Bevercotes Beck - Three Rivers Restoration Project

Bevercotes Beck - Three Rivers Restoration Project

Person looking out over a wet field with standing water

Lena inspecting the Bevercotes Beck floodplain for the Three Rivers Restoration Project prior to work starting.

Work at Bevercotes Beck near Walesby commenced in the first few months of 2025.

It is a very straight, slow moving and silt laden site. It very often floods out into the surrounding farmland at times of high flows (regularly in winter).

However, our design creates a new meander in the river and 2 new scrapes. 

The proposed works will create a new channel meander and floodplain features that will improve flow and habitat diversity that underpin a healthy ecosystem.

Reinstating a more natural morphological form and function can accelerate ecosystem recovery.  Helping to restore flow to the channel will help increase ecological resilience within the channel and installing the wetland features will help create a more diverse habitat for wildlife.

Wetland reprofiling with machinery

Rainworth Wetland re-profiling credit Ian Higginson

Rainworth Water

Project outcomes
Newly planted native species along a river bank

Credit Rachel Rutherford

Vicar Water

Project outcomes
Machinery dredging a river

Vicar Water July 2024 credit Dave Sutton

Three Rivers Restoration Project

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