OWLP PP Presentation May 2014_for blog

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Ouse Washes: The Heart of the Fens

Landscape Partnership scheme

(OWLP)

Image: Kite Aerial Photography by Bill Blake Heritage Documentation

OWLP: The area we cover

Left: 5 Districts covered by scheme

Right:

Topography

Images by

Sheils Flynn, for OWLP

OWLP: The area’s multiple layers of heritage

Images: Bill Blake Heritage Documentation; Cambridgeshire ACRE;

Cambridgeshire Archives; Valence House Museum; Pete Johnstone; flickriver.com; Norfolk Our World Ltd; RSPB

OWLP: The area’s multiple layers of heritage

Engineering History

Natural Assets

Historic Assets

Cultural Heritage

Images: Bill Blake Heritage Documentation; Cambridgeshire ACRE;

Cambridgeshire Archives; Valence House Museum; Pete Johnstone; flickriver.com; Norfolk Our World Ltd; RSPB

What makes the OWLP area special?

Word cloud, showing what makes this area distinct and special

About Landscape Partnership schemes

• Overarching aim : to provide grants for the conservation and enjoyment of areas of distinctive landscape character throughout UK

Image: Patricia Kreyer

About Landscape Partnership schemes

• Partnership working : local, regional and national organisations with a range of interests in the area

• Portfolio of projects , each delivering multiple benefits

Images: Norfolk Our World Ltd; The Field Theatre Group Littleport;

Google images

About Landscape Partnership schemes

• Delivery across all 4 HLF Programmes

Conservation

Training

25

Projects

Community

Participation

Access & Learning

OWLP scheme: 26 Key Partners [+ Wider Forum]

Rosmini Centre

Diocese of Ely

Fen Skating

Association

Manea & Welney District

Drainage Commissioners

Fen Museum Partnership

Mike Petty

Cambridgeshire Association for Local History

Cambridge Archaeological Unit

OWLP: Where we are

2011/2012: stage 1 bid

2013:

Project

Development

March 2014:

Stage 2 bid granted

April 2014 –

March 2017:

Delivery

OWLP: Addressing the area’s needs

Key needs/issues identified:

• Divided management

• Lack of Tourism Promotion

• Low levels of Engagement

“A Mapp of ye Great Levell of ye Fenns extending into ye countyes of

Northampton, Norfolk, Suffolke, Lyncolne, Cambridge and Huntingdon and the Isle of Ely as it is now drained.’ By Jonas Moore. Plan of the Bedford

Level showing the principal drainage channels built by the Bedford

Corporation and the location of Adventurers’ land [c. 1700]. Courtesy of

Wisbech and Fenland Museum (© Cambridgeshire Archives).

OWLP: Addressing the area’s needs

• Divided management

 Strengthen Partnership Working - across all land use interests

Agriculture

Water

Management

OWLP

Landscape

Community &

Recreation

Conservation

OWLP: Addressing the area’s needs

• Divided management

 Strengthen Partnership Working – liaise with related partnership initiatives

Fens for the Future Partnership &

Great Ouse Wetland Vision.

Image by Sheils Flynn, for OWLP

OWLP: Addressing the area’s needs

• Divided management

• Lack of Tourism Promotion

 Promote Area as a Visitor Destination

Image: Kite Aerial

Photography by Bill Blake

Heritage Documentation

OWLP: Addressing the area’s needs

• Divided management

• Lack of Tourism Promotion

• Low levels of Engagement

 Leave a legacy of community engagement

OWLP scheme: Our Target Audiences

People who are uninspired by the landscape

Young people and families

&

Incomers and new communities

Heritage supporters

Farmers and land owners

Deprived communities

Migrant communities

Visitors

OWLP scheme: Our Themes

Water Everywhere

• Water defines the Ouse Washes landscape

Hidden heritage

• The heritage of the Ouse Washes landscape is largely unknown or ‘hidden’

Migration stories

• Movement and migration are key elements of the landscape

Famed Figures

• The landscape is full of fascinating stories about real and imaginary people

Future Heritage

• The future of the landscape is uncertain, with increasing demands on its resources

OWLP scheme: The partnership’s 25 Projects

Great Ouse Wetland Engagement

Barn Owl Recovery

Species Identification

& Monitoring

Community

Warden

Scheme

Ditch Management to the

East of the Ouse Washes

Image by Sheils Flynn, for OWLP

Wildlife Friendly

Farming in the Fens

Giving Nature a Home at Fen Drayton Lakes

OWLP scheme: The partnership’s 25 Projects

Image by Sheils Flynn, for OWLP

Improvements to

Denver Sluice

Complex

Ouse Washes

Community

Ouse

Archaeology

Community

Murals

Hidden Story Trails

Fen Folk, Legends and Heroes

Manea Community

Conservation Project

Migrant Links

Wind, Steam and

Diesel for the Ouse

Washes

Tales of Water,

Wildfowl and

Water

Skating around the Fens

Community Kite

Aerial

Photography

OWLP scheme: The partnership’s 25 Projects

Image by Sheils Flynn, for OWLP

Opening up the Ouse

Washes to All

Ouse Washes Festival

Fortnight

Ouse Washes

Annual Conference

Managing the Ouse

Washes in the Future

Ouse Washes

Tourism Promotion

Community

Heritage Fund –

Small Grants

Ouse Washes

Volunteer Training &

Marketplace

Find out more:

Blog : http://ousewasheslps.wordpress.com/

@ousewasheslp

Dedicated OWLP website: July 2014

Or contact the OWLP Programme Manager: mark.nokkert@cambsacre.org.uk

Tel 01353 865030

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