Welcome to our web page! We are a small group of people
whose concern is with the River Wye and its tributaries, from its source
at Plynlimon in the Welsh hills to its mouth in the Severn Estuary at
Chepstow. Read more about us here.
A
very successful and enjoyable annual Trust walk was held at Caradoc, Nr
Ross-on-Wye on Thursday 15th July 2010 by kind permission of Major Patrick Darling.
More details here.
One
of our major concerns is erosion and pollution
of the river Wye, and the state of its banks. These must be reported by
phone directly to the Environment
Agency on 0800 80 70 60, (24 hour service) giving location and grid
reference if possible.
These attractive maps of the Upper and Lower Wye would
are still available:
They can be
obtained (unframed) from The River Wye Preservation Trust, 35
Link Road, Hereford, HR1 1BG,
at £20 in colour as seen, or £10 in black and white. Email info@rwpt.net
for more information
Our 2009 AGM was held on Thursday 26th
November at the Bunch of Carrots, Hampton Bishop, Hereford, followed by a talk on the proposed Severn Barrage by
Dr Stephen Marsh-Smith of the Wye
and Usk Foundation.
The RWPT 2009 Summer Walk took place on Friday 19th June at Turnastone Court Farm.
Turnastone Court Farm
in Herefordshire's Golden Valley was purchased by the
Countryside Restoration Trust
in order to save ancient meadows from the plough and also to secure the future of the farm.
See here and
here for more
detailed background. A brief account appears here,
and more pictures will be posted soon.
One of our current concerns is the Severn
Barrage. We are worried not only by its possible ecological
consequences, but also by whether it will even be capable of
delivering what is promised for it.
Last
Autumn we published our
book, Landscape Origins of the Wye Valley. For more details, including
how to order, click here:
But
hurry! There are no hard backs left, and only a very few hundred soft backs!
See pictures of the
launch.
