The lake is connected to Ormesby Broad and Rollesby Broad via a narrow inlet under a road bridge and via the River Bure and the main broads network by a now unnavigable cutting with a lock gate. This cuts the broad off from the main Broadland area and that means there is no water traffic for a majority of the time. As with the other Norfolk broads, Filby is a peat working and is now only about six to eight feet at its deepest. It is approximately half-a-mile long and surrounded on all sides by reed banks and trees, and one end of the Bridges Carrs area of the broad has been given Site of Special Scientific Interest status.
Currently the main use as a body of water is as a reservoir serving the Yarmouth and Broadland areas, owned and operated by the Essex and Suffolk Water Company. There is no public access to the Broad. It has a public boardwalk constructed at the north west side. As a leisure facility the main occupant of the broad is the Norfolk Schools Sailing Association, which has occupied the site since the early 1970s and has built over time a sailing base, slip ways and dinghy park at the north end of the broad. The Association is a voluntary group that provides sailing training to children and adults within the county of Norfolk.
This has created a body of water that has a very restricted level of human access leaving it an ideal spot within the broadland area for nesting birds away from the tourist bustle of the main rivers.
January 01, 1970
filby, broad, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, december, 2009, learn, when, remove,. This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Filby Broad news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this message Filby Broad is one of five broads lakes in the Trinity Broads in Norfolk England It lies within the Broads National Park adjacent to the village of Filby The broad has an abundant selection of birds and wildlife Filby BroadFilby BroadShow map of NorfolkFilby BroadShow map of EnglandFilby BroadShow map of the United KingdomLocationNorfolk England United KingdomCoordinates52 39 43 N 1 37 59 E 52 662 N 1 633 E 52 662 1 633TypeBroad The lake is connected to Ormesby Broad and Rollesby Broad via a narrow inlet under a road bridge and via the River Bure and the main broads network by a now unnavigable cutting with a lock gate This cuts the broad off from the main Broadland area and that means there is no water traffic for a majority of the time As with the other Norfolk broads Filby is a peat working and is now only about six to eight feet at its deepest It is approximately half a mile long and surrounded on all sides by reed banks and trees and one end of the Bridges Carrs area of the broad has been given Site of Special Scientific Interest status Currently the main use as a body of water is as a reservoir serving the Yarmouth and Broadland areas owned and operated by the Essex and Suffolk Water Company There is no public access to the Broad It has a public boardwalk constructed at the north west side As a leisure facility the main occupant of the broad is the Norfolk Schools Sailing Association which has occupied the site since the early 1970s and has built over time a sailing base slip ways and dinghy park at the north end of the broad The Association is a voluntary group that provides sailing training to children and adults within the county of Norfolk This has created a body of water that has a very restricted level of human access leaving it an ideal spot within the broadland area for nesting birds away from the tourist bustle of the main rivers Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Filby Broad amp oldid 1083727915, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
