Bidwell Brook Partnership – Nurturing the Bidwell Brook and its valley | Dartington and Rattery Local organisations, farms, businesses, and individuals in a collaborative endeavour to create a nature-rich landscape where people and wildlife flourish, clean water flows and farms and businesses thrive.

Local organisations, farms, businesses, and individuals in a collaborative endeavour to create a nature-rich landscape where people and wildlife flourish, clean water flows and farms and businesses thrive.

Prevention of pollution from waste water and sewage
Catchment Sensitive Farming
Habitat Enhancement
Flood and Drought Resilience
Public Awareness and Engagement

The Bidwell Brook

Home to iconic species including otters, kingfishers and, within living memory, brown trout and even salmon. The Brook rises in Rattery and winds its way through the beautiful Bidwell Valley and Dartington, before entering the River Dart at Totnes. Although the Brook is only 9,489km (just under 6 miles) long, it has a catchment area, including its various tributaries, of 13.107 km2/1310.67 ha.

Troubled Waters

Whilst it still looks beautiful in many sections, all is not well with this small but important stretch of water. So, concerned local groups and individuals have come together to form the Bidwell Brook Partnership (BBP) to help conserve, nurture and restore this valuable habitat. Our work has become all the more urgent due to the impact of global warming on local flooding, drought and effects on wildlife.

The beautiful Bidwell Brook

Latest News

Bidwell Brook catchment is now part of West Country Rivers Trust and South West Water’s Upstream Thinking Programme.
The impact of sewage in the Bidwell Brook on a local school was reported on ITV WestCountry.