Pickerel Project

Voluntary group looking after the rivers in Stowmarket

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Our first event of 2026. Sunday 4th at 10 am, meet up by the river at Navigation Approach bridge, Stowmarket for a post Christmas Clean-Up.

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Our events for 2026 have been planned and here's the full programme.

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Action Day next Sunday 19th October from 10am, moving fallen trees and other hard work - come and join in if you can. Meet by the river at the Navigation Approach bridge

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Our June Clean-Up and Invertebrates Survey takes place this Sunday 1st June from 10am. Come along to help, or just see what's living in the river bed.

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May Clean-Up this Sunday (4th). Starting at 10am from the river path by the Navigation Approach bridge, Stowmarket. We'll be mostly litter picking this time, and will be pleased to see you if you'd like to help.

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We officially open our refurbish boardwalk tomorrow at 11am - by the river at Stowupland Street. Locality budgets from our local councillors helped us with this work - we want to thank them and record the completion of another project.

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April 2025 Clean-Up is coming. We hope you can join us on Sunday to help keep our riverside (and river) spick and span. Meet by the river at the Navigation Approach bridge at 10am Sunday 6th.

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We've just signed up to Bluesky - you can find us here https://t.co/FD7cSU5pnH

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Here's our Great British Spring Clean crew weighing in their haul this morning. 21kg of bagged rubbish plus some bigger things from Pike's Meadow and Stowmarket's 'other' river.

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It's the Great British Spring Clean this weekend and moving off our usual patch. We'll clear some debris from the river around Boulter's Bridge, and do a bit of litter picking in Combs Ford and beside the river down to Gipping Way. Sat 22nd from 10am - meet at Boulter's Bridge.

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A nice sunny morning for our litter pick and we collected 10kg of assorted tat, and a bike. A lot of walkers along the path as well, and they seemed to appreciate our efforts.

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That's from 10am, Sunday 2nd March for our Clean-up. We meet by the river at the Navigation Approach bridge, Stowmarket.

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Join us this Sunday morning for our next riverside clean-up. We'll mostly be litter picking, but also hope to have a walk down the river to look at the state of the footpath, and to plan our summer maintainance work schedule.

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What are our plans for this year? Here's our 2025 calender of events.

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Getting ready for another river clean-up. This Sunday, 2nd February, from 10am. We'll meet by the river at the Navigation Approach bridge. The river has been a bit above its usual level this week, but should be back down to its normal level by Sunday. We'll be there with the kit.

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Happy New Year everybody! We hope you're ready for the first Clean-Up of 2025, and want to join us this Sunday, 5th Jan, from 10am for litter picking and footpath clearance etc. Meet by the river at the Navigation Approach bridge as usual.

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It's nearly Clean-Up time again. Yes, it's this Sunday 1st December at 10am, meeting by the river at the Navigation Approach bridge. we hope you'll want to come along and lend a hand.

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It's nearly Clean-Up time again! Yes, it's this Sunday 1st December meeting at 10am by the river at the Navigation Approach bridge. We hope you'll want to come along and lend a hand.

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November's Clean-Up approaches... We'll be litter picking, shrub trimming by Pickerel Court, and running an invertebrates survey. Meet by the river at the Navigation Approach bridge at 10am Sunday 3rd to join in.

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Our next river clean-up takes place this Sunday, October 6th, from 10am. Meet at 10am by the river at the Navigation Approach bridge if you can lend a hand with litter picking and a bit of footpath clearance/plant trimming. See you on Sunday morning.