About
The Tame Valley Wetlands is a wonderful, watery landscape, located in the heart of the country between Birmingham and Tamworth. These vital wetlands clean up our water, provide us with resources, help to reduce flooding, and give us and wildlife a space to use and enjoy.
The Tame Valley Wetlands Landscape Partnership is led by Warwickshire Wildlife Trust and includes a group of organisations working together to achieve landscape-scale goals for the area.
A small team of staff employed by Warwickshire Wildlife Trust make up the Tame Valley Wetlands team, who work on nature conservation projects throughout the Tame Valley Nature Improvement Area.
Our vision for the future:
"By 2030, the Tame Valley Wetlands will be a high quality, well-known and valued landscape, rich in wildlife, beauty and culture for all to enjoy."
This vision is being led and advocated by the TVWLP. We see this as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reshape the landscape and rekindle the connection between local people and the countryside. By 2030 we can achieve this by taking a landscape-scale approach to conservation.
About The Partnership
The Tame Valley Wetlands Landscape Partnership (TVWLP) was set up in 2005. We promote the area and look for ways to restore and enhance this unique landscape of surprise and beauty in the heart of the Midlands.
Partnership members include local, regional and national bodies.
The Board consists of Warwickshire Wildlife Trust (Lead Partner), Environment Agency, Natural England, North Warwickshire Borough Council, RSPB, Staffordshire Wildlife Trust, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council and Warwickshire County Council.
The Partnership has a wealth of expertise covering a wide range of disciplines, such as conservation, planning, development, community engagement, regeneration and heritage.
Tame Valley Wetlands Nature Improvement Area
The Tame Valley Wetlands is designated as a Nature Improvement Area (NIA) by the Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull Local Nature Partnership.
Although covering a large area of 11,450 hectares across three National Character Areas and three county boundaries, the Tame Valley Wetlands (Landscape Partnership) area has a distinctive feel, with the River Tame and its associated wetland features at its heart.
The River Tame and River Cole and their series of valuable wetlands form the spine running through this landscape. The main Trent Valley Washlands’ characteristics of the area are large, slow flowing rivers within a flat broad valley with gentle slopes. There is a strong influence of urban development, mineral extraction and transport links, shaping the landscape we see today.
The TVWLP has been working in the Tame Valley Wetlands since 2005, achieving much for nature conservation, engagement and regeneration.
In 2014, the Partnership was awarded funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and other sources to run the Tame Valley Wetlands Landscape Partnership Scheme until 2018. This £2.5 million scheme restored built and natural heritage, and reconnected local people with their landscape across the Tame Valley Wetlands.
Since the Landscape Partnership Scheme funding ended, the Tame Valley Wetlands team and its Partnership have continued to work collaboratively, led by Warwickshire Wildlife Trust, to restore nature to the Tame Valley.
Our projects have been supported by various sources including grant funding, donations and volunteer time.