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River Great Ouse

Huntingdon Boat Club is lucky enough to train on a 5,000 metre uninterrupted stretch of the river Great Ouse from the town of Huntingdon to the village of Houghton , where the famous water mill built in the 18 th century is located. Houghton mill was the last active water mill on the river Great Ouse and when it stopped milling in 1930 the river ceased to be a working river. Nowadays the river is solely used for leisure and boating activities. The stretch of river between Huntingdon and Houghton has changed little since the Boat Clubs formation 1854. The only major change being in the 1970s when the island known locally as “ Swan Island ” which was in the centre of the river just off the Huntingdon town bridge was removed to improve navigation and drainage. Unfortunately despite attempts to cure it the river still suffers from flooding, in recent times the worst flood came in Easter 1998 when heavy rain caused the river to rise rapidly causing a major flood. The boathouse itself came very near to flooding with the water only stopping centimetres away from entering the boathouse.

Club Colours Huntingdon Boat Club can be identified by its distinctive club colours, which are officially described as Cardinal Red and Dark Blue. Reasons why these colours were chosen remains unsure. The racing singlets or “Vests” worn by Huntingdon's crews can be identified by a Red body panel with a single thick Dark Blue diagonal stripe running form to right to left. Huntingdon's rowing and sculling blades are painted in Red and Blue halves.
	River Great Ouse Huntingdon Boat Club is lucky enough to train on a 5,000 metre uninterrupted stretch of the river Great Ouse from the town of Huntingdon to the village of Houghton , where the famous water mill built in the 18 th century is located. Houghton mill was the last active water mill on the river Great Ouse and when it stopped milling in 1930 the river ceased to be a working river. Nowadays the river is solely used for leisure and boating activities. The stretch of river between Huntingdon and Houghton has changed little since the Boat Clubs formation 1854. The only major change being in the 1970s when the island known locally as “ Swan Island ” which was in the centre of the river just off the Huntingdon town bridge was removed to improve navigation and drainage. Unfortunately despite attempts to cure it the river still suffers from flooding, in recent times the worst flood came in Easter 1998 when heavy rain caused the river to rise rapidly causing a major flood. The boathouse itself came very near to flooding with the water only stopping centimetres away from entering the boathouse.
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