The third and final part of the Amersham Society’s River Misbourne Project was launched just before Christmas. It takes the form of guidance for a riverside walk along the Misbourne in and around Amersham, starting from the Society’s Church Mead Information Panel.
River Misbourne
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About 20 people gathered on a cold but clear day on Barn Meadow on 14 Dec to watch the Mayor of Amersham (and Amersham Society member), Dominic Pinkney, unveil the Amersham Society’s second information panel developed as a part of the River Misbourne Project.
On 13 Jul 2024 the first information panel about the rarity and ecology of chalk streams and the history of the River Misbourne in Amersham was unveiled by the Town Mayor, Dominic Pinkney on Church Mead. The panel was developed as a part of the River Misbourne Project, launched by […]
Affinity Water reported that the River Misbourne Restoration Project at Barn Meadow and Pondwicks Meadow in Old Amersham has now been completed. The first phase, tree works, was accomplished in Feb 2023. The construction phase started on 14 Aug 2023, and the major in-channel works were completed by 8 Sep […]
A ‘sizeable’ sinkhole at Shardeloes between Old Amersham and Little Missenden was reported by The Guardian, first published on Sun 14 May. Inspectors from the Chiltern Society visited the site and confirmed that it is approximately six metres across and five deep, and that it is possibly growing. Follow their […]
Affinity Water has written to local residents explaining what happens next with regards to the River Misbourne Restoration Project in Old Amersham. The current timeline is as follows:
Earlier this year FiveRivers Environmental Contracting Ltd together with Affinity Water and Amersham Town Council announced the plans to restore two sections of the River Misbourne in Barn and Pondwicks Meadows in Old Amersham. This is a part of Affinity Water’s River Restoration Programme for 2020-2025. As the works were […]
In 2018 the Amersham Society provided the informative Town Map display board outside the Memorial Gardens. This appears to be well used by visitors and locals alike. Mainly using money from a legacy, we now want to produce a similar board about the River Misbourne, probably to be located on […]
On 29 May the River Chess Association reported that the water in some areas of Shardeloes Lake on the River Misbourne had temporarily turned from “clear to milky” – see photos on their Facebook post.
Below are further details which were forwarded to the Society by Amersham Town Council. This is a background document to the intended works along the River Misbourne at Barn Meadow announced in Nov 2019.
In Nov 2019 Amersham Town Council issued a notice to inform residents of the Old Town of intended works along the River Misbourne at Barn Meadow. The restoration scheme was proposed by Affinity Water which will be funding the project and working in partnership with Environmental Agency and the Town […]
Started: 6 Jan 10.00am & 17 Mar 10.30am (listed in blue) Weather: cold overcast on 6 Jan & wet with hail on 17 Mar Revisited: 31 Mar, clean up day (listed in red) Survey carried out by: Tim Harmer and Lesley Harmer Area of survey from the bottom end of […]
Many members will have noticed, unlike the photograph, the very low water level in the River Misbourne in recent weeks, and the fact that it has completely dried up in the area around Tesco. The Chiltern Chalk Streams Project Officer of the Chilterns Conservation Board has provided us with the […]
The Society believes that residents and businesses which have been affected by the recent flooding may not be aware of a public flood surgery the Environment Agency is organising with support from Bucks County Council on Wednesday April 23rd, from 16:00 to 21:00 in Amersham Market Hall. The […]
Residents on the north side of the High Street, roughly between the Methodist Church and the Elephant and Castle pub, have been subjected to flooding over the last few months, with water making much of the the pavement impassable without wellington boots and lapping up to their front doors. To […]