Case Study
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