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Key to Management Catchment ID Catchment Sub/whole Joint ID Management Catchment partnership catchment Sub catchment name RBD Category Host Organisation (s) 1 Adur & Ouse Yes Whole South East England Yes Ouse and Adur Rivers Trust, Environment Agency 2 Aire and Calder Yes Whole Humber England No The Aire Rivers Trust 3 Alt/Crossens Yes Whole North West England No Healthy Waterways Trust 4 Arun & Western Streams Yes Whole South East England No Arun and Rother Rivers Trust 5 Bristol Avon & North Somerset Streams Yes Whole Severn England Yes Avon Wildlife Trust, Avon Frome Partnership 6 Broadland Rivers Yes Whole Anglian England No Norfolk Rivers Trust 7 Cam and Ely Ouse (including South Level) Yes Whole Anglian England Yes The Rivers Trust, Anglian Water Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife 8 Cherwell Yes Whole Thames England No Trust 9 Colne Yes Whole Thames England Yes Groundwork South & Chilterns Chalk Stream Project 10 Combined Essex Yes Whole Anglian England No Essex Wildlife Trust Farming Wildlife and Advisory Group South West, 12 Cotswolds Yes Sub Upper Thames Thames England Yes Countryside and Community Research Institute 12 Cotswolds Yes Sub Evenlode (Oxfordshire) Thames England No Oxfordshire Nature Conservation Forum Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife 12 Cotswolds Yes Sub Windrush Thames England No Trust 13 Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels Yes Whole South East England Yes Sussex Wildlife Trust, South East Rivers Trust The Wandle Trust operating as the South East Rivers 14 Darent Yes Whole Thames England Yes Trust, Kent Countryside Management Partnerships 15 Derbyshire Derwent Yes Whole Lower Derwent Humber England No Derbyshire Wildlife Trust 16 Derwent (Humber) Yes Whole Humber England Yes East Yorkshire Rivers Trust, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust 17 Derwent (NW) Yes Whole North West England No West Cumbria Rivers Trust 18 Don and Rother Yes Whole Humber England Yes Don Catchment Rivers Trust, Environment Agency 19 Dorset Yes Sub Stour South West England Yes Dorest Wildlife Trust, Wessex Water 19 Dorset Yes Sub Frome & Piddle South West England No Wessex Water 20 Douglas Yes Whole North West England No Groundwork Lancashire West and Wigan Ltd 21 Dove Yes Whole Humber England No The Trent Rivers Trust Devon Wildlife Trust 22 East Devon Yes Whole South West England Yes Westcountry Rivers Trust 23 East Hampshire Yes Whole South East England No Groundwork South (Solent) 24 East Suffolk Yes Whole Anglian England Yes The Rivers Trust, Essex and Suffolk Rivers Trust 25 Eden and Esk Yes Whole Solway Tweed England Yes Eden Rivers Trust, Galloway Fisheries Trust Yorkshire Esk Rivers Trust, North York Moors National 26 Esk and Coast Yes Whole Humber England Yes Park Authority 27 Hampshire Avon Yes Whole South West England No Wessex Chalk Stream and Rivers Trust 28 Hull and East Riding Yes Whole Humber England Yes Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, East Yorkshire Rivers Trust 29 Idle & Torne Yes Sub Torne Humber England No Yorkshire Wildlife Trust 29 Idle & Torne Yes Sub Idle Humber England No Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust Groundwork Manchester, Salford, Stockport, 30 Irwell Yes Whole North West England No Tameside and Trafford Page 1 of 4 Key to Management Catchment ID Catchment Sub/whole Joint ID Management Catchment partnership catchment Sub catchment name RBD Category Host Organisation (s) Island 2000 Trust (parent charity), Natural Enterprise 31 Isle of Wight Yes Whole South East England No (non-profit subsidary) 32 Kennet and Pang Yes Sub Kennet Thames England No Action for the River Kennet 33 Kent/Leven Yes Whole North West England No South Cumbria Rivers Trust 34 Loddon No Thames England 35 London Yes Sub crane Thames England No Green Corridor 35 London Yes Sub Wandle Thames England No The Wandle Trust 35 London Yes Sub Beverley Brook Thames England No The Wandle Trust 35 London Yes Sub Hogsmill Thames England No The Wandle Trust 35 London Yes Sub Brent Thames England No Thames21 35 London Yes Sub Marsh Dykes (Woolwich) Thames England Yes Thames21, London Wildlife Trust 35 London Yes Sub Ravensbourne Thames England No Thames21 37 Louth Grimsby and Ancholme Yes Sub North Chalk streams Humber England No Lincolnshire Chalk Streams Project The Trent Rivers Trust, Groundwork Greater 38 Lower Trent & Erewash Yes Whole Lower Trent Humber England Yes Nottingham, Severn Trent Water 39 Lune Yes Whole North West England No The Lune Rivers Trust 40 Maidenhead to Sunbury Yes Whole Lower Thames Thames England No Thames21 The Wandle Trust operating as the South East Rivers 41 Medway Yes Whole Thames England Yes Trust & Kent Countryside managment partnerships 42 Mersey Estuary Yes Whole North West England No Healthy Waterways Trust 43 Middle Dee Yes Whole Dee Cross Border Yes Welsh Dee Trust & Cheshire Wildlife Trust 44 Mole Yes Whole Thames England Yes Surrey Wildlife Trust, SE Rivers Trust River Nene Regional Park Community Interest 45 Nene Yes Whole Anglian England No Company 46 New Forest Yes Sub Lymington River South East England No Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust Pond Conservation & New Forest National Park 46 New Forest Yes Sub Beaulieu Rivers Group South East England Yes Authority 47 North Cornwall, Seaton, Looe and Fowey Yes Whole South West England No Cornwall Wildlife Trust 48 North Devon Yes Whole South West England Yes West Country Rivers Trust & Devon Wildlife Trust Wandle Trust (SERT) & Kent Countryside Management Partnerships – Medway & Swale Estuary 49 North Kent Yes Whole Thames England Yes Partnership 50 North Norfolk Yes Whole Anglian England No Norfolk Rivers Trust 51 North West Norfolk Yes Whole Anglian England No Norfolk Rivers Trust 53 Northumberland Rivers Yes Whole Northumbria England No Northumberland Rivers Trust 55 Old Bedford including the Middle Level Yes Whole Anglian England No Cambridgeshire ACRE Ribble Catchment Conservation Trust Ltd. 56 Ribble Yes Whole North West England No (Trading as Ribble Rivers Trust) 57 Roding, Beam & Ingrebourne Yes Whole Thames England Yes Thames21, Thames Chase Trust Kent Wildlife Trust, Sussex Wildlife Trust and High 58 Rother Yes Whole South East England Yes Weald AONB Joint Advisory Committee Page 2 of 4 Key to Management Catchment ID Catchment Sub/whole Joint ID Management Catchment partnership catchment Sub catchment name RBD Category Host Organisation (s) 59 Severn Uplands Yes Whole Severn Cross Border Yes Severn Rivers Trust, Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust 60 Severn Vale Yes Whole Severn England Yes Severn Rivers Trust, Gloucester Wildlife Trust 61 Shropshire Middle Severn Yes Whole Severn England Yes Severn Rivers Trust, Shropshire Wildlife Trust 62 Soar Yes Whole Humber England No The Trent Rivers Trust 63 South & West Somerset Yes Whole South West England No Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group South West Ltd 64 South Devon Yes Whole South West England Yes West Country Rivers Trust, South Devon AONB 66 South Essex Yes Whole Thames England No Thames Chase Trust West Cumbria Rivers Trust & South Cumbria Rivers 67 South West Lakes Yes Whole North West England Yes Trust 69 Staffordshire Trent Valley Yes Whole Humber England No Staffordshire Wildlife Trust The Wandle Trust operating as the South East Rivers 70 Stour Yes Whole South East England Yes Trust & Kent Countryside Management Partnerships 71 Swale, Ure, Nidd & Upper Ouse Yes Whole Humber England No Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust 72 Tamar Yes Whole South West England No West Country Rivers Trust Lower Tame in North Warwickshire and 73 Tame Anker and Mease Yes Sub Tamworth (south-east Staffordshire). Humber England Yes Warwickshire Wildlife Trust & Trent Rivers Trust 73 Tame Anker and Mease Yes Sub Lower Tame, Anker and Mease Humber England Yes The Trent Rivers Trust & Severn Trent Water Upper Tame Birmingham and Black 73 Tame Anker and Mease Yes Sub Country Humber England No Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country 73 Tame Anker and Mease Yes Whole Humber England No Severn Trent Water The Tees Rivers Charitable Trust, Groundwork North 74 Tees Yes Whole Northumbria England Yes East 75 Teme Yes Whole Severn Cross Border No Severn Rivers Trust Wessex Chalk Stream and Rivers Trust, Hampshire 76 Test & Itchen Yes Whole South East England Yes and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust Pang, Hughenden, Wye and Lower 77 Thame and South Chilterns Yes Sub Middle Thames (South Chilterns) Thames England No Foundation for Water Research Pond Conservation: The Water Habitats Trust & River 77 Thame and South Chilterns Yes Sub River Thame Thames England Yes Thame Conservation Trust Thames Estuary Partnership, Thames21, Thames Landscape Strategy Weybridge to Kew and Thames 78 Thames (tidal) Yes Whole Thames England Yes Strategy Kew to Chelsea 79 Tidal Dee Yes Whole Dee Cross Border Yes Welsh Dee Trust & Cheshire wildlife Trust 80 Till Yes Whole Solway Tweed England No Tweed Forum 81 Tyne Yes Whole Northumbria England No Tyne Rivers Trust Great
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