The River Nar: A chalkstream restoration | Reconnecting the river to the surrounding landscape

3 years in the making, this film follows the restoration of a section of the River Nar, near Castle Acre, Norfolk. Led by Charles Rangeley-Wilson OBE, the project's aim was to reconnect the river to the surrounding landscape it had previously been divorced from. Filmed in partnership with the Wild Trout Trust and Norfolk Drainage board, the film documents each aspect of the restoration.

Watch the remarkable difference this has created to the river, wild brown trout and surrounding ecosystem. Keep an eye out for some of the people (and animals) that made this incredible project a reality.

[MrBenAckland]

What a morale boost this is. Thank you to everyone working to restore and protect our rivers.

[-david-pl]

Water, man's most precious resource, cared for and treated with respect. Thank you to all who were involved.

[ianscothern]

Love the fact that at 4:20 there's a fish breaking the surface.

[DrewWithington]

So amazing that in UK we are now re-naturing rivers. I can still remember when a JCB digger turned a beautiful stretch of the River Eden in Kent into a drainage channel, destroying all the fish etc habitat. Awesome.

[Bumpkin_fen]

I grew up in Narborough and fished the nar and the mill pond as a kid. It brings me joy to see the nar is being looked after so well.thankyou for this fabulous video.

[nevillewalker]

Brilliant. I managed our local river for about seven years and did many of the things you have done and we now have more wild trout caught than introduced. 2007 Wild Trout Trust Award was the result.

[Silverhalide]

I am so glad i came across this on my explore, it's absolutely incredible. The cinematography, the narration, the work involved by everyone let me escape everything for the entire 12 minutes. My only criticism is, i wish it was longer.

[lynnej]

Our own mini Amazon. Just as important as large rivers, these are just as critical to the ecosystem. Good luck

[ginojaco]

Beautiful chalkstream; good idea to use a horse, maybe an even better one to float wood down. 👍

[lisaroberts]

Thank you for trying to restore this river to its original beauty!

[Pastaface]

Thank you CRW . You make accomplishing such inspiring project sound easy . Imagine it is far from so.

[niksniff]

Really great to see work like this instead of the old IDB attitude that everything is a drain that needs to be canalised and straightened.

[Kevin-rhli]

Brilliant, but don't let East Anglia water anywhere near it

[homo-sapiens-dubium]

Awesome work - love to see how little it takes to let nature recover itself - and how well nature is at that! Wholesome work, congratulations and thanks to everyone involved, stuff like this makes me sleep well! :)

[anthonydavies]

Thank you for a ray of hope. It is heartening to see holistic river restoration in these times, when the water companies are doing everything they can to continue their criminal neglect of our precious rivers. IMO even the new government are in the pockets of big business, and just tinkering around the edges of the problem, in order to allow the hedge and pension funds to steal our riparian heritage for their shareholdrers' and executives' enfichment.

[OutsideYourZone]

What a beautiful project, thankful of this passionate person and his team! 🧡

[stevejeffrey]

Congratulation to all those involved as well as my thanks.

[littlenick]

Fantastic film about a brilliantly done project. Congratulations to all involved!

[Daytona]

Congratulations, all - it looks wonderful!
Lovely cinematography to do it justice.

[baggieboy]

Fantastic - beautiful video. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this project!