Salter's Lode, near Downham Market, Middle Level Navigations

The River Great Ouse. View from Salter's Lode, near Downham Market.

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Middle Level Navigations, peaceful country scenes autumn & winter

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Stanground Lock, Peterborough, Middle Level Navigations

Where the Middle Level Navigations start from a Peterborian's point of view.

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Middle Level Navigations, Locks on the River Nene

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Salter's Lode, near Downham Market, Middle Level Navigations

Salter's Lode, where the connection from the River Nene starting at Peterborough meets the River Great Ouse.

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Middle Level Navigations

Camera Make: Canon Model: Canon EOS 70D

Salter's Lode, near Downham Market, Middle Level Navigations

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Middle Level Navigations

Camera Make: Canon Model: Canon EOS 70D

Salter's Lode, near Downham Market, Middle Level Navigations

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Middle Level Navigations

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Nene Old Course joins Well Creek at Outwell, Middle Level Navigations

Some say this bend in the waterway at Outwell is where the Old Nene becomes Well Creek. Others argue it is further south. There are many differing opinions about the course of the Old Nene because it has had a number of alternative routes in the past.

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Middle Level Navigations

Mullicourt Aqueduct, Middle Level Navigations

Well Creek crosses Middle Level Main Drain by the Mullicourt Aqueduct about 1 mile south of Outwell. The navigations form a connection for boaters between the River Nene at Peterborough and the River Great Ouse at Salters Lode Lock, near Downham Market. The route passes through Stanground Sluice, along King's Dyke to Ashline Lock, and then along Whittlesey Dike to Flood's Ferry junction. From here the route is along the old course of the River Nene, passing through the twin villages of Upwell and Outwell, where the abandoned Wisbech Canal once formed a route back to the new course of the River Nene. The final stretch to Salters Lode lock is along Well Creek, passing over the top of the Middle Level Main Drain on Mullicourt Aqueduct.

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Middle Level Navigations

Camera Make: Canon Model: Canon EOS 70D

Mullicourt Aqueduct, Middle Level Navigations

Well Creek crosses Middle Level Main Drain by the Mullicourt Aqueduct about 1 mile south of Outwell. The navigations form a connection for boaters between the River Nene at Peterborough and the River Great Ouse at Salters Lode Lock, near Downham Market. The route passes through Stanground Sluice, along King's Dyke to Ashline Lock, and then along Whittlesey Dike to Flood's Ferry junction. From here the route is along the old course of the River Nene, passing through the twin villages of Upwell and Outwell, where the abandoned Wisbech Canal once formed a route back to the new course of the River Nene. The final stretch to Salters Lode lock is along Well Creek, passing over the top of the Middle Level Main Drain on Mullicourt Aqueduct.

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Middle Level Navigations

Camera Make: Canon Model: Canon EOS 70D

Mullicourt Aqueduct, Middle Level Navigations

Well Creek crosses Middle Level Main Drain by the Mullicourt Aqueduct about 1 mile south of Outwell. The navigations form a connection for boaters between the River Nene at Peterborough and the River Great Ouse at Salters Lode Lock, near Downham Market. The route passes through Stanground Sluice, along King's Dyke to Ashline Lock, and then along Whittlesey Dike to Flood's Ferry junction. From here the route is along the old course of the River Nene, passing through the twin villages of Upwell and Outwell, where the abandoned Wisbech Canal once formed a route back to the new course of the River Nene. The final stretch to Salters Lode lock is along Well Creek, passing over the top of the Middle Level Main Drain on Mullicourt Aqueduct.

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Middle Level Navigations

Camera Make: Canon Model: Canon EOS 70D

King's Dyke, Whittlesey, Middle Level Navigations

King's Dyke flows under the A605 between Stanground and Whittlesey.

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Middle Level Navigations

Camera Make: Canon Model: Canon EOS 70D

Ashline Lock, Whittlesey, Middle Level Navigations

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Middle Level Navigations

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Ashline Lock, Whittlesey, Middle Level Navigations

The Middle Level Navigations are a network of waterways in England, primarily used for land drainage, which lie in The Fens between the Rivers Nene and Great Ouse, and between the cities of Peterborough and Cambridge. Most of the area through which they run is at or below sea level, and attempts to protect it from inundation have been carried out since 1480. The Middle Level was given its name by the Dutch Engineer Cornelius Vermuyden in 1642, who subsequently constructed several drainage channels to make the area suitable for agriculture.

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Middle Level Navigations

Camera Make: Canon Model: Canon EOS 70D