Case Study

River Wensum Rehabilitation Project

River Wensum Rehabilitation Project

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: Restoring a defunct meander Project location: Billingford River: Wensum County: Norfolk Project start date: April 2000 (5 days) Project end date: April 2000 Length: 30m section Cost: £3500 Upstream grid reference: TG 006 200 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 Yare at Norwich. The meander loop was created by the Environment Agency

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