The Fens Waterways Link is a project to improve recreational boating opportunities in the counties of Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire, England. By a combination of improvements to existing waterways and the construction of new links a circular route between Lincoln, Peterborough, Ely and Boston is planned. The project is being organised by the Environment Agency and financed from the Regional Development Agency and the European Union.
The new Fens Waterways Link route to Spalding is from the River Glen (foreground) right into the River Welland (middle distance)
Black Sluice Lock connects the South Forty-Foot Drain to The Haven at Boston.
The South Forty-Foot Drain at Pointon, between Boston and Guthram Gowt. Here its origin as a drainage channel, set below the level of the surrounding fields, is very evident.
The water level in the River Glen, here pictured looking west towards Guthram Gowt, is maintained by a tidal sluice at Surfleet Seas End. The sluice might be replaced by a lock.
The Environment Agency (EA) is a non-departmental public body, established in 1996 and sponsored by the United Kingdom government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with responsibilities relating to the protection and enhancement of the environment in England.
The Thames Barrier is one of the flood risk management installations operated by the Environment Agency
A remote controlled ARC-Boat that is used to collect river and estuarine data, assisting in flood forecasting
The Environment Agency operates numerous locks, such as this one at Godstow, Oxfordshire
