Bassenthwaite Lake - © 2014 Val Corbett Photography

Caring for our Lakes & Rivers

Buttermere - © 2014 Bas Montgomery

Caring for our Lakes & Rivers

The Derwent Catchment includes the Rivers Greta, Cocker and Marron in addition to a number of significant and beautiful lakes

The Ellen Catchment flows from the Skiddaw massif and includes Overwater, Chapelhouse Reservoir and the Crookhurst sub-catchment

The Wild Rivers Catchment covers the rivers Ehen, Calder, Irt, Mite, Esk and Annas in addition to a number of lakes including Ennerdale and Wast Water

Wampool & Waver

The Wampool & Waver Catchment drains into the Solway Firth, the catchment includes many wetlands, 2 designated shellfish waters and a designated bathing water

Click here for our Catchment Data Portal

installing fish and eel passes to enable upstream spawning

Working in partnership to make a difference

Protecting the endangered freshwater pearl mussel

Next Event: 22nd July 2019 - Volunteering: Himalayan balsam pull - Lorton

Featured News

£3.4 million awarded for West Cumbria river improvements

General Catchment

£3.4 million awarded for West Cumbria river improvements

We have secured a total of £3.4 million funding for a range of major river improvement projects across the region that will contribute to f…

New insights into Cumbria’s salmon habitats

Derwent Catchment

New insights into Cumbria’s salmon habitats

Evidence of the preferred habitats of Cumbria’s native Atlantic salmon has been provided by new research from West Cumbria Rivers Trust.Ou…

New crisp packet and biscuit wrapper recycling point for Keswick

General Catchment

New crisp packet and biscuit wrapper recycling point for Keswick

More plastic waste will be kept out of landfill as West Cumbria Rivers Trust in Keswick town centre becomes a collection point for crisp pac…

Natural Flood Management handbook

General Catchment

Natural Flood Management handbook

We’re pleased to announce the publication of our ‘Natural Flood Management handbook: a practical guide for farmers’. …

WCRT Newsletter - From Beck to Beach

General Catchment

WCRT Newsletter - From Beck to Beach

Our quarterly newsletter gives you updates on our work through the seasons and highlights what’s going on in the water …

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