Case study:The Barge Walk, Hampton Court

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Location: 51° 23' 40.55" N, 0° 19' 52.25" W

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Status	Planned
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Themes	Habitat and biodiversity
Country	England
Main contact forename	Jason
Main contact surname	Debney
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Contact organisation	London Borough of Richmond
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Partner organisations	Thames Landscape Strategy, HR Palaces, LB Richmond, EA, Swingbridge II Surrey Care Trust, Richmond & Surrey Community Pay Back
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This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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Floodplain restoration and making space for water, as well as reedbed creation and the creation of wetland and grass habitat. Removal of invasive species (himalayan balsam control and self-sown sycamore removal). Floodplain restoration, reedbed and wetland and grass habitat creation.

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2009: 10-20 volunteer and community pay back days to remove invasive species (as mentioned above) including reedback/sedge planting. Management plan is in place.

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Catchment and subcatchment Select a catchment/subcatchment Edit the catchment and subcatchment details (affects all case studies in this subcatchment) Catchment River basin district Thames River basin Maidenhead to Sunbury Subcatchment River name Thames (Egham to Teddington) Area category 1000 - 10000 km² Area (km2) Maximum altitude category Less than 100 m Maximum altitude (m) 7171 m <br />0.071 km <br />7,100 cm <br /> Dominant geology Calcareous Ecoregion Great Britain Dominant land cover Suburban Waterbody ID GB106039023232 Other case studies in this subcatchment: Broom Road Recreation Ground, Chertsey meads, Hampton Court Palace, Hurst Park, Teddington Wharf Site Edit site Name WFD water body codes GB106039023232 WFD (national) typology WFD water body name Pre-project morphology Reference morphology Desired post project morphology Heavily modified water body No National/international site designation Local/regional site designations Protected species present No Invasive species present No Species of interest Dominant hydrology Dominant substrate River corridor land use Average bankfull channel width category Average bankfull channel width (m) Average bankfull channel depth category Average bankfull channel depth (m) Mean discharge category Mean annual discharge (m3/s) Average channel gradient category Average channel gradient Average unit stream power (W/m2) Project background Edit project background Reach length directly affected (m) 1000 m1 km <br />100,000 cm <br /> Project started 2011/01/01 Works started Works completed Project completed Total cost category Total cost (k€) Benefit to cost ratio Funding sources Cost for project phases Phase cost category cost exact (k€) Lead organisation Contact forename Contact surname Investigation and design Stakeholder engagement and communication Works and works supervision Post-project management and maintenance Monitoring Reasons for river restoration Edit reasons for restoration Mitigation of a pressure Invasive species Hydromorphology Biology Physico-chemical Other reasons for the project Landscape enhancement Measures Edit Measures Structural measures Bank/bed modifications Floodplain / River corridor Creation of wetland, Habitat creation, Creation of reedbed Planform / Channel pattern Other Non-structural measures Management interventions Social measures (incl. engagement) Other Monitoring Hydromorphological quality elements Edit Hydromorphological quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Biological quality elements Edit biological quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Physico-chemical quality elements Edit Physico-chemical quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Any other monitoring, e.g. social, economic Edit Other responses Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Monitoring documents Upload monitoring documents Additional documents and videos Upload additional documents Additional links and references Edit links and references Link Description Supplementary Information Edit Supplementary Information