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Barton Broad

Barton Broad lies within The Broads National Park in Norfolk, England.

It is, after Hickling Broad, the second largest broad, and a nature reserve in the care of Norfolk Wildlife Trust.

Horatio Nelson learnt to sail here....

Excursions on the broad can be made in Britain's first solar-powered passenger boat, the "Ra". It leaves from Gay's Staithe.

A popular mooring is Neatishead Staithe.

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