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Rob,
The usual situation on rivers is that each landowner on each side of the river owns up to the midpoint of the river - this includes the river bed. Ownership of some parts of some rivers may occasionally have been transferred to bodies like the Environment Agency but this is not that common. I'm not aware of the Environment Agency owning any of the river or land around Bethell's Bridge. They do claim to own the area of land comprising the boat launch just above the bridge at Beverley. They certainly have it locked with a notice to that effect.