DON GORGE COMMUNITY GROUP
Registered Charity No: 1121646
Contact:
Liz Reeve, Secretary, Mereliz Cottage, 4 Lower Sprotborough, Doncaster DN5 7NB
Tel: 01302 313030
Sprotbrough Lock
Background
The Don Gorge is an area of outstanding natural beauty to the west of Doncaster in South Yorkshire. As the name implies, the river is bordered on either side by steep limestone cliffs which were carved out over thousands of years by the receding ice flows of the last ice age.
The Gorge is accessed via Boat Lane in Sprotbrough village to the north bank and Mill Lane, Warmsworth to the south bank. Road bridges across the canal and river link both banks and allow access to the Trans-Pennine Trail which extends through the Gorge on the north bank of the river.
For the purposes of this group, The Don Gorge is defined as being the stretch of the River Don west of Doncaster
from the A1(M) motorway in the east to Conisbrough Viaduct in the west.
The group works in conjunction with the Don Gorge Strategic Partnership.
Aims
to promote, for the benefit of the public, the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural
environment of the area known as "The Don Gorge"
and
to advance the education of the public in the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural
environment of the area known as "The Don Gorge"
Management
We have a committee representing all sections of the community, from both the Sprotbrough and Warmsworth sides of the River Don. We welcome suggestions for improving and promoting the area in a sensitive way and would like the local community and visitors to share our responsibility in maintaining what is an area of outstanding natural beauty.
For more information and how to get involved with the Don Gorge Community Group,
contact the group’s secretary, Liz Reeve
Email: lizreeve@dongorgecommunitygroup.com : Telephone: 01302 313030
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Our Work
One of our tasks is to support the Conservation Volunteers and to raise funds to further our work. We have been fortunate in obtaining grants from the following:
South Yorkshire Community Foundation - for an information leaflet
Yorkshire Rural Community Council - to produce the Don Gorge Education Pack
Robin Hood Airport Community Fund - to purchase tools for the Conservation Volunteers
South Yorkshire Flood Fund - to purchase a secure container for tools and other equipment
Tools bought with money from the Robin Hood Airport Community Fund
Sprotbrough Flash Nature Reserve
The River Don and the Canal
Management Committee
Chairman: Bernard Pearson
Secretary: Liz Reeve
Treasurer: Richard Aldridge
DMBC Neighbourhood West: Trevor Heptinstall
Sprotbrough & Cusworth Parish Council: Cllr Allan Jones
Warmsworth Parish Council: Cllr Christine Pattison
Sprotbrough Resident: Steve Swift
Interested Person: Sheila Bury
Warmsworth Resident: Vacant
Interested Person: Vacant
Countryside Ranger/Conservation Volunteer Co-ordinator: Dennis Roe - 01709 864897
Natural Environment Section Partnerships Officer: Vacant - Temporary Contact: Malcolm Beal
