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National Directory of Waters

Kent

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  • River Darent
  • River Eden
  • River Great Stour (above Plucks Gutter)
  • River Medway (from 1st April to 31st October) (Above Hartlake Bridge, Golden green)
B1
  • Royal Military Canal (Seabrook Outfall to East Sussex border)
  • Chipstead Lake
  • Denge Marsh Gravel Pitt, MR. TRO 42193 (Lydd Water Sports Area)
  • Redlands Lake, (Riverhead)
  • Stonar Lake
  • West Hythe Lakes
  • Dover Harbour (from 1st April to 31st October Note 1.) inshore of Yellow buoys, marking outer limit of small craft anchorage, east of Prince of Wales Pier and west of Import freight wall
  • Folkestone Inner Harbour
  • River Medway (from 1st November to 31st March) (above Hartlake Bridge, Golden Green)
  • River Medway (Hartlake Bridge, Golden Green to Rochester Castle; All creeks, south of main channel from Bull Nose to Nor March)
  • River Stour (Plucks Gutter to Sandwich Tool Bridge)
  • River Thames (south of mooring buoys from Worcester Causeway to Everard's Slipway at Greenhithe)
B2
  • Bewl Water (from 1st April to 31st October; Note 3)
  • Dover Harbour (from 1st November to 31st March) (inshore of Yellow buoys, marking outer limit of small craft anchorage, east of Prince of Wales Pier and west of Import freight wall)
  • Ramsgate Harbour
  • River Medway (Rochester Castle to Darnett Fort; Darnett Fort to River Thames, outside the main channel)
  • River Stour (Sandwich Toll Bridge to Pegwell Bay)
  • River Thames (West of a line from Mucking Flats to Lower Hope Point; up to 1 mile offshore east of a line from Mucking Flats to Lower Hope Point)
  • The Swale
  • Offshore (up to 1 mile)
B3
  • Bewl Water (1st November to 31st March; Note 3).
  • Port Ramsgate (craft over 15 ft) - other craft see note 1. (bounded by Western Breakwater, West Pier, Ramsgate Harbour entrance, Eastern Breakwater, a line joining end of Eastern Breakwater, 1st Port Navigation Buoy, 1st Starboard Buoy and end of Western Breakwater)
  • River Medway (main channel from Darnett Fort to River Thames)
  • Thames Estuary (more than 1 mile offshore and west of a line from South-West Barrow Buoy to a point 3 miles north of Reculver).
  • Offshore (from 1 to 3 miles)
A
  • Offshore (more than 3 miles)
Notes
  • No Craft may leave the Small Boat area without permission of Port Control. Ferries manoeuvring in Eastern and Western Docks may cause swell in Small Boat area.
  • Port Ramsgate is out of bounds to craft under 15 ft without permission from Kent County Water Activities Committee, unless seeking shelter whilst on passage
  • During Dinghy Sailing, if a RYA Senior Instructor is not present, each Dinghy must have on Board a holder of the appropriate Water Activity Authorisation. Also Rescue Boat cover must be provided

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