The River Wensum is a lowland river which rises to the west of Fakenham and flows through predominantly agricultural land joining the River Yare at Norwich. The meander loop was created by the Environment Agency as an ORSU (Off River Supply Unit) in the 1970?s, to provide backwater refuges for fish. Sheet piling was installed on the upstream and downstream end of the meander loop. Over the years the ORSU partially silted up and ceased to function as an effective backwater refuge.

The objectives were to reconnect a defunct meander loop to the main river in order to provide a back water refuge for fish.

Case Files and Uploads

17th November 2008	RRC Case Study Series - Summary of Wensum Rehabilitation Project, Billingford
File :	wensum_billingford.pdf (128 KB)