Haddiscoe Cut

Haddiscoe Cut
The bridge carrying the A143 over the Cut
Specifications
Maximum boat length	46 ft 0 in (14.02 m)
Maximum boat beam	18 ft 0 in (5.49 m)
Locks	0
Maximum height above sea level	0 ft (0 m) (tidal - 3ft rise)
Status	Navigable
Navigation authority	The Broads Authority
History
Original owner	Norwich and Lowestoft Navigation Co
Principal engineer	William Cubitt
Date of act	1827
Date of first use	1833
Geography
Start point	Reedham, River Yare
End point	Haddiscoe, River Waveney

v t e Haddiscoe Cut
Legend
to Norwich River Yare Reedham Railway bridge To Great Yarmouth River Yare Haddiscoe Cut River Waveney A143 bridge Haddiscoe Station River Waveney to Lowestoft River Waveney Oulton Dyke Oulton Broad Mutford Sea Lock A12 swing bridge Lowestoft to Ipswich Rly Lake Lothing and Lowestoft

The Haddiscoe Cut or New Cut is a canal in the English county of Norfolk and in The Broads National Park.^[1]). The cut was conceived as a way to provide a more direct route from Lowestoft to Norwich, and was built as part of a larger scheme which included the linking of the River Waveney to Oulton Broad and Lake Lothing. It was opened in 1833, but the new route was not a financial success, and it was sold to a railway developer in 1842. It remained in railway ownership until Nationalisation in 1948, and was damaged by floods in 1953. An attempt to close it in 1954 was resisted by local interests, resulting in it being repaired. It is now managed by the Environment Agency.