The Ver is a small chalk stream which rises in the Chiltern Hills close to the Beds/Herts border near the village of Kensworth Lynch. The Ver flows for approximately 16 miles through Markyate, Redbourn and St Albans before joining the Colne near Bricket Wood. The Ver has one tributary, the River Red, which joins just south of Redbourn.
12. Abstraction reduction - Bow Bridge
Aims:
Manage flow
Affinity have closed their pumping station at Bow Bridge in 2016 to help improve flows in the R. Ver.
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11. Channel re-alignment - Hedges Farm
Aims:
Improve wildlife corridors
Project to restore the river to a more natural alignment along the bottom of the valley between New Barnes Mill and Park Street Mill.
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10. Park Street Mill weir bypass
Aims:
Improve wildlife corridors
Affinity Water propose to modify an existing channel to create a bypass for fish around Park Mill.
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9. Redbournbury Fords Bridge
Aims:
Involve people with their local waterbodies
Remidial work to the bridge at Redbournbury Fords East has been completed to a good standard
8. New Barnes Mill Weir Removal Project
Aim:
Improve wildlife corridors; Manage flow
As part of Revitalising Chalk Rivers, the Environment Agency have removed a weir and carried out in-channel improvements at New Barnes Mill to improve the river for fish, and enhance habitats for wildlife.
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7. Revitalising the RiVer: Restoration Project from Verulamium Park to Sopwell Nunnery
Aim:
Improve wildlife corridors; Improve water quality
The Environment Agency, Affinity Water, St Albans City and District Council and Hertfordshire County Council's Countryside Management Service (CMS) are working together to improve the River Ver, the Verulamium Park lakes and the wider river area through St. Albans.
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6. Restoring sustainable river flows
Aim:
Improve wildlife corridors; Manage flow
The River Ver suffers from low flows as a consequence of overabstraction for public water supply. Affinity Water plan to reduce abstraction in the Ver catchment to restore river flows.
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5. River Ver Access & Interpretation Project
Aims:
Involve people with their local waterbodies
A Heritage Lottery Funded project led by the Ver Valley Society and Hertfordshire Countryside Management Service to increase access to and interpret the heritage, landscape and biodiversity of, the the River Ver and its Valley.
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1. De-shading the River Ver at Verulamium Park
Aims:
Improve wildlife corridors
Tree removal, scrub clearance and willow pollarding to open up a shaded stretch of the River Ver
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3. Restoring the Ver at Sopwell Nunnery
Aim:
Involve people with their local waterbodies; Improve wildlife corridors; Manage flow
A project to enhance the habitat value of the River Ver and to improve its connection to the local community
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2. Riverside Way - Restoring the River Ver
Aim:
Involve people with their local waterbodies; Improve wildlife corridors; Manage flow
A project which restored a stretch of the River Ver, close to its confluence with the R. Colne, enhancing habitat for wildlife whilst also improving facilities for visitors.
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Project status
Potential
Planned
Ongoing
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Potential: Opportunity identified, further consultation required
Planned: Consultation, costing and/or fundraising in process
Ongoing: Project currently being implemented
Completed: Project finished