In recent years, particularly during COVID Lockdowns, the estuary has been used increasingly for swimming and other recreational uses such as by SUPers, kayakers, etc. For example, there has been a Bantham ‘Swoosh’ involving over 1000 swimmers from the Outdoor...
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Avon Estuary: Bantham -Aveton Gifford swim events 2022
For details see file: Bantham Swim Events 2022 Overview
Dates of Bantham ‘SWOOSH’ and new Bantham ‘BOOMERANG’ announced for 2022
Swimming events organised by the Outdoor Swimming Society were abandoned during the COVID pandemic but will return in 2022. Other estuary users should be aware of potential dangers to themselves and to the swimmers during these events involving hundreds of swimmers....
AVON ESTUARY-CROWDED WATERS
At an extraordinary meeting of the Avon Estuary Forum on 16th Feb 2021, the issue of the explosion in the popularity of walking along the estuary bed, of outdoor swimming and in the use of SUPs, canoes and kayaks was addressed. It was agreed:- 1. the buoys and...
CROWDED WATERS
The Avon (Aune) Estuary is a priceless environmental asset. It is a County Wildlife Site and Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) with its shallow waters, extensive mudflats, and saltmarshes. All of these features are of exceptional ecological value to important...
Recreational risks from river & estuary pollution of the Devon Avon (Aune)
The ACA has long been concerned about the potential hazards of recreational use of the Avon Estuary, despite it being swept by tides twice per day (>ECOLOGY>WATER QUALITY). The Sewage Treatment Works at Aveton Gifford and other sources of pollution, as...
A report from the Avon Estuary Forum of 3rd March 2020
The Avon Estuary Forum (AEF) is a biannual meeting of all those agencies and individuals with a relevant interest although discussions often include upstream matters that might affect the estuary. The Forum is usually held in Thurlestone Parish Hall and anybody is...
OUTDOOR SWIMMING EVENTS – AVON ESTUARY
A message from the Outdoor swimming Society:- We wanted to once again notify you of the Swoosh swimming event which will be taking place on Saturday 4 July 2020 with swimmers entering the water at Aveton Gifford from 6am and exiting at Bantham Beach by 9:15am. We are...
Bantham ‘Swoosh’ event in the estuary – take note, please, boat owners!
We wanted to once again notify you of the Swoosh swimming event which will be taking place on Saturday 6th July 2019 with swimmers entering the water at Aveton Gifford from 9.20am and exiting at Bantham Beach by 12.05pm. We are once again working very closely with...
AVON ESTUARY WATER QUALITY
Click on the following link for an updated message about the estuary's water quality, biosecurity, etc. Water quality - November 2018e
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