Case study:Ladywell Fields (QUERCUS)

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Location: 51° 27' 16.31" N, 0° 1' 7.68" W

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Project overview

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Status	Complete
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Themes	Habitat and biodiversity, Social benefits, Monitoring, Hydromorphology
Country	England
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Contact organisation	Environment Agency
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This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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Catchment

River basin district	Thames
River basin	Roding, Beam and Ingrebourne

Subcatchment

River name	Ravensbourne
Area category	10 - 100 km²
Area (km2)
Maximum altitude category	Less than 100 m
Maximum altitude (m)	8888 m <br />0.088 km <br />8,800 cm <br />
Dominant geology	Calcareous
Ecoregion	Great Britain
Dominant land cover	Suburban
Waterbody ID	GB106037028110

Other case studies in this subcatchment: ERCIP - European River Corridor Improvement Plans, The River Ravensbourne (submission for UK Rivers Prize 2016

Site

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Name	Ladywell fields
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Pre-project morphology	Single channel, Straight, Pool-riffle
Reference morphology	Sinuous, Pool-riffle
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Heavily modified water body	true
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Dominant hydrology	Quick run-off
Dominant substrate	Bedrock, Gravel, Silt
River corridor land use	Urban
Average bankfull channel width category	2 - 5 m
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Average bankfull channel depth category	0.5 - 2 m
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Mean annual discharge (m3/s)	0.430.43 m³/s <br />430 l/s <br />
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Project background

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Reach length directly affected (m)	200 m0.2 km <br />20,000 cm <br />
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Works completed	2008/09/01
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Total cost (k€)	400 k€400,000 € <br />
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Funding sources	London Borough of Lewisham, Chester City Council

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Reasons for river restoration

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Mitigation of a pressure	Riparian development
Hydromorphology	Width & depth variation, Structure & condition of riparian zones
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Physico-chemical
Other reasons for the project	Habitat enhancement

Measures

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Structural measures
Bank/bed modifications	Planting, Depth variation, Removal of fencing
Floodplain / River corridor	Creation of backwaters, Creation of terraces, New footpaths
Planform / Channel pattern	Creation of meanders
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Other	Consultation

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Element	When monitored		Type of monitoring		Control site used	Result
	Before measures	After measures	Qualitative	Quantitative
Width & depth variation		Yes	Yes			Improvement
Structure & condition of riparian zones		Yes	Yes			Improvement

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Element	When monitored		Type of monitoring		Control site used	Result
	Before measures	After measures	Qualitative	Quantitative
Public Accessibility	Yes	Yes	Yes			Improvement

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