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Training > RRC Members Site Visits The River Restoration Centre (RRC) has a long history of running friendly and informative site visits to really good examples of restoration best practice and innovation. Site visits are free to members. If space is available non-members are also welcome to attend at a small cost. If you want to find out more about our site visits contact us. |
| Upcoming Site Visit - 2018 | |
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Location | Project | Booking and Info |
| ***CANCELLED*** | Hampshire |
Tichborne Restoration Project |
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| TBC | North Scotland |
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Email to register interest |
| Previous Site Visits - 2018 | ||
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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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| 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. | ||
| 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 |
| 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. | ||
| Guided site visits |
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| The RRC can offer guided tours to a number of restoration sites, either as part of your membership package, or at an additional cost. During these the Centre staff will explain the techniques used on site and demonstrate lessons that can be learnt. |
- River Cole, Coleshill, near Swindon. 1995 river restoration project and the associated development of this rural site thereafter.
- River Brent, Tokyngton Park, Wembley. 2002 restoration project in a London urban park setting.
- River Skerne, Haughton-le-Skerne, Darlington. 1995 river restoration project and the associated development of this semi urban site.
- River Quaggy, Chinbrook Meadows (2002)/ Sutcliffe Park (2004), Lewisham. Restoration of a tributary of the Ravensbourne through two London parks.
| 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. |