The Stour Valley partnership

One of two proposed Strategic spaces in BCP’s Green Infrastructure Strategy, this is a landscape-scale project which aims to provide connected greenspace along a 25km stretch of river from Kingston Lacey to Hengistbury Head.

In 2020-21 we held a series of public workshops where we gathered your ideas and opinions to create the Stour Valley strategy and vision.

Since then, the Stour Valley partnership was re-established with a new governance structure led by BCP Council, Dorset Council and National Trust. We are a collaboration of local and national organisations whose purpose is to promote the Stour Valley within the local community; to enable residents to visit and enjoy its green and blue spaces and heritage; and to help nature recover and wildlife networks to flourish. The partnership continues to explore sources of funding that will support these endeavours.

We are also exploring improvements to public access and management of spaces along the Stour Valley corridor – bringing landowners, the public, user groups and professionals together to shape a landscape where people and nature thrive. Our purpose is to promote the Stour Valley within the local community; to enable residents to visit and enjoy its green and blue spaces and heritage; and to help nature recover and wildlife networks to flourish.

For information and inspiration:

• visit the Stour Valley partnership website at stourvalley.uk
• download The Stour Valley Strategy document October 2022 (pdf, 17Mb)

The Stour Valley

An ever-changing, thriving river valley landscape, drawing people, livelihoods, nature and heritage together.