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<p>Access to waterways, including for recreational purposes, remains subject to licence
by the relevant navigation authority or to agreement with the riparian landowner where
there is no navigation authority in place.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not undertaken
a specific assessment of what length of unmanaged waterways has a public right of
navigation. Within the canal and major river navigation network in England and Wales
(20,000 km), approximately 4,700 km have either public navigation rights or are available
for licensed navigation as managed by a navigation authority.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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