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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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Our Green Belt – Wither or Whither?

Green Belt is under threat of erosion by creeping development and an absence of planning vision. Professor Peter Bishop, co-author of a book ‘Repurposing the Green Belt in the 21st Century’, spoke recently at the Colne Valley Regional Park’s conference and explains here how we could do better.
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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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Riverfly Surveying

Find out what Riverfly surveying is and how you can get involved in the Colne Valley Regional Park.
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How can we best conserve our Green Belt? Planning Conference starts conversation

MORE than 80 people attended the Colne Valley Regional Park’s conference at Brunel University on April 18, which focused on how the Green Belt on the fringe of London can be improved.
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Donate Now to Help us Conserve the Colne Valley Park for Future Generations

Exciting news! Give to our charity appeal this week and Big Give’s Green Match Fund will DOUBLE your donation.
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Analysis finds 267 micro pollutants in the river Colne

A detailed analysis of the water quality of the River Colne has found 267 different micro pollutants. This report reflects two years of work on the part of the Colne Valley Fisheries Consultative sampling water and sediment taken from the River Colne in Watford and upstream to the headwaters.
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