Sunday morning was a beautiful early autumn morning perfect for the first of this year’s Buckingham River Rinses.
Members of the public, Buckingham Town Council staff, councillors and volunteers from the Stowe Sub Aqua Group met at the University car park ready to start cleaning the stretch of river from Tanlaw Mill up stream to Fishers Field.
Stowe Sub Aqua Group, who have been volunteering for many years on the project, went in the river and pulled out traffic cones, branches, wire baskets, pipes and general litter. Volunteers litter picked along the river bank and as well as general litter, found a tv that had been dumped.
Cllr Robin Stuchbury, Chairman of the Town Centre & Events Committee had the following to say: “another successful day with many different people turning out from within the community, in partnership with Stowe Sub Aqua, the green spaces team, officers and councillors. All working together to improve our river environment again this year. It’s a constant theme of the Council to look after our aquatic wildlife, and great River Great Ouse.”
If you would like to get involved and help keep our stretch of the River Great Ouse free of debris, we will be meeting on Sunday 9th October in the Bourton Park car park, Bourton Road at 10:15am. We will be working from the bridge at the bypass up stream towards the cricket club. Litter pickers, gloves and rubbish bags will be provided.






