| A substantial element of the River Restoration Centre's work is to play an active role in advising and supporting the initiation of river restoration and enhancement projects in the UK. Below are a few examples of projects that RRC has been involved in which will be added to regularly. To find out more about the projects below, other projects that RRC have been involved in, or to discuss how RRC could become involved in your project please contact the Centre. | |||
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River Quaggy, Chinbrook Meadows 
This section of the Quaggy Brook, with a flashy flow regime, was channelised and straightened between 1960-1970 as part of a flood alleviation scheme. Until recently it was encased in concrete and had fences and high privet hedges near to each bank. It could neither be accessed nor viewed by the public, and was devoid of natural fauna or flora.
The objectives were to reintroduce the floodplai.....More
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River Evenlode, Blenheim Palace 
There are significant recruitment problems in the River Evenlode and its tributaries for rheophilic fish, especially barbel, chub and dace which is partly due to the loss of spawning and nursery sites for these fish. Over many years, this stretch of river has been widened and dredged, resulting in the channel being over-sized (averaging 14m wide and 2m deep) and has few features that provide habit.....More
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River Avon, Churchill Gardens .jpg)
The River Avon Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) runs through the heart of Salisbury City Centre. Churchill Gardens is a public park on the southern boundary of the city where the main river passes beneath the busy A338 and the A36 main Southampton Road. A series of artificial, shallow concrete-lined and block-stone sided drainage channels are divert.....More
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River Wylye, Langford Lakes 
This area comprises a series of large lakes with the River Wylye, a chalk stream, flowing through the centre of them. Langford lakes and the River Wylye are renowned for their popularity for angling but fish populations have declined over recent years. This has resulted in a partnership being formed between the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, English Nature, the Environment Agency and the Wild Trout Tr.....More
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River Cleddau, South West Wales 
The River Cleddau in South West Wales is an important spawning tributary for migratory fish. The Cleddau is a mobile gravel bed river of moderate to high energy and in the demonstration area has a history of instability and planform adjustment.
Traditionally, blockstone revetments would be used in higher energy rivers to control bank erosion. However, blockstone removes any scope for mar.....More | |||
River Cole, Yardley Brook 
Yardley Brook rises in south-east Birmingham and emerges from a culvert onto the floodplain of the Cole in a concrete channel. The catchment is highly urbanised, with over 150,000 people living within 2km of the river. Urban run-off thus causes periodic poor water quality and significant litter. The brook is within an area of public open space. Originally, a sewage outfall, the brook no longer n.....More
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River Dulais, South West Wales 
The River Dulais, a tributary of the River Towy in South West Wales, is a mobile gravel bed river of moderate to high energy, and an important spawning tributary for migratory fish. It is typical of many rivers in that area, where unrestricted grazing, mostly by sheep, has resulted in a loss of bankside vegetation, reduced cover for fish, bank/bed instability and increased erosion.
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River Rhee, Cambridgeshire 
The River Rhee, an upper reach of the River Cam, is an excellent example of a degraded lowland agricultural river. A base fed brook, once containing a good population of wild brown trout, it is now lost in its channel and suffering severe siltation problems. Two site visits were made by RRC advisors in February and August 2000 an initial review of options for rehabilitation at the Wendy site was p.....More
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River Wensum, Billingford Rehabilitation Project 
The River Wensum is a lowland river which rises to the west of Fakenham and flows through predominantly agricultural land joining the River Yare at Norwich. The meander loop was created by the Environment Agency as an ORSU (Off River Supply Unit) in the 1970’s, to provide backwater refuges for fish. Sheet piling was installed on the upstream and downstream end of the meander loop. Over the years .....More
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River Wensum, Fakenham Rehabilitation Project 
The River Wensum is a lowland river which rises to the west of Fakenham and flows through predominantly agricultural land joining the River Yare at Norwich. In the centre of Fakenham an area of public open space adjacent to the river Wensum is used by the public for angling and dog walking. Bank erosion has occurred over a 130m section of this section of the Wensum due to over-grazing and trampli.....More
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River Glaven, Thornage Common Meadows 
The River Glaven is a small chalkstream in north Norfolk. The river flows some 17 km, before finally entering the sea at the tidal sluice at Cley. The gradient is steep for a lowland river. The river and meadows are valuable for wildlife. However the river as a whole has suffered over past decades through changes in farming and land management practices, and policies for flood risk management.
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