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River Stour Trust (RST)

The UK has five rivers that bear the name River Stour and the other four are:

Wiltshire and Dorset - 64 miles - mouth being into the English Channel
Kent - 57 miles - to the North Sea
Oxfordshire but mainly Warwickshire - 36 miles - mouth being the Avon at Stratford-upon-Avon
Staffordshire though primarily Worcestershire - 25 miles - runs to the River Severn at Stourport-on-Severn

This particular one is 47 long miles long and has its source near Wratting Common, Cambridgeshire (RAF station: 1943-1946). Its mouth is at Harwich, Essex, where it enters the North Sea.

Once the river leaves Cambridgeshire it flows into Suffolk. Between Sturmer and Wixoe the river's banks alter with the north still being in Suffolk; however the south is in Essex. From that point until Cattawade, Suffolk (village near Manningtree, Essex) the river does occasionally have both banks in Suffolk though soon it splits back to both counties.

When one thinks of the river the thought of the painters Thomas Gainsborough and John Constable can spring to mind. Their landscape work does speak for itself.

RST was founded in 1968 and acts, from Sudbury to Cattawade, to restore the waterway so that it can be enjoyed by not only people, but also wildlife, plants, etc. I'm a member of the Trust and instead of me writing more information you can see their site.

To raise money they do several things, with one being events. In some of those I photograph people involved and the RST receive, from me, a donation of 20% from any purchase made. The main event is Sudbury to the Sea (S2C), held in mid September.

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