Leicester Lit & Phil Natural History Section: Saving the Saffron Brook River Restoration Scheme

Ben Devine, Senior Nature Conservation Officer, Leicester City Council / Samantha Woods, Project Manager. 
A major project to protect and restore a major tributary of the River Soar in Leicester, this Project hopes to improve the heavily-degraded river ecosystems along the whole course of the Saffron/Wash Brook which runs through the south of the city from neighbouring Oadby and Wigston. A programme of conservation, restoration and repair works along with community engagement designed to get local people involved is planned. The Saffron Brook and surrounding catchment area act as a key wildlife corridor in the region linking the centre of Leicester to rural Leicestershire and beyond.