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Dedham
Vale Project Group The Dedham Vale AONB and Stour Valley
Project seeks to champion the environmental and cultural
quality of the Stour Valley.
Welcome to the Stour Valley, including the Dedham Vale Area
of Ouststanding Natural Beauty. Explore the website to discover
what makes this one of Britain's finest landscapes.
Essex Wildlife Trust
Essex Wildlife Trust is the county's leading conservation
charity.We have 7 Visitor Centres, 87 Nature Reserves, 1
Nature Park and manage 7,250 acres of land. We educate 44,000
children and adults every year.
Suffolk Wildlife Trust:-
Our aim is to create a Living Landscape where wildlife flourishes
in our countryside, towns and villages. Our conservation
advisors work with farmers and local communities to improve
their land for wildlife and create networks of linked up
habitat across Suffolk.
We care for over 6500 acres of Suffolk's most precious wildlife
habitat in over 50 nature reserves which are tranquil havens
for everyone to enjoy.
Enjoy
Braintree Tourist Board:-
The local Tourist Information Centre for North Essex.
www.riverstour.com
A personal website that promotes the activities of voluntary
and commercial organisations on or near the River Stour.
This includes the activities of Sudbury Sea Scouts and details
of boat owners in a special "My Boat" feature.
Sudbury
Canoe Club The club enjoys some of the best canoeing
and kayaking in the world, from river running to exhilarating
white water kayaking. Run by qualified BCU Coaches, the
club caters for both young and old paddlers, beginners and
more advanced.
Sudbury
Rowing Club Rowing and sculling takes place on a 1500m
stretch of water between a weir at one end of the River
Stour and a low bridge with shallow water at the other.
The club is active the whole year round, training through
the winter for the Men's, Women's and Veteran's eights heads
in March and April while for the rest of the year the club
concentrates on fours, pairs, doubles and sculls.
Bures
On-line Take a tour around the site and learn all about
the two parishes that make up the community of Bures. This
site includes detailed information on the river when it
was used by the barges,
See
site map
Stour Sailing Club The Stour Sailing Club caters for
racing, cruising and fishing. It has a full social programme
and the clubhouse is open most lunchtimes and evenings.
The Club invites new members of all ages and we welcome
those with sailing experience or those who wish to sail
or to learn about other activities on the water.
Environment
Agency (EA)
Our principal aims are to
protect and improve the environment, and to promote sustainable
development. We play a central role in delivering the environmental
priorities of central government. One of our main objectives
is to maintain the rivers throughout the United Kingdom,
including the River Stour
British Waterways Board (BWB)
Welcome to British
Waterways, the organisation that cares for 2,200 miles of
the country's canals and rivers.
Rich in heritage, abundant in wildlife and alive with culture,
inland waterways are as popular today as they've ever been.
Half the population lives within five miles of one of our
canals and rivers and an incredible 13 million people use
them every year as part of their everyday life - as a short-cut
to work, walking the dog or simply taking time-out and watching
the boats.
Inland Waterways Association
(IWA) IWA is a
national charity run by volunteers , and has over 17,500
members whose interests include boating, towing path walking,
industrial archaeology, nature conservation and many other
activities associated with the inland waterways. Information
provided by 188 corporate members with their own membership
structures has revealed that they, in themselves, have a
combined membership of at least 59,500 in support of IWA's
voice.
British
Canoe Union (BCU) Set up in 1936 to send a team to
the Berlin Olympics, the BCU is the lead body for canoeing
and kayaking in the UK. Since then the organisation has
grown considerably, and the range of canoeing opportunity
has increased tremendously. The site provides a search facility
to locate approved centres in your region and/or postcode..
Coracle
Society The aims of the Coracle Society are:
- To promote the knowledge
of coracles, curraghs and allied craft, their construction
and use, also their study and collection.
- To support the continuance
of fishing involving the use of coracles.
- To encourage the holding
of coracle regattas, races, and allied events.
- To support the craft
of coracle making in all its forms.
Waterscape The Waterscape website was set up to
show the Great British public how much more it could
enjoy its rivers, lakes and canals. You can find all
types of boating, walking and cycling holidays, and
book the whole thing online including hotels and equipment.
A comprehensive on-line guide to all of Britain's canals,
rivers, lakes and attractions provided by British Waterways
Board.
The National Trust
The National Trust
is a charity and is completely independent of Government.
We rely for income on membership fees, donations and
legacies, and revenue raised from our commercial operations.
We have
over 3.6 million members and 55,000 volunteers. More
than 14 million people visit our pay for entry properties,
while an estimated 50 million visit our open air properties.
We protect and open to the public over 350 historic
houses, gardens and ancient monuments.
But it doesn’t stop there. We also look after forests,
woods, fens, beaches, farmland, downs, moorland, islands,
archaeological remains, castles, nature reserves, villages
- for ever, for everyone.
Dont forget to visit
Willy Lott’s Cottage and the tea rooms at Flatford
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