New "EA" website - .gov.uk

[boatone]

The Environment Agency website has now been subsumed into the overarching government site - .GOV.UK

On 28th January we were advised that this would be happening in an email which included the following:

If you have saved any of our web pages as bookmarks or favorites on your computer, these will still work and will take you to the same content in its new home.

You will not be surprised to know that this is not the case At the present time it is not possible to access River Closures and Restrictions pages - in fact to appears impossible to find this information at all at the present time. I have yet to find time to check out all the links.

Regretfully. it would appear that many of the helpful links we offer on the TMBA website will need updating and I assume this will be a problem for others.

The new entry page for boats and waterways can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/browse/environment-countryside/boats-waterways

 

[Brayman]

I do believe I forecast this at the time, and someone posted a link to river levels info which far improved on the EA's direct offerings, I hope that site hasn't been compromised by this move, I haven't had time to check!

 

[jaws]

Craziness! They could at least have made the old links redirect to the new ones.

 

[boatone]

Craziness! They could at least have made the old links redirect to the new ones.

You know that - I know that - unfortunately ........

 

[Chris_d]

All my old links work ok and redirect to the .gov.uk
Maybe an apple problem

 

[boatone]

All my old links work ok and redirect to the .gov.uk
Maybe an apple problem

They do not go to the specific pages linked previously, at least some of which are not available at all.
Try this one which was the link to River Closures and Restrictions: http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/recreation/131885.aspx

(Apples don't have problems - they are part of your 5 (7) a day ! )

 

[jaws]

I couldn't find this page through the new site. I had to use an old link off the forum and go with the redirect. No breadcrumb trail or indication where it sits on the website.

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/river-thames-boat-registration-and-application-forms

 

[jaws]

A simple search for River Thames on the site looks like the best option.

 

[Gavi]

Its design reflects the way all government websites will eventually look.

 

[Ramage]

I couldn't find this page through the new site. I had to use an old link off the forum and go with the redirect. No breadcrumb trail or indication where it sits on the website.

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/river-thames-boat-registration-and-application-forms

It all works fine for me using an iPhone 5S. Perhaps the .gov people have been mending the links?

 

[BrendanS]

At the present time it is not possible to access River Closures and Restrictions pages - in fact to appears impossible to find this information at all at the present time.

Perhaps they were still making it all live when you checked but it was easy enough to find
https://www.gov.uk/river-thames-con...rictions-and-lock-closures#river-restrictions

 

[thames cruiser]

Perhaps they were still making it all live when you checked but it was easy enough to find
https://www.gov.uk/river-thames-con...rictions-and-lock-closures#river-restrictions

Nope. I called by phone and they admitted some of the new pages currently can't be found, and there are several issues, to be fair, I think they do intend to fix them, and they have requested web-based feedback to specific issues to help them with this process.

So, if you are feeling finger frisky, you know what to do!...