]> 2026-04-12T04:16:34+00:00 Case study:Heybarnes Recreation Ground Cole Restoration 500 en Approved Enviornment Agency University of Birmingham Ebsford Environmental Ltd Great Britain EA WEIF WMCA Community Green Grant University of Birmingham Yes No Yes false River Cole gravel install.jpg Project Environmental mitigation.png River Cole Comparison.png Yes 52.46797,-1.83142 Emily Ebsford Environmental Ltd Farrell ,, ,,, Baseline MoRPh10 survey undertaken in June 2022. Data available on Cartographer website Post-project MoRPh10 survey to be undertaken in summer 2025 28211 Enviornment Agency, University of Birmingham River Cole project picture complete.jpg Complete The River Cole is 34km in length, rising in northeast Worcestershire then flowing in a north easterly direction through Birmingham before joining the River Blythe in North Warwickshire. During the late Victorian era a section of the river in east Birmingham was diverted into a gun-barrel straight, engineered millstream and the original river was lost. During the summer of 2024 we undertook a project to transform a 1km section of this featureless millstream to allow it to behave more like a naturally functioning river. By re-profiling the banks and introducing a range of features including mid-channel bars, inset berms, large woody material and gravels we have kick started natural process. By making space for the river the forces of erosion and deposition, previously shackled, have now been freed. These introduced features will transform the uniform flow of this subreach with the development of pool-riffle sequences and flow variability. With time this engineered Victorian millstream will begin to resemble the original sinuous river that it replaced over 100 years ago. Heybarnes Recreation Ground Cole Restoration heybarnes recreation ground cole restoration Yes 970 Tame Anker and Mease Humber R Cole from Springfield to Hatchford-Kingshurst Brook r cole from springfield to hatchford-kingshurst brook Heybarnes Recreation Ground heybarnes recreation ground Brown trout (Salmo trutta) bullhead (Cottus gobio) 10 - 100 km² 154 100 - 200 m R Cole from Springfield to Hatchford-Kingshurst Brook GB104028042502 Flood risk management Habitat and biodiversity Hydromorphology Land use management - agriculture Water quality 100 - 500 k€ GB104028042502 Cole from Springfield to Hatchford-Kingshurst Brook Water Body 2024-08-09Z 2460531.5 2024-06-24Z 2460485.5 2024-10-29T12:52:33Z 2460613.0364931 2024-11-21T12:27:31Z 2460636.0191088 Heybarnes Recreation Ground Cole Restoration 500 1 plainlist 5 [[Category:Case study]] [[Project title::!Heybarnes Recreation Ground Cole Restoration]] [[Subcatchment title::R Cole from Springfield to Hatchford-Kingshurst Brook]] Heybarnes Recreation Ground Cole Restoration# QUERY9be50f6e42cd557e2ce341017aaeff7f