16/03/16
– Luton Lea news
Poetry and photography with Rivers and Wagtails
Work is in progress for the Rivers and Wagtails project. Read more ...
29/02/16
– Luton Lea news
Source of River Lea to be cleared
The Source of the River Lea in Leagrave Park, Luton, is having a spring clean. Read more ...
15/12/15
– Luton Lea news
Volunteers create community allotment at Riverside Park
The previously redundant Bide-A-While allotment site has been reinstated as a community growing project thanks to the efforts of fifteen unemployed Luton volunteers. Read more ...
06/12/15
– Luton Lea news
Riverside orchard planted by volunteers
Local volunteers joined forces with Trevor Tween from Luton Borough Council and the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire this weekend. Read more ...
07/10/15
– Luton Lea news
Wardown Park Museum Redevelopment
Luton's Wardown Park Museum has been awarded £1.8m from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to conserve the historic building and transform the way its story is told. Read more ...
11/08/15
– Luton Lea media coverage
Source of the River Lea video
Have a look at the work we've done at the Source of the River Lea in Luton's Leagrave Park... Read more ...
31/07/15
– Luton Lea news
Wardown Lake Suspension Bridge reopens
On Thursday 30 July 2015, a large gathering of locals celebrated the reopening of the beloved suspension bridge that spans Wardown Lake in Luton's Wardown Park. Read more ...
30/07/15
– Luton Lea media coverage
The Stolen River: a performed poem
Friends of the Earth's David Oakley-Hill has written a poem about the River Lea in Luton.
You can watch his live performance of it, read at the ceremony held to reopen Wardown Park Suspension Bridge on 30 July 2015.
07/07/15
– Luton Lea media coverage
Mystery River - a wander along the Lea with Michael Smith
Watch Mystery River, a film by writer and film-maker Michael Smith and produced by Trevor Horsewood. Read more ...
02/06/15
– Luton Lea news
Celebration event at Source of River Lea
A group of local organisations and residents gathered in Luton's Leagrave Park on Friday 29 May to celebrate the improvements made to the Source of the River Lea. Read more ...
This stretch of river suffers from heavy silt deposition caused by reduced flows, dredging in the 70s, and the ponding effect of a weir. The aim is to restore the river to a silt-free, gravel bedded, shallow, fast flowing stream, with riffles and pools capable of supporting water crowfoot and breeding trout.