:: Bourne Valley Park

Bourne Valley Park - the most extensive and expensive project ever undertaken by the Partnership.

Over a two year period abandoned sports pitches were transformed into a haven for wildlife and local people through de-culverting the Bourne stream at was was formerly known as Alderney Recreation Ground.

 :: Operation Streamclean

Read about Operation Streamclean - a 5-year plan set-up and funded by Wessex Water with the aim of reducing sewage pollution entering the Bourne stream and other watercourses in SW England.

 :: Use Water Wisely

Use Water Wisely is a local water efficiency project carried out in 2002 with Sembcorp Bournemouth Water (then known as Bournemouth &West Hampshire Water).

 :: Lagoons & Wetland

In 2000 and 2001 we created a series of lagoons and a wetland (sustainable drainage systems, or SUDS) close to one source of the stream at Alderney.

Read about SUDS

Another, smaller SUDS was created at Coy Pond Gardens in 2003; it led to the discovery and subsequent prevention of regular but unintentional pollution of the Bourne stream by local companies.

Works aimed at improving water quality & wildlife habitat were carried out to ponds at Scott Road & South Park Road in 2003;

In 2006 we dredged Coy Pond for the first time in more than ten years.  We also removed the island's rampant rhododendron.

During summer 2003 and 2004 we worked with local residents and school children, spray painting the 'Yellow Fish' symbol beside surface water drains in the catchment - find out why and how.

In May 2004 we launched the Bourne Valley Greenway, a new walking & cycling route developed by Greenlink, which follows the stream for 6.5km between Bournemouth & Poole.