the River Restoration Centre Case Study Series This site was last visited by RRC staff on 15 th February 2001 Tel/fax: 01234 752979 Email: rrc@therrc.co.uk http://www.therrc.co.uk River Wensum Rehabilitation Project Technique: Channel narrowing, riffle creation, cattle crossings, deflectors Project location: Bintree River: Wensum County: Norfolk Project start date: August 2000 Project end date: October 2000 Length: 1500m Cost: £45,000 Grid reference: TF998242 Site background The River Wensum is a lowland river which rises to the west of Fakenham and flows through predominantly agricultural land joining the River Yar at Norwich. In the past this section of the Wensum at Bintree Mill has been dredged creating a deepened and over- widened channel with uniform flow, and has suffered from over-

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