A group of anti-pollution campaigners has walked the entire length of the River Brent to raise money for urgently needed scientific water quality testing. The 26-mile walk, dubbed ‘The Brentathon’, took the team from the river’s source in Barnet to where it joins the Thames at Brentford.  The route took the campaigners through the woodlands, […]

The Brent River & Canal Society (BRCS) has expressed serious concern about Ealing Council’s proposal to build 295 flats next to Gurnell Leisure Centre, for two main reasons: The proposed development would see four blocks built to the East of the proposed new leisure centre, West of Peal Gardens and North of Ruislip Road East.  […]

Millennium Maze, Brent Lodge Park in the Brent River Park – photograph by Johnny Clifford What is the Local Plan and why is it so important?   Take a look out of your window or go for a walk to the end of your road. Much of what you see around you is where it is […]

Ealing Council has launched a consultation on its proposal for a Regional Park. While the Brent River & Canal Society is broadly in favour of the idea and fully supports the extension of the Brent River Park, we are concerned that some of the suggestions contained in the consultation could increase the risk of flooding […]

Clean Up the River Brent (CURB) has produced a new factsheet giving details of the Brent Monitoring project. (See earlier article for the background.) The factsheet can be downloaded here.

Kay FitzHerbert cuts the 50-year commemorative cake, assisted by BRCS President, Nic Ferriday and Laura Bacon, wildlife photographer and BRCS member [Photo: Richard Carter] The Brent River & Canal Society (BRCS), which successfully campaigned for the creation of the Brent River Park in the 1970s, marked its 50th anniversary this week. Its AGM was held at […]

The Brent River and Canal Society welcomes Ealing Council’s proposed expansion of the Brent River Park, a Regional Park since its creation in 1975 and officially recognised as such by the Council in 2009. We are delighted to see that Ealing Council has taken on board our suggestions to extend the Brent River Park, as made […]

All Brent River & Canal Society members are warmly invited to our Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 19th September. Come and find out more about our nature campaigns and current issues including Clean Up the River Brent, Warren Farm Nature Reserve and the Local Plan – all of which are busy safeguarding wildlife and keeping […]

Citizen scientists from Ealing and Hanwell have devised a system for monitoring pollution in rivers. The devices were developed by members of the Clean Up the River Brent campaign (CURB) and are being deployed along the River Brent with the support of the Environment Agency (EA). The Brent is afflicted with poor sewerage infrastructure, runoff […]

The Brent River and Canal Society is offering its expertise to Ealing Council to assist in the completion of its long overdue review of Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINCs). In response to the revelation that Ealing Council had not published the findings of its review in 2018 (see previous article), a council spokesperson […]

An unpublished report for Ealing Council has reinforced what our campaign has been arguing for the last three years – Warren Farm is a species-rich Nature Reserve. The report recommended that Warren Farm Nature Reserve be designated as a Site of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINC) in its entirety, as long ago as 2018. SINC designation […]