Broads

The world circa 2025 could use two hours of an ear-splitting sing-along with 70,000 like-minded denizens, celebrating the working-class joys of booze, broads and rock ‘n’ roll.

In 2024 the Broads Authority gave 1,708 notices to boat owners on the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads, which is about 14% of the 12,000 vessels that use the waterways each year, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

Since the start of 2025, the Broads Authority has increased its tolls by an average of 5.9% for most craft.

The authority said it was also working to tackle the rising number of wrecks and abandoned vessels in the Broads.

Daniel Thwaites, a navigation committee member on the Broads Authority, said that many boats in poor condition would "likely not have paid toll fees for years".