Stratford-upon-Avon’s new local nature reserve is officially opened

TURNING a former tip in Stratford into a nature reserve was always going to be a tricky business.

Especially when the land had been reclaimed by nature – and claimed by a dedicated group of people who wanted that nature protected and undisturbed by more human intrusion.

The Riverside Project has travelled from concept to a revised and revamped concept via protest, campaigns, concerns and onto rather expensive reclamation work.