What's happening:

Site Based Projects

There are a large range of projects already underway along the River Trent. They vary greatly in type from community, landowner and public open space projects to mineral restoration, flood defence schemes and area wide initiatives. They all have one thing in common, they are all conected in some way to enhancing the Trent Valley.

Below are details of a few of a few projects. The attached list provides the basic information about many more of the projects in the Valley that are contributing to OnTrent.

List of projects June 2006 (27KB)

Nottingham, Trent River Park.

A partnership focussed on delivering the aims of OnTrent in Nottingham between Attenboruogh and Gunthorpe. In the spirit of OnTrent, the partners work together to explore ways achieving environmental, social and physical enhancements in the city through a range of different means, ie regeneration, planning, leisure, recreation and flood risk management projects. The river acts as a catalyst to achieve high quality improvments. For more information about the Trent River Park please click here.

Project Start Date January 2005. Completion Date: Ongoing.

Hinterland, Nottingham

Art projects along the Trent, with new site specific installations, photography commissions, events and activities in August, September and October 2007.

For more information please visit www.hinterlandprojects.co.uk

Kneeton near Newark

Fishery and river enhancments
OnTrent and the Environment Agency have been working with a farmer at Kneeton to link a former wetland to the River Trent. The old site had silted up so much it was dry almost all of the year, and only linked to the river during times of floods. The project excavated the former wetland and linked it to the river. The new wetland is larger than before, with shallow margins to increase the habitat diversity. It also includes shallow water near to the mouth with the Trent to provide a nursery area for small and young fish. This shallow wetland habitat linked directly to the river is very scarce along many stretches of the Trent.

Project funded by the Environment Agency fisheries department and the OnTrent SPARC project.

Project Started;October 2006. Project Completed April 2007.