Bassenthwaite Lake - © 2014 Val Corbett Photography

Caring for our Lakes & Rivers

Buttermere - © 2014 Bas Montgomery

Caring for our Lakes & Rivers

The Derwent Catchment includes the Rivers Greta, Cocker and Marron in addition to a number of significant and beautiful lakes

The Ellen Catchment flows from the Skiddaw massif and includes Overwater, Chapelhouse Reservoir and the Crookhurst sub-catchment

The Wild Rivers Catchment covers the rivers Ehen, Calder, Irt, Mite, Esk and Annas in addition to a number of lakes including Ennerdale and Wast Water

Wampool & Waver

The Wampool & Waver Catchment drains into the Solway Firth, the catchment includes many wetlands, 2 designated shellfish waters and a designated bathing water

Click here for our Catchment Data Portal

Helping reduce flood risk through natural measures

installing fish and eel passes to enable upstream spawning

Protecting the endangered freshwater pearl mussel

Next Event: 5th July 2022 - Volunteering: Himalayan balsam pulling Cockermouth

Featured News

Double your Donation to West Cumbria Rivers Trust

General Catchment

Double your Donation to West Cumbria Rivers Trust

What is it? From the 22nd April to the 29th April any donation made to West Cumbria Rivers Trust through The Big Give up to £5,000 wil…

St John’s Beck Habitat Improvements

General Catchment

St John’s Beck Habitat Improvements

A new and exciting project to improve habitats is getting under way in the St John’s Beck catchment, where we will be working with farmers…

Restoring Rivers – Hard work, great rewards

General Catchment

Restoring Rivers – Hard work, great rewards

WCRT’s river restoration team enjoyed another busy but satisfying year in 2021, covering a wide range of projects and catchments.River res…

Another Great Year for West Cumbria’s Rivers

General Catchment

Another Great Year for West Cumbria’s Rivers

West Cumbria Rivers Trust has planted more than 10,000 trees and created enough new wetland to cover 28 football pitches in just one year, h…

New wetlands store over 50 tonnes of carbon per year

Derwent Catchment

New wetlands store over 50 tonnes of carbon per year

More than 40 new wetlands and ponds that we’ve created by working with local farmers and landowners will help combat climate chan…

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