]> 2026-04-04T21:41:00+00:00 Case study:Babingley River at Hillington 500 en Norfolk Rivers Trust Article Approved Creation of wooden deflectors Habitat diversification Cleaning of spawning gravels Yes Yes No No Improvement No Yes Fish: Abundance,Yes,Yes,No,Yes,No,Improvement Invertebrates: Taxonomic composition,Yes,Yes,Yes,No,No,Improvement Macrophytes,No,Yes,No,Yes,No,Improvement Fish: Abundance Invertebrates: Taxonomic composition Macrophytes Yes No Channel narrowing Adding sinuosity Removal of sluice gates Creation of fish passes Channel naturalisation Environment Agency Great Britain Total cost: €695.00. Environment Agency and Hillington Fly Fishing Club Yes No Yes false Babingley Aug2006pre.JPG Babingley August2007culvert.JPG Babingley Aug2007Rockrolls.JPG Babingley Feb2007Deflectors.JPG Babingley Aug2007Deflectors.JPG Babingley Feb2007trout.JPG Babingley Sept2007post.JPG Before Works - April 2006 Culvert and sluice boards - Aug 2007 Pool and traverse fish pass - Aug 2007 Deflectors used to concentrate flow - Feb 2007 Deflector boards after 6 months - Aug 2007 Brown trout present - Feb 2007 Post Works - Sept 2007 No 52.80731,0.56183809999993 Andy Environment Agency Sadler Creation of wooden deflectors, Habitat diversification, Cleaning of spawning gravels,Riparian planting,,Channel narrowing, Adding sinuosity, Removal of sluice gates, Creation of fish passes, Channel naturalisation, ,,, 5969 Babingley River at Hillington 2007-02-01Z 2454132.5 P9040007.JPG 2006 2453736.5 Complete The Babingley River rises from chalk springs above the villages of Flitcham and Hillington in North West Norfolk. The Hillington site is located close to the source and includes an impounded online lake known as the ‘Broadwater’. The aim of the project was to revert 420m of lake back to river in order to improve the water quality, remove barriers to fish and eel passage and provide additional spawning habitat for wild brown trout (Salmo trutta). Sluice boards (1.15m high) at the downstream extent of the site were removed resulting in the lowering of the water level. This concentrated the flow and enabled the river to cut a new channel that would be more sustainable in the long term. Deflectors were installed in the downstream extent of the reach (where gradient and flow velocities were less) to concentrate flow further and enable the river to continue cutting a channel into the newly exposed silt. Improvements in water quality as a result of the work created better habitat and spawning grounds and the removal of the sluice boards allowed free passage for fish to access these areas. However, lowering the water level created a barrier at the upstream weir, which had to be addressed using a pool and traverse fish easement created with rock rolls. Babingley River at Hillington babingley river at hillington No 420 North West Norfolk Anglian Riparian planting Babingley River babingley river Babingley River at Hillington babingley river at hillington Brown trout (Salmo trutta) 10 - 100 km² 103 100 - 200 m Babingley River GB105033047620 Fisheries Less than 1 k€ GB105033047620 2013-07-08T11:11:44Z 2456481.9664815 2017-06-05T10:00:09Z 2457909.9167708 Babingley River at Hillington 500 1 plainlist 5 [[Category:Case study]] [[Project title::!Babingley River at Hillington]] [[Subcatchment title::Babingley River]] Babingley River at Hillington# QUERY03af4ced6576c2d5f9724a37e52025b0