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This is the archive for all our previous site visits. Click here to look at this years site visits
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| Cynrig Hatchery, Brecon, Wales |
2019 UK River Prize Finalist - River Otter Beaver Trial |
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20th September 2023 |
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16th May 2023 |
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2022 UK River Prize Project-scale award Winner: |
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7th December 2022 Cumbria, England |
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| Garrell Burn, North Lanarkshire |
River Nene catchment |
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26th October 2022 Scotland |
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18th October 2022 Northamptonshire |
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Turkey Brook, Albany Park, London 2022 UK River Prize Finalist |
Natural Flood Management (NFM) in the North West |
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13th October 2022 London |
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3rd August 2022 Smithills Estate, Bolton |
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Afon Merin, Ceridigion, Wales Finalist in the 2020 UK River Prize |
2020 UK River Prize Reach-scale award Winner: Allt Lorgy |
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4th May 2022 Ceridigion, Wales |
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13th April 2022 Allt Lorgy, Scottish Highlands Flyer - RiverWiki - Blog - Project video |
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| New Forest Wetland Project |
Tichborne Restoration Project |
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Winner of the 2019 UK River Prize |
16th October 2019 New Forest |
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30th July 2019 Tichborne, near |
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2019 UK River Prize Finalist: River Otter Beaver Trial |
2019 UK River Prize Finalist: Love Your River Telford |
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11th July 2019 Budleigh Salterton, Devon |
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22nd May 2019 Shropshire |
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2018 UK River Prize Winner: Hills to Levels Project |
River Ogwen Restoration Project | ||
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10th October 2018 Merriott to Lufton, Somerset |
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20th June 2018 North Wales |
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This Somerset-wide project aims to improve hydrological function of river catchments to reduce flooding, increase drought resilience and restore watercourses. The message is that “every field, every farm and every stream has a part to play”. This project won the 2018 UK River Prize and was awarded the Nigel Holmes Trophy at the Awards Dinner on April 24th. |
This Hydro Ogwen scheme will utilise the water flowing in the Afon Ogwen using an intake weir across the channel. This is a 100kW scheme on the river above the waterfalls below Pont Ogwen, generating approximately 500,000Kwh per year. |
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Stroud River Frome Project |
Healthy Rivers Project | ||
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1st November 2017 Gloucestershire |
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19th September 2017 Rivers around Caerphilly including the Rhymney River, South East Wales |
| The Stroud Rural Sustainable Drainage Project, River Frome, aims to create a river catchment where water management is fully integrated into land management practices; and stakeholders work together to manage water within the landscape, creating valuable habitat for wildlife and people, and limiting flood risk downstream. |
The Healthy Rivers Project aims to improve habitats to support native fish populations. The work carried out includes weir notching, baffle installation and flow variability structures, to provide habitats and fish passage, for improved biodiversity. The visit included a number of sites, looking at fish enhancement through a culvert, and flow variation structures. |
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| River Avon Project |
Pearls in Peril Project |
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27th June 2017 River Wylye & River Nadder, Salisbury |
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13th June 2017 Braemar, River Dee, Aberdeenshire |
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The River Avon Restoration Project was set up to restore the River Avon Special Area of Conservation to a naturally functioning river system to meet the government's obligations under the Water Framework and Habitats Directive. The visit included two sites - channel realignment on the River Wylye, and woody debris installation on the River Nadder. |
Pearls in Peril (PiP) is a large and complex LIFE+ Nature project with 22 partners working together throughout Great Britain to restore river habitats for freshwater pearl mussels and their host salmonids. | ||
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Cumbria River Restoration Strategy |
Allt Lorgy (Spey Catchment) | ||
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8th November 2016, Cumbria RiverWiki: Swindale Beck |
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16th September 2016, Scottish Highlands RiverWiki: View Photos - Paul Glendell |
| This visit included two locations - multiple interventions along Swindale Beck including naturalisation and river diversion; and embankment removal along the River Kent in Staveley. | This project looked to reinstate natural processes on a river which was previously impacted by high banks which allowed little lateral migration and diversity. | ||
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River Wandle |
Holnicote Estate | ||
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25th August 2016, London RiverWiki: View |
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6th July 2016, West Somerset RiverWiki: View |
| This visit was to the Carshalton arm of the River Wandle which has in the past been overwide, impounded and contaminated. It is now in much better condition thanks to this project. | This project focused on the River Aller and Horner Water Catchments where natural flood management measures have been implemented to protect local communities. | ||
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| River Wye |
River Taw (CRF Project) |
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10th September 2015 Builth Wells, Powys RiverWiki: Irfon SAC |
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14th July 2015 South Molton, Devon RiverWiki: TRIP |
| This site visit focused on the River Irfon, a SSSI and SAC protected tributary of the Wye. A number of issues were addressed including siltation, pollution, poaching, lack of in-stream diversity, over-shading and invasive species. | This visit was hosted by the Westcountry Rivers Trust who have been working to improve fish passage within the River Taw catchment over the last six years. | ||
| Eddleston Water (UK River Prize winner) |
Hogsmill and River Wandle (CRF project) |
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24th June 2015 Peeblesshire RiverWiki: Eddleston |
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30th April 2015 South London |
| The Eddleston Water project took a catchment based approach to improve water quality, fisheries, biodiversity and recreation. Eddleston Water is part of the Tweed catchment that won the 2015 UK RIver Prize. |
The River Wandle project improved river connectivity, reduced the impact of road run-off, enhanced habitat and channel diversity, and worked to engage the local community. The Hogsmill River Connectivity project addressed fish passage and river connectivity at 14 obstructions. |
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River Wensum |
Eden and Derwent |
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17th September 2014 Tatterford Norfolk |
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19th August 2014 Cumbria |
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This site visit focused on the River Tat which forms part of the River Wensum Restoration Strategy, winner of the 2014 inaugural England River Prize. The principal aim of this project is to restore favourable ecological conition to the SSSI and acheive the WFD target of Good Ecological Potential. |
The Cumbria river restoration strategy aims to deliver a wide range of restoration projects across all three key Cumbrian catchments. This site visit looked at the Barnskew project on Lyvennet Beck in the Eden catchment and the Whitbeck project in the Derwent catchment. |
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Spring Meadow |
Test and Itchen |
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1st July 2014 Sheffield Park West Sussex RiverWiki: Spring Meadow Photos |
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17th June 2014 Houghton Hampshire RiverWiki: Test and Itchen Photos |
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The Spring meadow project aimed to reinstate the historic course of the river through the re-excavation of a visible meander. Natural flood management techniques were used and habitat provision was improved. The project was named the Professional category winner at the annual Wild Trout Trust (WTT) Conservation Awards 2013. |
The Test and Itchen River Restoration Strategy is a collaborative project between the Environment Agency, Natural England, local fisheries and riparian owners. To date more than 2km has been improved by bed raising, narrowing and ecouraging a change in management. Two restored sites were visted. |
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River Windrush and Sherborne Brook |
Eddleston Water |
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1st July 2014 Sherborne Gloucestershire |
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13th May 2014 Cringletie Peebleshire RiverWiki: Eddleston Water Photos |
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The Sherborne Windrush Restoration Project is one of 42 Catchment Restoration Fund projects aimed at improving water quality and biodiversity. Works include increasing the availbility and quality of salmonid spawning gravel, introducing woody debris, removing bankside dredgings, addressing run-off problems and reducing livestock access by fencing. |
The Eddleston Water project aimed to deliver on the main two objectives of habitat restoration for improvement of WFD ecological status and improved natural flood risk management. Areas of woodland have been planted and stretches of historically straightened river returned to a natural meandering course. |
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