Diggers in action on one of our Ribble Trust Projects

projects

our ongoing projects


Ribble Rivers Trust are always working on a range of projects and activities. You can find out about our main projects and programmes below:

Bats In Schools

Bats In Schools Last summer, we were selected by Tesco Community Grants to be in the blue token customer vote ...

Brackenhurst Natural Flood Management

Brackenhurst Natural Flood Management As the name suggests, the Natural Flood Management work at Brackenhurst is a natural way of ...

CaSTCo citizen science monitoring

CaSTCo citizen science monitoring On 16th October, we held our first official ‘RiverBlitz’ as part of the Catchment Systems Thinking ...

Catchment Systems Thinking (CaST)

Catchment Systems Thinking (CaST) Ribble Rivers Trust are receiving funding from United Utilities to create new woodlands at Sabden, Samlesbury, ...

Cobbs Clough Weir

Cobbs Clough Weir Work has started on Cobbs Clough weir on the River Tawd. Cobbs Clough is the last of ...

Community Tree Nurseries

Community Tree Nurseries Ribble Rivers Trust’s community tree nurseries are helping us to grow our own trees. The aim is ...

Darwen DEEP Project

Darwen DEEP Through our Darwen DEEP (Darwen Evidence and Engagement Planning) project we aim to engage with communities local to ...

Deeper Connections

Deeper Connections An exciting new collaborative project will see further improvements to the Long Preston Deeps. The Long Preston Floodplain ...

Ecological Regeneration in Lancashire

Ecological Regeneration in Lancashire Community Investment and Cooperation for Ecological Regeneration in Lancashire, usually referred to as Ecological Regeneration in ...

Gathurst Weir Fish Pass

Gathurst Weir Fish Pass Our work to improve Gathurst weir is underway! After conducting a study with the Environment Agency, ...

Ged Beck

Ged Beck river renaturalisation Our Ged Beck project is now underway on the Lancashire and North Yorkshire border. The project, ...

Grow Back greener

Grow Back greener Ribble Rivers Trust are proud to be revealing the new Grow Back Greener partnership with the Woodland ...

Hasgill Beck Brash Bundling

Hasgill Beck Brash Bundling Ribble Rivers Trust is embarking on an exciting project to restore the banks of Hasgill Beck, ...

HEAL- Health and Environmental Action Lancashire

Health and Environmental Action Lancashire The HEAL (Health & Environmental Action Lancashire) project is a Green Recovery Challenge Funded project ...

Invasive Non-Native Species

Invasive Non-Native Species Invasive non-native species are a growing problem in the UK, and they can have serious impacts on ...

Lancashire Woodland Connect

Lancashire Woodland Connect At the start of 2020 Ribble Rivers Trust launched Lancashire Woodland Connect. This is a decade-long campaign ...

Langden Gravels

Langden Gravels Langden Brook is one of the not so hidden gems in the Ribble catchment, and our Langden Gravels ...

Natural Course

NATURAL COURSE The Natural Course project is a collaborative project which we are delivering with the help of the Environment ...

OUR Douglas- Opening Up the River Douglas

OUR Douglas Opening Up the River (OUR) Douglas Project is the first major project the Ribble Rivers Trust will deliver ...

Peel Park & Pleck Meadow

Peel Park & Pleck Meadow Improvement works at Peel Park Local Nature Reserve and Pleck Meadow in Accrington are now ...

Pendle Hill Landscape Partnership project

Pendle Hill Landscape Partnership project Pendle Hill is the source of several streams in the Ribble Catchment. Some flowing into ...

Pendle Hill Peat Project

Pendle Hill Peat Project Thanks to additional funding, this project has had an extension! Our contractor for the second round ...

Primrose Lodge Blue and Greenway Project- complete

Primrose Lodge, Clitheroe Primrose Lodge, Clitheroe, a well known historic town centre mill lodge which has seen a dramatic transformation ...

Ribble Explorers

Ribble Explorers Ribble Rivers Trust’s education programme has developed and improved across the years. Now, the Trust is branching out ...

Ribble Life for Water

Ribble Life for Water Ribble Life for Water is the second collaborative project to be implemented by the Ribble’s Catchment ...

Ribble Life Together

Ribble Life Together Ribble Life Together was an ambitious, flagship project of the Ribble Catchment Partnership, which is made up ...

Rivers In The Classroom

Rivers In The Classroom Ribble Rivers Trust has been delivering educational activities through Rivers in the Classroom for over a ...

Safe to Splash

safe to splash In 2022 Ribble Rivers Trust launched their exciting new Safe to Splash campaign. This campaign aims to ...

Samlesbury Weir Removal

Samlesbury Weir Removal Work is now complete on Samlesbury Weir! Samlesbury weir is the first river blocking barrier migratory fish ...

Tawd Valley Wetland

Tawd Valley Wetland Ribble Rivers Trust, in collaboration with the Environment Agency and West Lancashire Borough Council, is excited to ...

The Pennine Lancashire Treescapes Project (PLanT)

Pennine Lancashire Treescapes (PLANT) The Pennine Lancashire Treescapes Project (PLanT) will plant nearly 40,000 trees across Pennine Lancashire in the ...

Tidal Ribble

Tidal Ribble The Tidal Ribble area is a unique landscape, whose main characteristics are large spreads of urban areas and ...

Tributrees

Tributrees Tributrees is a woodland creation project which forms part of our 10-year Lancashire Woodland Connect Campaign and the Environment ...

Wigglesworth Hall Floodplain Reconnection

Wigglesworth Hall Floodplain Reconnection Ribble Rivers Trust’s Wigglesworth Hall Floodplain Reconnection project will see us working on the Long Preston ...