Wandle Trust

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We run river cleanups on the River Wandle on the second Sunday of every month with the support of our many volunteers

Website: http://www.wandletrust.org
Location: Sutton, Merton, Wandsworth, Croydon
Members: 30
Latest Activity: May 17

Transforming the River Wandle

The River Wandle is a unique South London chalkstream which flows north from Croydon and Carshalton to join the Thames at Wandsworth. In Victorian times, the Wandle was one of the hardest working rivers in the world, with 90 mills along its 11 mile length. In the 1960's, it was officially declared a sewer.

The Wandle Trust is an environmental charity dedicated to restoring and maintaining the health of the River Wandle and its catchment.

We hold community cleanups on the second Sunday of every month, up and down this unique urban chalkstream – pulling out everything from shopping trolleys to shotguns, and improving the environment for wildlife and local people.

Thames Water has nominated the Wandle Trust as their lead partner in the 5-year Living Wandle Project, working in close partnership with many other local organisations to secure the future health and sustainability of the Wandle.

This page has been set up to:

1) Engage with the wider green community of South London.
2) Promote our events and activities, so that all may join and learn from what we are up to.
3) Attract new volunteers to help with our monthly river cleanups.

Please see below a box where we will upload pictures and files relevant to our activities

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Comment by Bella Davies on January 24, 2012 at 16:24: We are developing a vision and plan for the River Wandle - trying to work out what we all want for our favourite local river and what we need to do to get there. We will be holding various workshops in the coming months and would love you to be involved - watch this space for dates and updates!

Comment by Bella Davies on January 24, 2012 at 16:19: Hi all, the next Wandle Cleanup is on 12th February in Meton. Hope to see you there!

Comment by Bella Davies on February 2, 2009 at 18:50: Hi Paddy and others, it's great fun, I look forward to meeting you there. I've updated the event page with more details. No, you don't need to bring your own waders although if you have some it might be an idea to wear them so that there are more to go around. If you fancy just working from the bank wellies will do. Beware you might get a bit dirty so old clothes are best!

Comment by Paddy_W on January 30, 2009 at 11:12: Hi everyone - I think this looks like a lot of fun, and hope to join you on your next river clean-up. Do we need to bring our own "waders"?