CPRE-UOG SEVERN VALE TOUR

Wednesday 14th January, 2015

ITINERARY

0845: Meet in car Main Car Park, Oxstalls Campus, Gloucester, GL29HW.

0900: Depart Oxstalls

0930-1015: Coaley Peak Viewpoint, Dursley, GL11 5AU

Overview/assessment of the Severn Vale landscape Boundary of the Severn Vale The effect of communications on the landscape

1045-1215: Slimbridge Wetland Centre (Rickyard Reception), GL2 7BT.

Meeting with Esther Collis, Severn Vision Project Manager Tour of observation tower Conservation, habitats and environmental policies Severn Vision Project Climate change

1215-1300: Lunch, Slimbridge WWT

1330-1445: Sharpness Dock, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, GL13 9UX

Chat and tour of the dock with Mike Johnson, Gloucester Harbour Trustees Estuary viewpoint The River Severn and the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal: Cultural and

industrial history and future prospects Development, flooding and climate change

1500-1530: Berkeley Village

Housing development Land management and planning policy The Severn Vale and energy generation

1600: Return to Oxstalls

PARTICIPANTS

1. Ashley Bach, Undergraduate Placement Student, Geography, UoG2. Robert Berry, Research Fellow, CCRI3. David Brooke, CPRE4. Lucy Clarke, Lecturer, Geography, UoG5. Esther Collis, Project Manager, Severn Vision Project, Slimbridge WWT6. Jonathan Felton, Research Assistant, CCRI7. Nathan Hughes, Film-maker8. Owain Jones, Professor of Environmental Humanities, Bath Spa University9. Katarina Kubinakova, Research Assistant, CCRI10. Richard Lloyd, CPRE11. Anthony Lyons, Artist-Researcher, CCRI12. Daiki Matsutaka, CCRI Visiting Scholar, Agricultural Faculty, University of Tokyo13. John Powell, Senior Research Fellow, CCRI14. Charlie Watson, CPRE

SAFETY, WEATHER, ETC

A Risk Assessment form has been completed for this trip in accordance with University regulations. Please note the mobile phone number of the group leader (Robert Berry), in case of emergencies:

07970 433587

MAPS

A map showing the Severn Vale boundaries (the official ‘National Character Area’ (NCA) boundary and a ‘working’ boundary that has been suggested by our students) and tour locations can be accessed by clicking on the link or map image below. You can print-off your own maps (map can be

zoomed and panned, and layers turned on and off) for the tour by clicking on the print button.

Map link: http://mangomap.com/maps/24419/Severn%20Vale%20Tour%20Map?preview=true