Great Green Bedwyn Rain Gardens
05 May 2023ARK has teamed up with Great Green Bedwyn to create a series of rain gardens... Read more
Current Projects
Love the Lambourn
05 May 2022The River Lambourn is a SSSI chalk stream in ‘Unfavourable, recovering’ condition and is a significant tributary of the Kennet. This urban and public stretch of the Lambourn, in the heart of Newbury, Berkshire
Sparkling Streams
01 January 2022Action for the River Kennet (ARK) worked with North Wessex Downs AONB, Hungerford Town and Manor and the Southern Streams Farmer Group on the Sparkling Streams project
Thames Catchment Community Eels Project
01 January 2022ARK have been working on this project in partnership with Thames Rivers Trust, South East Rivers Trust and Thames21 to help the long-term survival
Rain garden workshops
06 June 2021Make a rain water planter In this practical morning workshop, you will discover how to:... Read more
The Southern Streams
01 January 2017The Southern Streams project advises farmers on the best ways to farm without damaging the river environment and helps them to apply for grants to fix and prevent problems.
Team Stream Restoration
01 January 2017Our team of volunteers made up of members of the community worked together to reduce further erosion of the riverbank creating a more natural river corridor
Stonebridge Wild River Reserve
01 January 2017On the eastern edge of Marlborough, there is a green space with the River Kennet... Read more
The Phosphate Project
03 March 2016The Kennet Catchment Partnership is working to help tackle the impacts of phosphorus-rich wastewater