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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 […]

Report on Tortoise Media.

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An unpublished report for Ealing Council has reinforced what our campaign has been arguing for the last three years – Warren Farm is a species-rich Nature Reserve.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 […]

Mel Giedroyc (inset) weighed in with clean-up volunteers in Queensbury Road (Image: LAGER Can) Report in Ealing Times.

The Brent River & Canal Society is delighted to announce the election of Ben Morris to our board of trustees.

Report in Ealing News.