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Roland Perry · January 6th 16, 12:07 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In message , at 12:49:39 on
Wed, 6 Jan 2016, remarked:

No, it also depends on things like the width of the river and whether
there's enough time for the tidal waters to get that far upstream before
the tide turns.

The rivers in some parts of Sussex are tidal further inland to a
greater extent than some people may realise. This encouraged
connecting Waterways in the area. at one time Petworth, Midhurst and
London could be reached by water,The latter route is better known
especially since two wine drinking thespians featured it recently
between crashing thier boat but Petworth,and Midhurst and some minor
places near them seem unlikely places to reach by boat now.

There's no dispute that Cambridge, 40 miles inland[1], could be reached
by sea-going craft; but that doesn't mean it's tidal.

Where I live, about 30 miles inland on the Great Ouse (which leads
upstream to the Cam), there are numerous broad-beam boats which have
clearly crossed the North Sea to get here.
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Roland Perry