River Nene Regional Park

General information

The River Nene Regional Park is an independent Community Interest Company creating a green infrastructure network of environmental projects extending from Daventry to Peterborough linking the towns of Northampton, Towcester, Wellingborough, Kettering and Corby. This is an independent not for profit organisation that is able to hold assets on behalf of the community. It has to meet certain standards and produce an annual Community Report.

Since the inception of the River Nene Regional Park in 2004 over £20 million pounds has been secured for ongoing investment in this area.

Some of the River Nene Regional Park projects include the award winning Tree Top Way at Salcey Forest, the innovative facilities at Stanwick Lakes and Top Lodge at Fineshade Woods. Funding is also being invested into community projects through the environmental grants scheme focussing on areas identified by the River Nene Regional Park as being key to the environmental network. All of these projects are bringing about change on the ground and enhancing the environmental assets that we already have.

Working with a wide partnership of organisations the River Nene Regional Park is in a strong position to deliver projects around its core themes which include:

•Project enabling

•Placemaking

•The centre of excellence for environmental initiatives and innovation

•The champion for Green Infrastructure across the region

•Enabling carbon offset and addressing climate change

The Vision for the River Nene Regional Park is:
By 2016 the River Nene Regional Park will be an independent, inclusive, reciprocal and beneficial partnership of public, private and third sector members. It will be nationally and internationally recognised as the centre of excellence for the piloting, co-ordination and delivery of regional sustainable development. It will address strategic issues such as climate change, the enhancement of local biodiversity and the innovative development of the environment as an asset for social development, education, leisure & recreation, heritage & cultural activity, and as a primary vehicle of economic regeneration.