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Colne Valley Regional Park Forum 2025

The annual forum at Uxbridge Golf Course on 15th May was a really interesting day spent with our partners, explaining about our work and concerns and hearing their views on how we can work collectively to protect, promote and enhance our precious regional park.
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An Eel’s tale

Do you know what a long way eels journey to migrate? They come all the way from the other side of the Atlantic to England and then they trek all the way back again. But when they are journeying along our English rivers, what happens when someone puts an airport in their way?
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Why we need to protect the Colne Valley Regional Park

Act now to secure its legacy and potential!
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Access improvement for road users through Denham woodland and Misbourne Valley

Thanks to funding from the Reese Jeffrey Road Fund, the Colne Valley Park Team have been able to improve access for road users and encourage them to explore beyond the roadside verge thanks to new interpretation boards.
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It’s time! Big Give’s wild sale is on!

From 22-29 April - One donation, twice the impact. Help us protect The Colne Valley Regional Park - Countryside on your doorstep!
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Celebration at Annual Colne Valley Park Friends Meeting

The Annual Friends meeting was held on Monday 17th March 2025 at the Visitor centre in Denham. This was a fun meeting to attend as the main purpose was a celebration to say thank you!
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Partners join together for a litter pick by the Slough Arm Grand Union Canal

On the 13th March we had another successful litter pick session, where we teamed up with the Canal and River Trust, Friends of the Colne Valley Park, Friends of the Slough Arm, Hillingdon Litter Pickers, and ACT Foundation UK. The effort and spirit was fantastic, and a great deal of litter was cleared.
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Heathrow Expansion – the Colne Valley Regional Park’s position

We remain publicly and determinedly opposed to the plans to expand Heathrow Airport, which will cut the Park in two, changing it for ever. 1200 acres of Green Belt will be lost and many more hundreds of acres will be built over by displaced existing businesses, and for new facilities to serve a bigger Heathrow. What’s more, five rivers will be put into 2km-long tunnels or diverted, cutting connections for wildlife between the internationally-rare chalk streams of the Chilterns and the Thames.
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Landscape Recovery in and around Horton, Wraysbury, Colnbrook & Poyle

Over the past year, the Colne Valley Park Team has been working to enhance the green spaces around Horton, Colnbrook & Poyle, and Wraysbury. Find out what we have been up to…
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