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	Probert Encyclopaedia: Gazetteer (Great L-Great Q) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Great Limber is a village in Lincolnshire, England.
		Great Mitton is a village on the River Ribble in Lancashire, England.
		Great Paxton is a village on the Great Ouse River in Cambridgeshire, England.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /GB8B.HTM (532 words)

	The Great Ouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		At last we were out onto the Great Ouse, having waited at Salter's Lode for the tide and watched the guillotine gate at the head of the lock slowly rise.
		At Denver the river divides again, on the right is the New Bedford River, which is the main channel of the Great Ouse.
		The Little Ouse, also known as Brandon Creek, was once navigable for 22½ miles to Thetford Town Bridge but is now only navigable to Brandon Lock for craft over 40 feet in length.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/The-Great-Ouse.html (1955 words)

	The town of Huntingdon lies on the Great Ouse river where the east Midlands of Englsands
		The light, fertile alluvial gravel of the Great Ouse valley was ideal for the early forms of agriculture which developed in England after about 3,000 BC.
		By the time the Great Ouse flows past Huntingdon, it is wide and deep and would have represented a formidable obstacle in ancient times.
		As a comparatively under-populated region, the towns and villages of the Great Ouse valley were earmarked as an overspill area.
	www.big-village.co.uk /hunts/huntingdon/history (2980 words)

	Great Ouse Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This original course of the River Great Ouse, the Aldreth River and parts of the River Cam, were used by the Romans when they built the Car Dyke which ran from Lincoln to Waterbeach (near Cambridge).
		These included the idea to link the upper River Great Ouse to the Newport Pagnell branch of the Grand Junction, another was to link the Ivel Navigation at Shefford to the Grand Junction and to the River Lee in Hertfordshire.
		The Ouse Navigation Company was promoted, they hoped to run motor barges on the river, but they failed to raise the necessary cash and the river remained closed to commercial traffic.
	www.canals.btinternet.co.uk /canals/greatouseroot.htm (6833 words)

	River Great Ouse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The lower reaches of the Great Ouse are also known as "Old West River" and "the Ely Ouse".
		The Environment Agency is the navigation authority and it attempts to attract more boaters to the river.
		The Ouse Washes are an internationally important area for wildlife.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Ouse (235 words)

	Gezzz's little Great Ouse Fishing and Birdwatching weblog.: The Great Ouse Fish And Bird Blog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Ouse Valley Way is a footpath that follows the course of the river from source to estuary that was formally opened earlier this year.
		The river is, of course The Great Ouse that runs from it's source somewhere past Milton Keynes in a generally Northeastwardish direction until it empties itself into The Wash at Kings Lynn.
		The bit of the Great Ouse that I'm most interested in the stretch that runs between Kempston (just SW of Bedford) and Queens Park (just to the west of Bedford) then through the town itself with it's famous embankment area and out to the Priory Country Park in the East.
	www.20six.co.uk /Gezzz (1397 words)

	River Great Ouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Prior to the 1950s the river below Denver was kept clear by the flow from the Great Ouse but since then the relief channel has been built to divert these waters and the bed of the river has risen by about a metre.
		The Great Ouse Boating Association : Providing facilities for, and representing, boaters using the Great Ouse and its tributaries.
		Hartford Marina : Situated on the Great Ouse near Huntingdon.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/River-Great-Ouse.html (673 words)

	Footpaths of the River Great Ouse
		Upsteam of this point there is no connected footpath along the Ouse, although some small stretches of the Ouse are served by public footpath.
		Unfortunately the Ouse Valley Way has to follow the road East passing the Anchor Pub and Church on your left, to find a waymarked footpath on your right by the Sewerage Works after about 1/2 km.
		The Ouse Valley Way is to be extended from Eaton Socon into Bedford, but the section between Eaton Socon and Roxton Lock requires walking along part of the A1 and on a minor road through Wyboston village.
	homepages.tesco.net /~jackpike/FPOuse.html (696 words)

	River, Great Ouse Route (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		For the next 6 miles the River Great Ouse heads generally north east, widening out as it goes, until it reaches the A5 near Stony Stratford.Throughout these 6 miles, the Buckingham Branch of the Grand Junction Canal runs parallel to the river, never more than a few hundred yards away to the north.
		Compared with the wild meandering upstream, the River Great Ouse's approach to Ely, its route through the town and its exit to the north are all incredibly straight with very smooth bends.
		In the Middle Ages the rivers Great Ouse and Cam had headed off to the north west a little further upstream and the water which is now the River Great Ouse to the north of Denver Sluice was once nothing more than a small stream.
	www.canals.btinternet.co.uk /canals/greatouseroute.htm (2436 words)

	Welcome to the Ouse Valley Way
		The River Great Ouse flows from its source near Brackley to the sea at King's Lynn, running through Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk.
		Work is in progress on the Ouse Valley Way to open a network of footpaths along this magnificent river from 'source to sea' - making this route one of the longest river valley walks in Britain.
		The first section of the Ouse Valley Way walk opened in 1990 in the district of Huntingdonshire, and the whole route was formally opened in May 2004.
	www.ousevalleyway.org.uk (105 words)

	OUSE - Online Information article about OUSE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The course of the Swale, which rises in the north of the county on the eastern flank of the Pennines, is mostly through this plain, and that of the Ouse is wholly so.
		The course of the Ouse proper, thus defined, is 61 m.
		The drainage area of the Ouse is 4133 sq.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /ORC_PAI/OUSE.html (861 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Great Ouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Great Ouse, river, eastern central England (one of three rivers in England named Ouse), rising in south-western Northamptonshire and flowing for 256...
		It is drained by the Great Ouse river and crossed in the extreme...
		Guides to more than 100 great works of literature.
	au.encarta.msn.com /Great_Ouse.html (84 words)

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		The area covers some 200 miles of navigable waterways, the Great Ouse running from Bedford to Denver, and on to the River Nene via the Middle Levels.
		The Great Ouse Boating Association (GOBA) looks after the interests of river users in dealing with the Environment Agency and other related official organisations.
		Currently GOBA are looking to the future with studies to extend the range of navigable waterways for pleasure boating in the region, the first major construction is under way at Denver to facilitate non-tidal access to Kings Lynn via a lock and use of a relief channel, a Project due for completion in June 2001.
	website.lineone.net /~brianrowland/gtouse.html (321 words)

	Hooked Tackle and Bait
		The Great Ouse is really in an upsurge at the moment, with the upper reaches always in the press for its huge Barbel, Perch and Chub.
		The Great Ouse is really the heart of the fens as flowing into or out of the river are the Little Ouse, the Cam, the Old West, the Lark, the 100foot drain, the Relief channel, the Cut off channel and many small unnamed land drains.
		The tributaries of the Ouse differ on the whole from the Ouse in that they are generally shallower, in the case of the Little Ouse faster flowing and nowhere near as wide.
	www.fishing-direct.com /articles.php (2578 words)

	Ouse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ouse [ˈuːz] is the name of more than one river in Great Britain:
		River Little Ouse, a tributary of the River Great Ouse
		This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/River_Ouse (90 words)

	River Great Ouse: Waterscape.com
		The River Great Ouse weaves through the flat landscape of East Anglia, draining the Fens and providing a home for hundreds of species.
		The Great Ouse alone runs for 75 miles, but together with its tributaries, the River Cam, Lark, Little Ouse and Wissey, provides approximately 140 miles of navigable waterway.
		Consequently the land around the Great Ouse now lies several feet below that of five centuries ago and is still shrinking, which in places has resulted in subsidence and an almost otherworldly landscape.
	www.waterscape.com /River_Great_Ouse (185 words)

	River Great Ouse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The River Great Ouse is a river in the east of England.
		Tributaries of the River Great Ouse: (upstream to downstream by confluence)
		The Ouse Valley Way (Long distance footpath along the Ouse)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/River_Great_Ouse (235 words)

	Ouse on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Great Ouse flows generally NE past Bedford and Ely to the Wash near King's Lynn, Norfolk, and drains the E Midlands and the W Fens.
		All of its chief tributaries rise in the Pennines.
		Navigable to York, the Ouse is an important commercial waterway.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/O/Ouse.asp (390 words)

	River Nene, Middle Levels, Great Ouse and Cam
		Most of the Great Ouse locks will take two or more moderate size narrow boats as they are circa 91 feet long but sufficiently wide that stem and sterns can be overlapped to allow a combined length of 98 feet to be accommodated.
		Many of the locks on the Great Ouse have been extended by the addition of "laybys" so up to 4 narrow boats can be accomodated side by side.
		Once one reaches the Great Ouse the Great Ouse Boating Association provides a large number of excellent moorings for members (Joining is a must) as well as a similar number of well looked after and generously sized Environment Agency moorings and a number of town moorings.
	www.pcurtis.com /eanglia.htm (981 words)

	About the Huntingdonshire Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The county's great river artery is the Great Ouse.
		The course of the Great Ouse as it passes through the county is the prettiest stretch of river in the land.
		Since then a great number of things have happened and a great number of famous folk being born in and dwelt in Huntingdonshire.
	www.rahbarnes.demon.co.uk /hunts/county.htm (1072 words)

	River Nene, Middle Levels, Great Ouse and Cam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Our first night on the Great Ouse was spent at the EA moorings at Littleport.
		We knew there were many pumphouses along the Great Ouse, and that the one at Stretham was open for visits.
		From Huntingdon it is a full day to Great Barford, and the choice of EA moorings by The Anchor and water point, or the GOBA moorings opposite.
	www.piperowners.co.uk /dpoc2002.htm (6706 words)

	Boat Fishing Zander Great Ouse - The best fishing products, sites and information on the web today! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Great Ouse is really the heart of the...
		On the Yorkshire Ouse in the great drought of 1976 it...
		Lynn Hunstanton Sheringham Cromer Great Yarmouth Lowestoft Seaton Sidmouth...
	fishing.hugedir.com /index.php?k=boat-fishing-zander-great-ouse (612 words)

	Fishable Waterways (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The River Great Ouse ends its amazing freshwater journey at the Denver Sluice complex the starting point for the fishing adventures.
		If you were ever considering fishing in the fens then the Great Ouse and the Relief Channel has to be the best place to start, if you’ve never seen any pictures you can’t fail but be impressed.
		The River Wissey is a tributary of the Great Ouse and takes about 20 mins by boat to get to the mouth of the river then there is 4kms to explore.
	fenfishing.co.uk /fishable_waterways.htm (653 words)

	Little Ouse Angling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Its tributaries include the River Cam, River Lark, River Little Ouse and the River Wissey, in...
		This section of the Little Ouse is not as well fished as the upper reaches but a little effort can be rewarded with good bags of fish.
		Gezzz's little Great Ouse Fishing and Birdwatching weblog.: The...
	www.best-in-fishing.com /OPG/little-ouse-angling.html (254 words)

	The River Great Ouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The long term moorings are amongst the cheapest on the Great Ouse, and the proprietor is reported as being "very good" to these customers and "knowing about diesel engines".
		Passage is not possible through the Tail Sluice onto the Great Ouse for the final mile down to Kings Lynn itself.
		At the Sugar Beet Factory great care should be exercised when passing under the Road Bridge as it has been reported that the new strengthening girders have reduced the headroom.
	www.waterwaysguides.co.uk /updates/gtouse.htm (1559 words)

	Traveller's World - Cambridgeshire - Huntingdonshire and the Ouse Valley
		Away from the river stretches the far horizons of the Fens and west of the Great North Road (A1) is an area of undulating country with charming villages nestling along quiet roads.
		The towns are separated by attractive water meadows which are criss-crossed by footpaths and rivulets from the Great Ouse and linked by a beautiful 13th century road bridge.
		The cheese was made in Leicestershire, brought to the 17th century Bell Inn staging post on the Great North Road (once a regular haunt of highwayman Dick Turpin) for delivery by coach to London where it became known as Stilton.
	www.travellers-world.info /areas/a23a.html (705 words)

	AllRefer.com - Great Ouse (British And Irish Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
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	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/X/X-GreatOus.html (126 words)

	The River Nene, River Great Ouse, River Cam and the Fens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The River Nene, River Great Ouse, River Cam, Middle Levels and the Fens.
		The Nene originally joined the Great Ouse to flow together into the Wash, but the course of the Great Ouse was moved in the twelfth century to a more easterly outlet near King's Lynn.
		The River Great Ouse flows over 70 miles from Bedford out into the Wash, linking to the River Cam coming down from Cambridge and a series of other navigable rivers along its way.
	www.canaljunction.com /ceasta.htm (484 words)

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