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Denham Country Park
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Denham Country Park Stage 1 Access and Habitats Improvements Update July 2025

Stage 1 completed; In 2024 and 2025 Buckinghamshire Council Country Park Team have been carrying out improvements to Denham Country Park following on from National Grid pylon relocation works in association with the HS2 viaduct, and after a long period when extensive areas of the park were inaccessible...
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Catastrophic impact of a THIRD runway at Heathrow

A THIRD runway at Heathrow will have a catastrophic impact on the Colne Valley Regional Park. It will devastate local communities and sever ecological connectivity between the Thames and the Chilterns across the Colne river catchment – an area of 1,000 square kilometres. We summarise the two development schemes, put forward by Heathrow and by Arora.
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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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Green Belt: Why it matters

We take a closer look at the Green Belt and try to explain more about the crucially important role it plays in maintaining a balance between the environment in which we live, and the containment and management of urban development.
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Thank you to the Colne Valley Volunteers

We’d like to take the opportunity to say a huge thank you to the Colne Valley Volunteers as well as all the other amazing volunteer groups helping to look after our beautiful regional park!
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Ducking and Diving in the Colne Valley

The wetland resource of the Colne Valley: a re-assessment of its importance to nature conservation, with special reference to waterbirds, is a survey commissioned in 2023 to look at water bird populations compared to those recorded in 2008.
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How can national planning policy be adapted to improve and restore the green belt?

Our President Lord Randall chaired a workshop focusing on how national planning policy can be adapted to help improve and restore the countryside on the edge of major cities.
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Donate Now to Support our ‘Countryside in Crisis’ Campaign

Exciting news! Give to our charity appeal this week and Big Give’s Green Match Fund will DOUBLE your donation.
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Trees planted at Iver Environment Centre thanks to Bosch

Iver Environment Centre and Colne Valley Regional Park were delighted to host visitors from Bosch UK last month to carry out tree surveys and maintenance on some new saplings which were planted in the playground and to make a new maze.
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