Windermere and Leven: Action Table

The development of a long-term plan for Windermere and the Leven catchment is now being led by the Love Windermere Partnership. You can follow updates on their website.

The actions below have been developed around the themes of the partnership, however, it is recognised that the themes interlink and many partners, businesses and local communities can help us to deliver these objectives. Each of the actions below is of equal importance: they are not prioritised.

Our action tables are always a ‘work in progress’ which are continually expanding and changing to reflect the needs of the catchment. Please let us know if you think there are any additional actions we need to include via our contact form.

Further information on how we will monitor these actions can be found in our Monitoring Plan.

Action Status Catchment Theme Partners
Cark-in-Cartmel package plant installation In Progress Windermere and Leven Water Quality United Utilities View
Reducing phosphate inputs from septic tanks using innovative technology In Progress Windermere and Leven Water Quality South Cumbria Rivers Trust View
Troutbeck Embankment Removal and Wetland Creation Completed Windermere and Leven Flood & Drought Resilience and Habitat & Wildlife National Trust, Natural England and South Cumbria Rivers Trust View
Large Woody Debris Installation on Bell Beck, Troutbeck Bridge Completed Windermere and Leven Flood & Drought Resilience and Habitat & Wildlife South Cumbria Rivers Trust, Cumbria County Council and Environment Agency View
NFM scoping on becks around Hawkshead Completed Windermere and Leven Flood & Drought Resilience and Habitat & Wildlife South Cumbria Rivers Trust, Cumbria County Council and National Trust View
Esthwaite Catchment Improvement Project In Progress Windermere and Leven Habitat & Wildlife and Water Quality South Cumbria Rivers Trust, United Utilities View
Grange Over Sands Scoping Flood Risk Reduction Options Array Windermere and Leven Flood & Drought Resilience Environment Agency, Cumbria County Council and Forestry Commission View
River Eea Walkover Surveys Array Windermere and Leven Flood & Drought Resilience, Habitat & Wildlife and Natural Channel Systems South Cumbria Rivers Trust, Environment Agency View
Outgate Wastewater Treatment Works Completed Windermere and Leven Water Quality United Utilities View
Ulverston Wastewater Treatment Works Completed Windermere and Leven Water Quality United Utilities View
Ambleside Wastewater Treatment Works Completed Windermere and Leven Water Quality United Utilities View
Windermere Wastewater Treatment Works Completed Windermere and Leven Water Quality United Utilities View
CFINNs Pathways Research Completed Windermere and Leven Evidence Innovation & Monitoring and Invasive Species South Cumbria Catchment Management Group, University of Cumbria View
More to Explore Project In Progress Windermere and Leven Widespread Engagement Morecambe Bay Partnership, Cumbria County Council, Natural England and South Cumbria Rivers Trust View
Windermere Catchment Strategy In Progress Windermere and Leven Water Quality United Utilities View
Widespread bio-security In Progress Bela, Coniston and Crake, Duddon, Kent and Windermere and Leven Invasive Species South Cumbria Rivers Trust, Environment Agency, Lake District National Park Authority, National Trust and Natural England View
South Cumbria Signal Crayfish Control Array Windermere and Leven Evidence Innovation & Monitoring and Invasive Species South Cumbria Rivers Trust View
Rural NFM Officer Proposed Bela, Coniston and Crake, Duddon, Kent and Windermere and Leven Evidence Innovation & Monitoring, Flood & Drought Resilience and Widespread Engagement South Cumbria Rivers Trust, Cumbria Wildlife Trust, Environment Agency, Natural England and United Utilities View
Brathay/ Little Langdale Habitat Improvements Array Windermere and Leven Evidence Innovation & Monitoring, Habitat & Wildlife and Water Quality South Cumbria Rivers Trust, National Trust View
Elterwater Paleo-channel Reconnection Completed Windermere and Leven Habitat & Wildlife and Invasive Species South Cumbria Rivers Trust, Natural England View
Poaka & Pennington Catchment Assessments In Progress Windermere and Leven Evidence Innovation & Monitoring and Water Quality South Cumbria Rivers Trust, Environment Agency, Natural England and United Utilities View
Deliver Routes to Resilience Programme Completed Coniston and Crake, Duddon, Kent and Windermere and Leven Flood & Drought Resilience and Widespread Engagement Lake District National Park Authority View
Ensure Housing Development in Ulverston Meets the Needs of the Environment In Progress Windermere and Leven Flood & Drought Resilience and Natural Channel Systems Cumbria County Council, Housing Developers and South Cumbria Rivers Trust View
Investigate Options for Improving Great Langdale Beck Proposed Windermere and Leven Flood & Drought Resilience, Habitat & Wildlife and Natural Channel Systems National Trust, South Cumbria Rivers Trust View
Investigate reasons for failure in Dragley Beck and Gleaston Beck Proposed Windermere and Leven Evidence Innovation & Monitoring and Water Quality Environment Agency, United Utilities View
Target pollution sources in Grasmere In Progress Windermere and Leven Water Quality United Utilities View
Catchment Management of Phosphorus at Blelham Tarn Proposed Windermere and Leven Water Quality South Cumbria Rivers Trust, National Trust, Natural England and United Utilities View
Deliver the Elterwater Restoration Project In Progress Windermere and Leven Evidence Innovation & Monitoring and Water Quality South Cumbria Rivers Trust, Environment Agency and United Utilities View
Tackling Diffuse Pollution Across Windermere Catchment Proposed Windermere and Leven Evidence Innovation & Monitoring, Water Quality and Widespread Engagement United Utilities, Environment Agency and South Cumbria Rivers Trust View
Restoration of Reedbed Habitat and Extent Proposed Windermere and Leven Habitat & Wildlife and Water Quality South Cumbria Rivers Trust, Freshwater Biological Association, Lake District National Park Authority, National Trust and RSPB View
Rusland Horizons HLF Project Completed Coniston and Crake and Windermere and Leven Habitat & Wildlife and Widespread Engagement Lake District National Park Authority, Forestry Commission and Natural England View
Value and identify ecosystem services payments In Progress Coniston and Crake, Duddon, Kent and Windermere and Leven Evidence Innovation & Monitoring Lake District National Park Authority, Farming and Forestry Task Force (LDNPP), Forestry Commission, Lake District National Park Partnership, Natural England, Nurture Lakeland, RSPB and United Utilities View
Agree a model for landscape and environment change assessment In Progress Coniston and Crake, Duddon, Kent and Windermere and Leven Evidence Innovation & Monitoring Friends of the Lake District, Lake District National Park Authority, Lake District National Park Partnership, National Trust and Natural England View
Control Invasive Non-Native Species In Progress Bela, Coniston and Crake, Kent and Windermere and Leven Invasive Species and Widespread Engagement South Cumbria Rivers Trust, Environment Agency, Kent Invasives Group, National Trust and Natural England View
Pilot to collate datasets on priority habitats In Progress Coniston and Crake, Duddon, Kent and Windermere and Leven Evidence Innovation & Monitoring and Habitat & Wildlife Cumbria Local Nature Partnership, Lake District National Park Partnership View
Back On Our Map Project Completed Bela, Coniston and Crake, Duddon, Kent and Windermere and Leven Evidence Innovation & Monitoring, Habitat & Wildlife and Widespread Engagement University of Cumbria, Butterfly Conservation, Cumbria Wildlife Trust, Forestry England, Morecambe Bay Partnership, National Trust, Natural England, RSPB and Woodland Trust View
Peatland Restoration Proposed Kent and Windermere and Leven Evidence Innovation & Monitoring, Flood & Drought Resilience, Habitat & Wildlife and Water Quality Cumbria Wildlife Trust View
Implement the freshwater pearl mussel captive breeding programme In Progress Kent and Windermere and Leven Evidence Innovation & Monitoring and Habitat & Wildlife Freshwater Biological Association, South Cumbria Rivers Trust View
Deliver the restoring freshwater pearl mussel project Completed Kent and Windermere and Leven Habitat & Wildlife, Natural Channel Systems, Water Quality and Widespread Engagement South Cumbria Rivers Trust, Biffa Award, Environment Agency, Freshwater Biological Association and Natural England View