River Worth Restoration project

​River Worth Friends team up with Keighley Big Local and Aire Rivers Trust for major project to improve the River Worth from Keighley up to Haworth.

Most people know River Worth Friends for litter picking and pulling rubbish out of the river but we have always been keen to do more than that, especially in two main areas:

• Improving the river habitat for wildlife.
• Getting people down by the river and interested in it’s history and wildlife.

That’s why we are excited to have teamed up with the Aire Rivers Trust and Keighley Big local for a project to improve the river and its tributaries.
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We have secured generous funding from Keighley Big Local, Keighley Towns Fund and the Environment Agency. We have plenty of ideas for how we would like to make the river a better place; improving the river habitat, resurfacing the footpaths, way marking and providing information about its heritage and natural history are just a few. But we really want the project to come from the people who live and work alongside the river, that’s why we have organised a number of events for you to say how together we can make the river better.

​​The first is next Sunday (15th Jan.) when we are inviting you to get stuck in with some wildlife gardening at Postman’s Walk followed by meeting at a local café to talk about the River Worth Project. Postman’s Walk was a restoration project that RWF and Aire Rivers Trust undertook last year and is a good opportunity to see what can be achieved. If you can’t make the gardening session you are welcome to join us for the chat at the Brown Cow on West Lane at about 12.30. See the flyer for details.

If you can’t make that then we also have a series of three riverside walks where you can enjoy a leisurely walk along the river talking about what it means to you and how you would like it to develop. Each walk finishes at a café for a brew and chat.

The walks start at the corner of Aireworth Rd and Aireworth Grove and finish at Keighley Market. Check the flyer for dates and times.
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If you can't make any of these events we would still like to hear from you. You can send us any comments here: 

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 This restoration project could transform how we relate to the Worth and it's tributaries, come along to one of these events if you want to have a say about how this will be. It would be great to meet you and hear your views.

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