservation Group
Filby
Little and Filby Broads, collectively know as the Trinity Broads. They are a series B1140 Acle support a low level of activity. and through this forum local anglers
Boating, sailing and angling are
are informed and consulted on the
of interconnected shallow lakes isolated from the main river system and virtually A47 River Bure regulated in order to maintain biomanipulation work.
Norwich
undisturbed. Brundall A47 current and appropriate levels of use.
Breydon Access rights exist for a limited Why not check out the Trinity
Water Broads for yourself?
River Yare As there are no number of boat owners whose
B1140
Rockland
properties lie adjacent to the Broads.
As the main landowner, Essex & The overall aim of this partnership relatively good compared with Broad motor cruisers A12 Great Filby Bridge car park (A1064) is a
The local parishes of Ormesby St
Suffolk Water’s primary aim is to is to restore the Trinity Broads to some other Broads. As there are no Cantley Yarmouth good place to start. From the car
maintain the role of the Trinity benefit nature conservation, public motor cruisers and limited petrol and limited petrol Margaret, Ormesby St Michael, park a boardwalk goes through the
Reedham
Broads as a drinking water supply water supply and recreation. Five- outboards, the Trinity Broads have outboards, the Fleggburgh and Filby also have local woodland to a bird hide overlooking
for Great Yarmouth and surrounding year management plans are drawn remained a peaceful, preserved and River Chet Trinity Broads A143 parish staithes (from the Norse for Ormesby Little Broad. You can also
villages. They also have a up in consultation with the local tranquil place. A146 landing stage). There are currently walk to the new Filby Broadshore
responsibility to protect and improve communities and other Trinity have remained a three small-scale outlets that hire Walkway from the car park and
rowing boats to the public for angling
the nature conservation value of Broads users. The Trinity Broads are particularly Loddon River Waveney A12 across the main road, where the
B1136
the area. The water resources of important for wildlife because of the peaceful, preserved B1074 and pleasure rowing. This is the only fishing platforms are located. The
and tranquil place.
A143
the Trinity Broads are important to What makes the Trinity good water quality and low levels public access onto open water. Rollesby Bridge car park (A149)
Lowestoft
the wider community for recreation, Broads so special? of disturbance. This was recognised Angling is mainly carried out from has toilets and fishing platforms.
wildlife conservation and agricultural The Trinity Broads are isolated by their designation as a Site of A143 River Waveney Oulton rowing boats and broadshore Alternatively, why not have some
irrigation. Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in A146 Broad food whilst enjoying Broads views
from the River Bure by a sluice, 1998 and their status as a Special maintained areas of open water and angling is only permitted from at Filby Bridge restaurant (A1064)
Beccles
A146
The Trinity Broads project was set up constructed in the mid-19th century Area of Conservation (SAC) under the reed swamp. This management was fishing platforms at Rollesby Bridge or the Eels Foot Inn (signed off the
in 1997 to manage the conservation and located in the Muckfleet European Habitats Directive. neglected in the second half of the (A149) and Filby Bridge (A1064). A149 at Ormesby St Michael). At
work and recreation in the area. It is drainage channel. This has protected last century. Fortunately, work has Both of these locations have car both of these eateries you can hire
managed through a partnership with the Trinity Broads from the effects In common with other Broads, the been underway since the project parks and fishing platforms that out rowing boats but remember if
Essex & Suffolk Water, the Broads of saline intrusion and increased Trinity Broads have been subject began to manage these habitats to are accessible to wheelchair users. you row out to conserve energy for
Authority, the Environment Agency nutrients from the River Bure; to continuous human use for ensure the wildlife that is adapted to Between 15th March and 15th June the row back!
and Natural England. therefore the water quality remains many hundreds of years, which living in them is conserved. the Environment Agency’s Closed
Season is enforced and at all times As Trinity Broads Catchment
The open water supports an array when angling please remember your Officer, my role involves day-to-day
of different aquatic plants including rod licence (available online from the management of the area: patrolling,
notable species such as flat-stalked Environment Agency). habitat management, wildlife
pondweed and some stoneworts. surveying, public events and liaising
Extensive fringes of common reed, The biomanipulation project with landowners in the catchment
reedmace and bullrush surround at Ormesby Broad area. I am the point of contact for the
the margins of the open water. Ormesby Broad is currently being local community on issues relating to
The landscape of alder and oak the Trinity Broads Project and general
woodland behind these reedbeds restored to clearer water conditions Broads Authority issues. There is also
provides a screen from arable land through the biomanipulation of a network of volunteer wardens who
and settlements beyond and creates fish. This is a technique designed to assist with certain areas of work. If
a sense of isolation that adds to the reduce predation of water fleas by you would like more information on
bream and roach fry. Clear water is
‘wilderness’ feeling of these Broads. the Trinity Broads please contact:
essential for the establishment of
The diversity of woodland and aquatic plants (which help oxygenate Hannah Gray
reedswamp creates a variety of the water) and water fleas play
habitats for foraging and nesting a vital role in maintaining clear Trinity Broads Project Officer
birds, including bittern, marsh water as they consume algae. If fry Broads Authority
harrier, sedge warbler, kingfisher consume too many water fleas, the 18 Colegate, Norwich, Norfolk
and Cetti’s warbler. The open water algae blooms and this results in NR3 1BQ. Tel: 01603 610734
An aerial view of the supports nationally important cloudy water. Aquatic plants are an www.broads-authority.gov.uk
delightful Trinity Broads