In July 2009 the River Crouch was polluted in the area of Memorial Park Wickford. This was found by Peter Steward who contacted Roy Hart. An enormous amount of fish and other species were killed.

Subsequently they discovered flytipped rubbish and organised a
working party to clear this debris from the river.

 
More photos in Working Parties.

The River Crouch Conservation Trust was formed in July 2009. The remit of the organization is to clean up the river of rubbish and to bring the river back to a quality which will benefit all forms of wildlife, from water voles, fish to invertebrates and for the pleasure of the general public.
The Directors of the Trust are Roy Hart, Peter Steward and Steve Wastal.

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2024 Work Parties

Our work party took place on
Sunday 6th October

See Our Facebook page for pictures

Please see letter from Roy Hart regarding the recent pollution.
Click on the link below. It will open a pdf in a new window.
Pollution 2022

Another Sucessful Work Party

Here are some of the team of volunteers that took part in the work party on the 24th October 2021,
The haul today; a record 18 shopping trollies,1 Bike, 1 Bike wheel, 1 car Tyre, 3 traffic Cones, 30ft of green plastic netting, 30ft of garden netting, 2 large plastic drums, about 40 plastic carrier bags/sacks and hundreds of cans and plastic bottles.
Many thanks to all of the volunteers, which included the Wombles of Wickford.
Well done everyone.

Take a look at our Facebook page for more pictures Facebook

The river is looking very good and on the day a two Kingfishers, Moorhens, Mallards and shoals of fish were seen.

If you would like to come and help please

From time to time letters are written regarding the River & Trust.
To see them go to the Letters page