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The Kentish Stour Countryside Partnership manages landscapes, wildlife habitats, access and urban greenspace and promotes the Stour Valley to visitors.

The Kentish Stour Countryside Partnership works with landowners and local communities. We manage landscapes, wildlife habitats and urban green space and develop opportunities for appropriate recreational access and promote the outstanding qualities of the Stour Valley. The Partnership brings together local people, Partnership staff and sponsoring organisations. If you would like to get involved please visit our website for further details.

10/11/2026

Students Making a Difference 📚🎒🚮 KSCP was joined by students from EKC Canterbury College for a litter pick along the riverside in Canterbury. In total, the students removed 30 bags of rubbish and 35 large items from the environment, including sofas, tires, and a mattress. Join us in thanking the young people for their hard work 👏

06/11/2026

Yesterday the Canterbury team were busy freeing some of the apple trees at No Man's Orchard from overgrown brambles. We even got to have our own mini bonfire on the 5th November! ... No fireworks at this Guy Fawkes night 🎆🎇

If you would like to volunteer with our Canterbury team then head our website for more information:

https://kentishstour.org.uk/activities-and-volunteering/volunteering-opportunities/canterbury-conservation-volunteers/

02/11/2026

Did you know KSCP offer Forest school and Educational visits at Hambrook Marshes? All run by Lucy, our qualified Forest School Leader, to ensure your school visit is educational, inspiring, and engaging. Sessions include; campfire lighting, forest school games, nature crafts, habitat and history walks, river dipping, and much more... 🌳🍂🦋

To book your classes 2026/27 trip, email [email protected] for more information.

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30/10/2026

Last week we welcomed Petham Primary School's Woodpeckers Class to Westgate gardens for an Aqua Lab session. The Year 5 & 6's had a fantastic time investigating the invertebrates that live in the Stour and discovering what this can indicate about the health of the river. They also recreated the course of the Stour under timed conditions using key terminology, and completed field sketches whilst identifying key features.

Well done Woodpecker class! 🌳🍂💧

For more information on how to book one of our Aqualab session, email [email protected]

29/10/2026

Still deciding where to take your class this term? Bring learning to life with a trip to Hambrook Marshes. School groups, scouts, youth groups, and home education groups all welcome.

Sessions will be tailored to the learners and can be any time of year, even the wetter months just bring your wellies!

27/10/2026

The A Team Round Up.... you may have been wondering what have they been up to since we last posted (far too long ago really).. well here we go: They've been doing a whole host of things - including improving stream habitat for special protected species ( ) by moving tonnes of rock yet carefully placing it to provide 'refugia'. Plus meadow management in and around Ashford, and river bank revetment work.. Well done the A Team - you are making a huge difference!

26/10/2026

At the beginning of the month we returned to Singleton Lakes for the second year in a row to remove all the fishing line that has got tangled or been discarded in trees and the water over the past year. We also collected three large binbags of rubbish found in and around the lake and ensured it was properly disposed of.

Plastic fishing wire, sharp hooks and rubbish can injure and can even kill wildlife, as well as breakdown into microplastics which pollute the water and cause further harm. Thank you to funding this task for a second year to ensure the lake is kept clean and tidy for the wildlife that calls it home.

23/10/2026

This week the Canterbury volunteer team were hard at work completing a series of tasks for Canterbury City Council.
🪵A huge delivery of bark mulch was shifted over the day, on to some of the wetter footpath entrances to the woodland.
🪑The team also installed a new bench which looks great!
☀️ Work started to reopen a glade which was created a few years ago! A glade is a small, open grassy space or clearing within a wood or forest.
🪻 Removing brambles in bluebell zones! We tackled some encroaching scrub for the benefit of bluebells near the footpath!

22/10/2026

Partner with Kentish Stour to help keep our local rivers clean! Earlier in the month, KSCP joined with the Friends of Victoria Park to co-host a full day river clean! We had lots of amazing volunteers who helped remove numerous bags of rubbish and 20+ large items from the river (ranging from large tires to full bikes!). We were also happy to have the team from Ashford Green Party join us, including co-chairs Mandy & Vanessa, and Cllrs Steve Campkin and Guy Pullen! Thank you all for joinging us.
If your organisation/business would like to co-host a litter pick, reach out via [email protected]. Everyone is welcome!

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Ashford
TN248AD

Website

https://www.kentishstour.org.uk/

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