“The Coquet, from its mouth to its source, is one of the most lovely streams in the north of England”

said William Andrew Chatto in his book ‘Rambles in Northumberland and on the Scottish Borders’ published in 1835. And we want to keep it that way.

We’re a collaboration of community groups along the Coquet River who have joined together to help maintain and improve the Coquet River catchment. Along with the Northumberland River’s Trust, we are Women’s Institutes, Parish Councils and environmental groups, aiming to work with our communities, landowners and businesses to look after our unique environment.

We’ve done it! The application to DEFRA by the CRAG Little Shore group for bathing water designation has been successful. See the blog here.

Come and join us at any of our Events.

Upcoming Events

To celebrate acheiving Bathing Water Designation for Amble’s Little Shore Beach, a Big Splash event is taking place at Little Shore on Sunday 24th May. At 11am. The announcement will be made by Fenwick Ridley, Team GB open water and ice swimming competitor, known as the Ice Viking.

Swimmers, dippers, kayakers and paddle boarders are invited to come along and enjoy the beach and meet Fenwick. Everyone is invited to gather on the beach to take part.

For more information and to check out past events, go to our events page.

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Have a look at this video. It was donated to us by Pockets Projects Ltd. It introduces the River Coquet and some of what CRAG is doing.

While we are at it, the header picture was also donated. You can buy a print from our friend Sarah (https://www.sarahfarooqi.co.uk/prints/story-of-the-coquet), who will donate 10% of the payment to CRAG.

Check out these other artistic responses to the River Coquet (Creative responses to the River Coquet).

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CRAG has received funding from The Community Fund. The Community Fund grant was made to Rothbury WI to fund the regular water quality testing on the River Coquet, to promote the set up of a wider umbrella group (CRAG) to coordinate activities and to engage volunteers in the Upper Coquedale valley to spread the reach of the testing. The grant of £3,854 was made by the following trust funds: Local Environmental Action; and The Lawrence Campbell Community First.

Contact us:
Email: coquetriveractiongroup@outlook.com