A Society Dedicated to Preserving and enhancing the environment of the Stour and Orwell AONB

Alton Water is being sympathetically developed for the benefit of nature lovers and for quiet outdoor sporting activities.

There are, however, mounting pressures from several directions:

•  the large-scale housing project at Shotley;

• extensions to the ports of Felixstowe and Harwich;

• and greatly increased over-flying, at much lower levels than before, by commercial aircraft to and from Stansted and Luton Airports.

Stour and Orwell Society

Butt and Oyster, Pin Mill - Erection of decking ........    click to view

AONB Area

Additional Project Area Managed with the AONB

We are fortunate to live in

or near to the Shotley

Peninsula and enjoy its delightful countryside.

The Stour and Orwell rivers are Areas

of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB’s) and other parts of our peninsula are designated as Special Landscape Areas.