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This site has a nostalgic section on the Norfolk Broads with pictures of old Broads cruisers and yachts, personal memories and Blakes catalogue entries.

Beautiful Britain

The authentic 1930‘s Broads sailing experience! A fleet of original wooden Broads sailing cruisers and half deckers for hire. They also offer two hour skippered sails.

Norfolk Heritage Fleet

Details of the pleasure wherry “Hathor” & the wherry yachts “Norada” and “Olive”.

Wherry Yacht Charitable Trust

Founded to promote the use, maintenance and restoration of wooden boats, the association now has some 900 vintage and classic wooden boats on it’s register.

Vintage Wooden Boat Association

The website for The NSBA representing boating people in Norfolk and Suffolk.

Norfolk & Suffolk Boating Association

Hirers of traditional wooden motor cruisers, Broads yachts and half deckers. Based on the river Thurne they also have dayboats, houseboats &  bungalows for hire.

Martham Boats

The Norfolk Wherry Trust

The Broads Society was founded in 1956 to promote the future well-being of the Broads area and provide a focus for all who are interested in the region.

The Broads Society

Pete's cruising guide to the Norfolk Broads illustrated with maps and photographs, covering the rivers, towns and villages that make up the Norfolk Broads.

BroadsNet

A directory of businesses and general information on The Norfolk Broads.

NorfolkBroads.Com

Maps, photos, tide tables ..... a wealth of Broads related information.

Shorebase

Another friendly discussion forum dedicated to the Norfolk Broads with a section for offshore boating too.

The Norfolk Broads. Net

Broadland Boat Hire

The Norfolk Broads boat hirers resource with a searchable database of

boats available for hire, together with maps and village directories.

The official website of The Broads Authority. Information on visiting the area, boating, conservation, events etc.

The Broads Authority

Broadly Speaking

The new home for the “Speakers Corner” Norfolk Broads discussion forum.

Norfolk Broads Boat Hire

Guide to boating on the Broads with useful mileage calculator, bridge navigation section and other useful info for novice and seasoned boaters, plus holiday hire boat availability search.

A wonderful account of a trip taken in a Broads yacht in April 1963 including photographs and background info - a fabulous read!

The Voyage Of The Vagabond

A superb collection of photographs from the 19th and early 20th century from all over the UK. Includes many wonderful pictures of the Norfolk & Suffolk Broads.

The Francis Frith Collection

Norfolk Mills

An archive of photographs and information on the mills of Norfolk including existing, and long gone, Broadland mills.

A link to the history of Royalls boatyard on their website. Also details of their hire boats and webcam.

Royalls Boatyard

Ludham Community Archive

Lots of information and history about Ludham village and the archive group plus lots of old pictures of the area including images from the Boardman family collection.

Search for pictures of Broadland towns and villages within the councils extensive archive. There are some wonderful old and rare pictures.

Picture Norfolk

Berney Arms Web

Background information, history and old photographs of the Berney Arms area and Great Yarmouth, with a large section on the old rail network which ran to and from the town.

George Plunkett’s Photographs Of Old Norwich

A wonderful collection of photographs of Norwich taken by George Plunkett between 1931 and 2006.

Norfolk Broads Area Photos

A collection of contemporary photographs of the Norfolk Broads area taken by Clive Caddick.

Norwich Heritage, Economic & Regeneration Trust

A private, charitable company acting as an umbrella organisation for all the fantastic and often unknown heritage on offer in Norwich

Broadland Memories Links

The Broadland ImageBank is an archive of photographs, both contemporary and historical, covering as many aspects of the Norfolk Broads as possible with full search facilities. The sister site to the Broadland Archive.

A site dedicated to the parish and village of Horning, Norfolk. The history, the wildlife plus lots of photos including some wonderful panoramas.

Craig Slawson’s excellent database covering details of boats and boatyards past and present on The Broads.

THE worlds largest forum dedicated to The Norolk Broads and the place to discuss everything Broads related! A wealth of information and photos and a very friendly group.

The museum aims to bring the history of the Broads alive with it’s many fascinating exhibits and displays including some wonderful old boats. Covers all aspects of Broadland’s history and is well worth a visit.

Dan Horners history of  the revolutionary Broads cruisers built by F.B.Wilds at Horning from the mid 1960s on.

Horning.org.uk

Boats Of The Norfolk Broads

The Norfolk Broads Forum

The Museum Of The Broads

The Broadland Imagebank

F B Wilds Of Horning

Hearts Cruisers

A website dedicated to Hearts Cruisers who were based at Thorpe St. Andrew - history, photos and more.

Betsie Jane Classic Motor Yacht Charter

Built in 1937, and having undergone a full restoration, Betsie Jane is a classic motor launch which is available for private charter on the Norfolk Broads - or join one of the organised day trips.

Our Great Yarmouth

A website put together as part of the Great Yarmouth Museum’s “Our Town” project, featuring lots of old photographs and memories, plus some fascinating snippets of history.

Yarmouth On Film

A database containing hundreds of photographs of Great Yarmouth past and present.

British Pathe

Amongst the many old Pathe newsreels available to view online are some fabulous Norfolk Broads related films dating from the 1920s to the early 1970s. Winboats, Flat-a-floats, sailing in the 1930s and much more!

The Brundall Archive

The website of the Brundall local history group - features a collection of old photographs of the area along with personal memories.

Barton Turf History Project

The Barton Turf History Project is an attempt to collate and reference as much material as possible about the history of Barton Turf.

Quite a few fascinating Broads related films in amongst this wonderful collection which is available to view online. Well worth a browse!

East Anglian Film Archive

Loddon & District Local History Group

Lots of old photographs and articles about the history of Loddon and surrounding villages.

Blog websites related to the Norfolk & Suffolk Broads

Norwich Blitz Ghosts

Nick Stone’s haunting Blitz Ghosts set on Flickr combine original photographs of the devastation wreaked on Norwich during the air raids of WW2 with modern photographs of the same scenes to create some extremely poignant images.