River Maintenance

The River Itchen has three main trbutries: Kilmeston Stream Bramdean Stream Cheriton Stream The work was focussed on the Kilmeston Stream. This begins in the source pond lying on the…

The day's work was basic management of the river which was achieved by attacking the problems from several directions.. The branch of the river crossing the village green after clearing.…

The task was twofold. Firstly to removing river weed and, secondly, replacing with new plants ready to grow which we require in the river next season. These plants will be…

The work was concentrated on a stretch of the Bramdean Stream upstream of the B3046 bridge. The weeds were very thick and with the change of weather there is a…

The activity was concentrated on the stretch of the Cheriton Stream from the first bridge over the B3046 to Cheriton Green itself. This is the part of the stream sourcing…

This day's work was to clear weeds from the banks of the Upper River Itchen at the stretch between the A272 and the confluence of this stream and that from…

The work was concerned with general upkeep of the river banks. This consisted of overhanging branches, hedges and tidying up of several lengths of riverbank. The work was distributed in…

The weather this year has caused the extensive growth of weed in the streams feeding into the upper courses of the River Itchen. The one danger this makes is when…

The task was to open out the channel immediately after the B3046 adjacent to the Itchen Source Pond. Avoidance of this task would cause the water draining from the pond…

The work was split into two locations. On the Bramdean/Kilmeston Stream alongside the B3046 and further downstream in the village close to Admirals Bridge. The former was the clearance of…