the River Restoration Centre Case Study Series This site was last visited by Nick Elbourne, the RRC Information Officer on 4 th March 2010 Tel/fax: 01234 752979 Email: rrc@therrc.co.uk http://www.therrc.co.uk River Wensum at Bintree, Norfolk Techniques: reconnect floodplain, narrowing, increase sinuosity, gravel bed reinstatement, gravel glides, novel approach to bankside support Project location: Between Bintree and North Elmham River: Wensum County: Norfolk Project start date: September 2008 / November 2009 (Works) Project end date: December 2009 Length: 700m Cost: £200,000 Up/downstream grid references: TF 9909 2326/TF 9923 2275 Site background The River Wensum Restoration Strategy (RWRS) is perhaps the first holistic river catchment restoration project in Europe across all 71 kilometre

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