New sign
Over the past few weeks, the content of the previous Ingram Breamish Valley website has been migrated into the current Breamish Valley website.
Christmas Concert update
Alnwick & District Choral Society update
A poster for the Christmas Concert at 3pm on 15 December 2019 has now been released. The Conductor will be Peter Brown; Organist will be Alan Gidney and the cost is £12.00 at the door (students free).
Village Halls Week Powburn
Village Halls Week
Village Halls Week is back for 2020 celebrating the vital role village halls play in sustaining rural communities. There will be a week-long celebration (Monday 20 January – Sunday 26 January 2020), organised by ACRE Network, England’s largest network of rural community support organisations. It’s a big ‘thank you’ to all the volunteers who work tirelessly to keep community buildings and village halls open for the benefit of local residents.
Hedgeley Parish Council Meeting (Dec 2019)
Hedgeley Parish Council Meeting
The December 2019 Quarterly Meeting of Hedgeley Parish Council is to be held on:
Wednesday 04 December 2019
7:30 pm
in the Breamish Hall, Powburn
New Banks from Above
New banks from above the valley
[Credit: Header image copyright © Tweed Forum 2019 and used with permission.]
As the River Breamish Riverbank Protection project comes to an end, Tweed Forum Project Officer, Joe Taylforth has been on site again to take some more aerial photographs. These clearly show the extent of the work undertaken and how the project has created new riverbanks from old.
New Banks From Old
New banks from old riverbanks
Since the root wads were delivered and ready to be installed at Site 1 and the logs were sorted at Site 2, work on the Breamish Riverbank Stabilisation and Reinstatement project has continued on track – and now all the heavy work is completed.
The old, eroding riverbanks have been stabilised using so-called soft engineering techniques to reclaim some of the lost land and to protect them from further erosion that was threatening to damage the road.
Backfilling Log Matrix
Backfilling log matrix along the Breamish
After driving in several vertical posts and continuing to line them up along the riverbank, the contractors undertaking the River Breamish Riverbank Protection works have been spending hours backfilling the log matrix.
Line Them Up!
Line them up along the riverbank
The River Breamish Riverbank Protection works began a few days ago by driving vertical posts into the ground at Site 2.
The team of three contractors have continued to drive more posts into the ground, following the line of the riverbank.