Wiltshire

The Kennett and Avon Canal at Bathampton, Bath, England (near the George pub). Photographed by Adrian Pingstone on 31st May 2006

Wiltshire is a county in South West England with an area of 3,485 km2 (1,346 square miles). It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. The county town is Trowbridge.

The county has a green belt mainly along its western fringes as a part of the extensive Avon Green Belt. It reaches as far as the outskirts of Rudloe/Corsham and Trowbridge, preventing urban sprawl particularly from the latter in the direction of Bradford-on-Avon, and affording further protection to surrounding villages and towns from Bath in Somerset. W

Wiltshire community action

♥ Climate action

♥ Biodiversity

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is a charity based in Devizes, which owns and manages 40 nature reserves in Wiltshire and Swindon. It is one of 46 Wildlife Trusts across the United Kingdom. The trust works to encourage Wiltshire's communities to live sustainable lifestyles that protect the environment, engaging the public on issues such as recycling. It is active in schools and community projects and it works with people experiencing mental health issues, using the environment as a tool to mental and physical well-being. W main article: Wiltshire Wildlife Trust

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust

Cotswold Water Park

The Cotswold Water Park is the United Kingdom's largest marl lake system, straddling the Wiltshire–Gloucestershire border, northwest of Cricklade and south of Cirencester.

It is not a water fun park, as the name might suggest. It is a significant area for wildlife and particularly for wintering and breeding birds. The local Wildlife Trusts (Gloucestershire and Wiltshire) are involved in partnership with the Cotswold Water Park Trust in working with local communities and organisations in the area. The Cotswold Water Park Trust is an environmental charity working to improve all 40 square miles of the Cotswold Water Park for people and wildlife. The lake area is very varied and encompasses a wide variety of recreational activities including sailing and fishing.

There are 147 numbered lakes. The area is a mix of nature conservation activities (including nature reserves), recreation, rural villages and holiday accommodation. The site (Fairford Region; South Cerney Region; Coke's Pit Lake; Edward Richardson and Phyllis Amey reserve; Bryworth Lane reserve) was listed in the Cotswold District Local Plan 2001–2011 as a Key Wildlife Site (KWS). W

  • Whale and Dolphin Conservation is a wildlife charity that is dedicated solely to the worldwide conservation and welfare of all whales, dolphins and porpoises, with headquarters in Chippenham.

Community energy

Wiltshire Clean Energy Alliance

Communities online

TalkSwindon

Cycling activism

The Reading to Bath section of National Cycle Route 4 follows the Kennet and Avon Canal. Some sections use the canal towpath, while others are on low-traffic roads. Approaching Bath, Route 24 and the Two Tunnels Greenway provide an alternative route, rejoining Route 4 to the west of the city centre. W

Ethical consumerism

Food activism

BIG Community Grow, project based in the Trowbridge Area

Sustainable transport activism

The Kennet and Avon Canal is a waterway in southern England with an overall length of 87 miles (140 km), made up of two lengths of navigable river linked by a canal. The name is used to refer to the entire length of the navigation rather than solely to the central canal section. From Bristol to Bath the waterway follows the natural course of the River Avon before the canal links it to the River Kennet at Newbury, and from there to Reading on the River Thames. In all, the waterway incorporates 105 locks.

The Kennet and Avon Canal has been developed as a popular heritage tourism destination for boating, canoeing, fishing, walking and cycling, and is also important for wildlife conservation. W

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News and comment

2016

Swindon Borough Council has used the UK's first green energy ISA to raise over £700k for a community solar farm! Nov 15 [1]

2015

Local action on climate change, December 8 [2]

Wiltshire's solar boom so big now more than half the homes can be powered by the sun, January 24 [3]

2014

Swindon council votes to relax solar planning rules, March 12 [4]

Resources

Visions

  • Make Malmesbury Even Better Open, public group on facebook
  • Make Malmesbury "Even" Better, private group on facebook

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References

  1. ↑ solarpowerportal.co.uk
  2. ↑ Good Energy
  3. ↑ Western Daily Press
  4. ↑ Solar Power Portal
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