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

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installing fish and eel passes to enable upstream spawning

Protecting the endangered freshwater pearl mussel

Working in partnership to make a difference

Next Event: 21st November 2019 - Derwent River Watchers: Tree planting

Featured News

Volunteers needed for Flimby natural flood management project

Derwent Catchment

Volunteers needed for Flimby natural flood management project

We need volunteers to help with a project aiming to reduce flood risk in the village of Flimby.Our new Flimby volunteer group will go o…

Flood risk reduced and bathing water quality to improve at Seascale

Wild Rivers Catchment

Flood risk reduced and bathing water quality to improve at Seascale

Flood risk in Seascale will be reduced and water quality improved following a joint project between West Cumbria Rivers Trust and Cumbria Co…

£3.4 million awarded for West Cumbria river improvements

General Catchment

£3.4 million awarded for West Cumbria river improvements

We have secured a total of £3.4 million funding for a range of major river improvement projects across the region that will contribute to f…

Natural Flood Management handbook

General Catchment

Natural Flood Management handbook

We’re pleased to announce the publication of our ‘Natural Flood Management handbook: a practical guide for farmers’. …

WCRT Newsletter - From Beck to Beach

General Catchment

WCRT Newsletter - From Beck to Beach

Our quarterly newsletter gives you updates on our work through the seasons and highlights what’s going on in the water …

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