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‘Riverside Management Plan’ is not a phrase that has been widely used in Ross-on-Wye until recently. Our town’s beautiful riverside is at the heart of the residents’ daily lives, a great visitor attraction and one of our greatest natural assets. The Town Council’s Management Plan sets out how, working with partner organisations, including The Wye Valley AONB and Natural England plus volunteers, it will ensure that the riverside biodiversity, environmental and ecological impact is developed and enhanced.
The River Wye forms the western boundary of the town and plays an integral part of the town’s green space areas. They include the Rope Walk and Long Acre, covering approximately 1 kilometre in length. Investment and hard work over the last few years has seen more of the riverside become accessible to all and enhanced with planting, ensuring that it has become a major focus for amenity, leisure, and relaxation.
Duncan Rowe, Operations Manager, said: “The Riverside Management Plan sets out the aspirations on how the Town Council will oversee the riverside and amenity areas between now and 2028. Our vision is to build and maintain a successful amenity and wildlife habitat for the future, and to conserve the landscape and its natural features as well as the wildlife. The area covered in the Riverside Management Plan is a rich asset with large areas of open green space, set on the floodplain and with areas managed as floodplain meadow.”
Some of the actions in the Riverside Management Plan include; to maintain the riverbank with established management regimes, tackle invasive non-native species, protect wildlife within the park by increasing biodiversity through planting and habitat creation and to promote the health benefits of using the park.
