projects

our ongoing projects

We are always working on a range of projects and activities which you can find out about here, you can find out about our main projects and programmes below:

The Pennine Lancashire Treescapes Project (PLanT)

The Pennine Lancashire Treescapes Project (PLanT) will plant nearly 40,000 trees across Pennine Lancashire in the winter of 2021/22. Blackburn ...
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HEAL- Health and Environmental Action Lancashire

Ribble Rivers Trust are proud to be taking the lead on another partnership project. HEAL (Health & Environmental Action Lancashire) ...
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Rivers In The Classroom

Ribble Rivers Trust has been delivering educational activities to primary schools in Lancashire for over a decade and we’re not ...
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Opening Up the River (OUR) Douglas Project

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

Work has now been completed on Samlesbury weir; the first man made barrier that migratory fish encounter on the Ribble ...
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Pendle Hill Peat Project

Thanks to additional funding, this project has had an extension! Our contractor for the second round of the work, Ben ...
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River Douglas Catchment Partnership

The partnership The Ribble Rivers Trust are members of the River Douglas Catchment Partnership, a group of individuals and organisations, ...
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Lancashire Woodland Connect

We have launched a decade-long campaign to double the area of woodland across Lancashire to fight climate change, improve air ...
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Ribble Life for Water

Ribble Life for Water is the second collaborative project to be implemented by the Ribble’s Catchment Partnership, following the flagship ...
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Primrose Lodge Blue and Greenway Project- complete

UPDATE Two-year Primrose Lodge Blue and Green Way project, which has transformed the well-known historic town centre mill lodge into ...
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Pendle Hill Landscape Partnership project

Pendle Hill is the source of several streams in the Ribble Catchment, some flowing into the Ribble itself, with others ...
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Natural Course

The Natural Course project is a collaborative project delivered with the help of the Environment Agency, United Utilities, Natural England, ...
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Tidal Ribble

The Tidal Ribble area is a unique landscape characterised by large spreads of urban areas and agricultural land, both of ...
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River Loud Farmers Group

In 2015 Natural England’s Facilitation Fund was launched, this initiative aims to organize events and training for farmers so that ...
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Ribble Life Together

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