River Gipping Trust

Restoring the River Gipping in Suffolk and its footpath

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Latest River Gipping Water Testing Results. Note the extremely high Phosphate recording of 2,500 at Spikes Lane and 900s at Baylham and Great Blakenham (anything over 200 is classed as severe). This has been reported to the Environment Agency who are investigating

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Fantastic news! The Trust is delighted to announce that they have received a @MidSuffolk District Council Community grant award for E.coli testing at 10 locations along the river Gipping. E.coli testing will be a critical reliable method of detecting any sewage contamination.

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Fantastic news! The River Gipping Trust is delighted to announce that it has received a £16k Locality Award grant from @MidSuffolk towards improvements along the Gipping riverside footpath including two new (replacement) footbridges and commercial grass cutting equipment.

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The River Gipping Trust was today presented with the Kingfisher Award for the Best Essex and Suffolk Water community-focused Bluespaces project. A fantastic achievement by our volunteers, with BBC Radio coverage.

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Trust volunteers were back at Claydon again this week clearing the fallen trees from the newly restored riverside footpath (and winching them out from the river). Now walkable all the way from Station / Gipping road bridge to the footbridge crossing the feeder stream.

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Having cleared Bosmere Lock last week, Trust volunteers were busy this week clearing the vegitation inside Creeting (Riverside Farm) lock. The 230 year old lock bridge was also cleared of Ivy. A much improved flow of water through the lock now.

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Five Trust volunteers have now been trained to take samples of Gipping water at monthly intervals at 6-locations;- Ipswich; Bramford; Great Blakenham; Needham Market; Badley and Stowmarket. volunteers will record Ammonia, Nitrates and Phosphate levels plus total dissolved solids

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Trust volunteers trimmed the sides of the riverside footpath through Bramford Open Spaces and into Sproughton (then it rained!!!). We plan to continue doing this once per month through the summer, keeping the path edges clear of overgrowth, for a more enjoyable riverside walk.

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@EUCWBramford a page from our spring 2024 newsletter that might be of interest. The Trust will be putting up a new interpretation board here within the next few weeks, describing this and the Packard / Fisons steam barges that used the loading dock.

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Dispute the freezing temperatures, Trust volunteers reinstated a footbridge dislodged by recent floods this week along the river Gipping

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Trust volunteers have reinstated the ‘washed away’ footbridge at Badley on the river Gipping for the second time. We have temporarily tied it to a tree and post to stop it being washed away again. A more permanent solution will be in put in place over the next few weeks.

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Volunteers were out mowing the footpath between Hawkes Mill and Badley this week. Two volunteers with their own mowers stated at Roots and Shoots another two with Trust mowers from Hawkes Mill meeting up in the middle for a fuel break.

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Start Pulling Himalayan Balsam Now….It can be pulled from mid April. Early Balsam plants looks like these (below). A significant reduction in the plant would be seen if every walker were to pull just a few of these plants on each walk along the river. https://t.co/SU2aq32AGt

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More footpath work by Trust volunteers along the Gipping

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Lock restoration complete at Pipps Ford, Ipswich to Stowmarket Navigation. Another step complete towards navigation.

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River Gipping Trust volunteers have been busy restoring the 230 year old lock at Pipps Ford, one of John Rennie’s oldest engineered locks remaining. It entailed installing temporary dams in front of and behind the lock chamber to enable the water inside the lock to be pumped out

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Read the latest #EastSuffolk Catchment Partnership newsletter!

Updates on #PreventingPlasticPollution @Plastic_EU, #WaterforTomorrow @watertomorrow_, @theriverstrust #SewageMap & articles from @GippingTrust, @SaveDeben, @WoodlandTrust, @DedhamValeSVP

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This week Trust volunteers split into two groups, one clearing a fallen tree across the permissive path and river at Baylham the other helping to maintain the footpath between Hawkes Mill and Badley lock, with some Himalayan Balsam clearing too. Always 👀 for volunteers.

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Start Pulling Himalayan Balsam Now.
Traditional Balsam Bashing is June through July when it is easily detectable. But with a trained eye it can be pulled from late April. Early Balsam plants looks like these (below). #himalayanbalsam
https://t.co/SU2aq32AGt

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Now Open. Baylham Footbridge over the River Gipping. All done by volunteers. Opening up 1km of riverside footpath to the public for the first time in around 100 years.