The Colne Valley Regional Park was established in 1965 and is the first large area of countryside to the west of London.
The landscape of the north of the Colne Valley Park is dominated by a pronounced valley with many attractive viewpoints over the string of flooded gravel workings that now form attractive lakes from Rickmansworth Aquadrome to Uxbridge that are used by wildlife, anglers and water sports clubs . The Grand Union Canal, the Colne, Colne Brook and Frays running through the valley are joined by the Chess, Pinn, Misbourne and Alderbourne as well as many smaller streams.
The proposals for High Speed 2 will have a huge impact on this attractive landscape with a 18m high x 3km long viaduct, the Chilterns and Northholt tunnel entrances, many construction sites and materials stockpiles.
Explore your local river
There are many attractive walks along our rivers and other waterbodies in the Colne Catchment. A series of circular walks along the rivers, canals and lakes of the Colne Valley Regional Park can be found here.
08/11/24
– News for Colne Valley Park north
collecting Floating Pennywort for CABI
On Wednesday 6th November Lara Clements and Tony Booker from ColneCAN and Groundwork South got their feet wet collecting floating pennywort from the river Frays in Uxbridge.
14/10/24
– News for Colne Valley Park north
Serious Pollution Incident at Maple Lodge Nature Reserve
The stream that runs into Maple Lodge Nature Reserve has been seriously polluted.
22/02/23
– News for Colne Valley Park north
Maple Lodge Sewage Treatment works visit
Tony Booker - ColneCAN lead visited Maple Lodge Sewage Treatment works with members of the Three Rivers District Council water quality partnership team and the council leader Sarah Nelmes.
14/02/23
– News for Colne Valley Park north
Floating Pennywort Appeal
The Colne Valley Park have launched an appeal to improve river habitats by tackling 2 non-native invasive species that are strangling our local water courses: floating pennywort and Himalayan balsam.