Water is the stuff of life, but how often do any of us really think about it?

That's all set to change with the launch of the Love Water campaign on 8 July. 

On 22 May, the Groundwork Landscape architecture and community teams spent the afternoon consulting members of the public in Houghton Regis over the proposed plans to increase public access to and involvement in the river and promote the river as a community and educational resource.

Last year saw the end of our three year long junior river warden programme kindly funded by Thames water.

The River Lea recently featured on BBC's River Walks.

Groundwork East has appointed a consultant to undertake a topographic survey at the Leagrave Marsh in Luton.

After receiving funding from London Luton Airport Limited, Groundwork East is running a project at Cowslip Meadow called Green Skills.

Manor Road Park officially re-opened on Monday 22 October, with residents gathering to celebrate the extensive improvements to the part of the River Lea that runs through the park.

Join us to monitor and improve the health of the river!

The first phase of the public consultation to review and update the current river basin plans has been launched and the Environment Agency wants you to submit your views before 22 December 2018.

After more than two years' worth of work, the Manor Road Park project has come to an end.

River bed improvement upstream of Tewinbury Farm

This stretch of river suffers from heavy silt deposition caused by reduced flows, dredging in the 70s, and the ponding effect of a weir. The aim is to restore the river to a silt-free, gravel bedded, shallow, fast flowing stream, with riffles and pools capable of supporting water crowfoot and breeding trout.

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Design by LTD Design Consultants and build by Garganey Consulting.