Bishop's Stortford · Volunteer river group

Our river deserves better.

Save Our Stort is a community of neighbours who meet every four weeks to pull litter from the River Stort and keep the towpath beautiful. No experience needed. Just turn up.

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449neighbours in the group

Every 4 weekscleanups on the towpath

One riverworth protecting together

Keeping the Stort clean, one bag at a time

What started as a handful of people with litter pickers is now a proper community effort. We meet on the towpath, work our way along the water, and leave the river cleaner than we found it.

The Save Our Stort volunteer team on the towpath beside a haul of litter pulled from the river, including a fridge, a bike, a tyre and bags of rubbish

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Cleanups every 4 weeks

Regular meets along the towpath. Bring gloves if you have them, we bring the rest.

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For the wildlife

Less rubbish means safer water for the swans, fish and everything that calls the Stort home.

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A friendly crew

All ages, all welcome. It's good exercise, good company and a genuine difference you can see.

It's simpler than you think

Find the next meet in our Facebook group, come down to the towpath, and lend a hand for an hour or two. That's it. Every pair of hands counts.

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From the towpath

A few moments from recent cleanups. Bikes, trolleys and more than a few surprises, all pulled from the Stort.

A Save Our Stort volunteer collecting litter from a canoe on the River Stort, with another paddler close behind — Out on the water

Simon Baker holding up a five pound note found during a River Stort cleanup, with a recovered bike in his canoe — Every pick turns up a surprise

Simon Baker paddling a canoe loaded with a rusted bike and bags of rubbish cleared from the River Stort — Even a bike or two

Simon's story on the podcast

Simon started Save Our Stort after moving onto a boat and seeing how much rubbish was hidden in the river. Hear the full episode of the Bishop's Stortford Community Podcast.

Simon Baker of Save Our Stort on the Bishop's Stortford Community Podcast

Ready to help save the Stort?

Join 449 neighbours already on board. Come to a cleanup, share the word, or just cheer us on. Bishop's Stortford, let's do better, together.