Welcome to the Living River website - find out about the local heritage of the River Avon, where you can visit it, what's going on in the catchment to improve the river for wildlife and how you can get involved.
Find out more about the project
The work is complete – and just in time before the recent rain.
However 9 ponds, 12 berms, 1 digger, 1 inflated life jacket, a million photographs, and 600 meters of restoration later and it is all worth it.
To find out more go to http://www.wessexwater.co.uk/news/threecol.aspx?id=4718
Rivers on the Edge is a 6 minute film commissioned by WWF and produced by Charles Rangeley-Wilson, well known presenter of TV series The Accidental Angler.
The film focuses on what Charles refers to as “the ultimate rivers” – English chalk streams. It aims to make the link between the water we use in our [...]
England Catchment Sensitive Farming Delivery Initiative (ECSDFI) is a project that was launched in April 2006, funded by Defra and delivered by the Environment Agency and Natural England. There are 50 priority catchments in England, where we are working with farmers to reduce diffuse water pollution from agriculture. The Avon is one of these [...]
Over half way through the project now and all is going to plan so far.
The new gravel berms at the top of the stretch are complete and although the ground is quite bare now it won’t take long for the bank of seeds in the soil to start growing.
The ponds look excellent and will provide [...]
The water level on the River Avon is not just dependant on rain fall – there are many control structures on the river that hold water back or direct the water on a different route.
For several years now, the Water Level Management Plan team at the Environment Agency in Blandford have been working to improve [...]
Our tips for how you can personally help conserve the river.
Upcoming events and activities.
