Book: Waterways & Wetlands Waterways & Wetlands
Chapter: Appendix C Conservation and amenity organisations
Section: Introduction
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This is a list of some of the organisations in the UK which are involved with environmental issues.

General

  • ADAS (consultancy and research organisation for the land-based industries)
    >Customer Services: 0845 766 0085
    >www.adas.co.uk
  • Bat Conservation Trust
    >15 Cloisters House, 8 Battersea Park Road
    >London SW8 4BG
    >Tel: 020 7627 2629
    >www.bats.org.uk
  • The British Association for Shooting and Conservation
    >(regional centres in England, Wales, Scotland
    >and N.Ireland)
    >Tel: 01244 573000
    >www.basc.org.uk
  • Centre for Alternative Technology
    >Machynlleth, Powys
    >SY20 9AZ
    >Tel: 01654 702400
    >www.cat.org.uk
  • Common Ground
    >PO Box 25309, London NW5 1ZA
    >Tel: 0207 267 2144
    >www.commonground.org.uk
  • Council for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE)
    >Warwick House
    >25 Buckingham Palace Road
    >London SW1W 0PP
    >Tel: 020 7976 6433
    >www.greenchannel.com/cpre
  • Countryside Agency (England)
    >John Dower House
    >Crescent Place, Cheltenham
    >Glos GL50 3RA
    >Tel: 01242 521381
    >www.countryside.gov.uk
  • Countryside Council for Wales
    >Plas Penrhos
    >Fford Penrhos, Bangor
    >Gwynedd LL57 2LQ
    >Tel: 01248 385500
    >www.ccw.gov.uk
  • Countryside Management Association
    >Writtle College, Lordship Road
    >Writtle, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 3RR
    >Tel: 01245 424263
    >www.countrysidemanagement.org.uk
  • Construction Industry Research and Information Centre
    >6 Storey's Gate, London SW1P 3AU
    >Tel: 020 7222 8891
    >www.ciria.org.uk
  • Dry Stone Walling Association
    >PO Box 8615
    >Sutton Coldfield B75 7HQ
    >Tel: 0121 378 0493
    >www.dswa.org.uk
  • English Nature
    >Northminster House
    >Peterborough PE1 1UA
    >Tel: 01733 455000
    >www.english-nature.org.uk
  • Environment Agency
    >General Enquiries: 0845 9333111
    >Emergency Hotline: 0800 807060
    >Floodline: 0845 9881 1188
    >www.environment-agency.gov.uk
  • Environment Council
    >212 High Holborn, London WC1V 7BF
    >Tel: 020 7836 2626
    >www.the-environment-council.org.uk
  • Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group
    >National Agricultural Centre
    >Stanley, Kenilworth
    >Warwickshire CV8 2RX
    >Tel: 024 7669 6699
    >www.fwag.org.uk
  • Forestry Commission
    >231 Corstorphine Road
    >Edinburgh EH12 7AT
    >Tel: 0131 334 0303
    >www.forestry.gov.uk
  • Game Conservancy
    >Burgate Manor, Fordingbridge
    >Hants SP6 1EF
    >Tel: 01425 652381
    >www.game-conservancy.org.uk
  • The Greenwood Trust
    >Station Road, Coalbrookdale
    >Telford, Shropshire TF8 7DR
    >Tel: 01952 432769
    >www.greenwoodtrust.demon.co.uk
  • Herpetological Conservation Trust
    >655A Christchurch Road
    >Boscombe, Bournemouth
    >BH1 4AP
    >Tel: 01202 391319
    >www.hcontrst.f9.co.uk
  • Lantra (National training organisation for the land based sector)
    >Lantra Connect, National Agricultural Centre
    >Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 2LG
    >Tel: 0345 078007
    >www.lantra.co.uk
  • Landlife
    >National Wildflower Centre
    >Court Hey Park, Liverpool L16 3NA
    >Tel: 0150 737 1819
    >www.landlife.org.uk
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
    >Information helpline: 0645 335577
    >www.maff.gov.uk
  • Plantlife
    >21 Elizabeth Street, London SW1W 9RD
    >Tel: 020 7808 0100
    >www.plantlife.org.uk
  • Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
    >The Lodge, Sandy, Beds SG19 2DL
    >Tel: 01767 680551
    >www.rspb.org.uk
  • Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)
    >SEPA Corporate Office
    >Erskine Court, Castle Business Park
    >Stirling FK9 4TR
    >Tel: 01786 457700
    >Emergency hotline: 0800 807060
    >www.sepa.org.uk
  • Scottish Natural Heritage
    >12 Hope Terrace, Edinburgh EH9 2AS
    >Tel: 0131 447 4784
    >www.snh.org.uk
  • Shell Better Britain Campaign
    >King Edward House
    >135a New Street
    >Birmingham B2 4QJ
    >Tel: 0121 248 5900
    >www.sbbc.co.uk
  • Sustrans Ltd
    >35 King Street
    >Bristol
    >BS1 4DZ
    >Tel: 0117 926 8893
    >www.sustrans.org.uk
  • Thrive (formerly Horticultural Therapy)
    >The Geoffrey Udall Centre
    >Beech Hill, Reading RG7 2AT
    >Tel: 01189 885688
    >www.thrive.org.uk
  • The Tree Advice Trust
    >Arboricultural Advisory and Information Service
    >Alice Holt Lodge, Wrecclesham
    >Farnham, Surrey GU10 4LH
    >Tree Helpline: 0897 161147
    >www.treeadviceservice.org.uk
  • Tree Council
    >51 Catherine Place, London SW1E 6DY
    >Tel: 020 7828 9928
    >www.treecouncil.org.uk
  • Vincent Wildlife Trust
    >3 and 4 Bronsil Courtyard
    >Eastnor, Ledbury
    >Herts HR8 1EP
    >Tel: 01531 636441
    >www.vwt.org.uk
  • WWF-UK
    >Panda House, Weyside Park, Godalming
    >Surrey GU7 1XR
    >Tel: 01483 426444
    >www.wwf.org
  • Woodland Trust
    >Autumn Park, Grantham, Lincolnshire NG31 6LL
    >Tel: 01476 581111
    >www.woodland-trust.org.uk
  • British Reed Growers' Association
    >c/o Francis Hornor and Son, Old Bank of
    >England Court, Queen Street, Norwich NR2 4TA
    >British Waterways
    >Head Office
    >Willow Grange, Church Road, Watford WD1 4QA
    >Tel: 01923 201120
    >www.britishwaterways.co.uk
  • Centre for Aquatic Plant Management
    >Broadmoor Lane, Sonning, Reading RG4 6TH
    >Tel: 0118 969 0072
    >www.capm.org.uk
  • Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (9 regional centres in the UK)
    >Tel: 01487 772400
    >www.ceh.ac.uk
  • Froglife
    >Mansion House, 27-28 Market Place
    >Halesworth IP19 8AY
    >Tel: 01986 873733
    >www.froglife.fsnet.co.uk
  • Inland Waterways Association
    >PO Box 114, Rickmansworth WD3 1ZY
    >www.waterways.org.uk
  • National Federation of Anglers
    >Halliday House, Egginton Junction
    >Derbyshire DE65 6GU
    >Tel:01283 734735
    >www.the-nfa.org.uk
  • Pond Conservation
    >c/o Oxford Brookes University
    >Gipsy Lane, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP
    >Tel: 01865 483114
    >www.pondconservation.org.uk
  • River Restoration Centre
    >Silsoe Campus, Silsoe, Bedfordshire MK45 4DY
    >Tel: 01525 863341
    >www.aecw.demon.co.uk/rrc/rrc.htm
  • Waterway Recovery Group
    >PO Box 114, Rickmansworth WD3 1ZY
    >Tel: 01923 711114
    >www.wrg.org.uk
  • Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
    >WWT Slimbridge, Glos
    >GL2 7BT
    >Tel: 01453 891900
    >www.wwt.org.uk

Websites

In addition to those given above, a few more of the many relevant sites on the web are listed below:


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