Grant or payment · England
Upstream Thinking - Bristol Water catchments
Free advice and grants for work that cuts diffuse pollution into four drinking water catchments, such as riparian fencing, water troughs, ponds, scrapes, hedges and buffers.
- From
- Bristol Water / South West Water, delivered by Bristol Avon Rivers Trust
- How much
- Not published; set after a farm adviser visit.
- Who can apply
- Farmers and landowners in the Chew Valley Reservoir, Blagdon Reservoir, Egford and Forum Spring catchments.
Where it’s available
Land in parts of: Bath and North East Somerset, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Bristol, City of, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Isles of Scilly, North Somerset, Plymouth, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Torbay, Wiltshire. The finder checks your exact land.
What you’ll need
- Land inside one of the four target catchments (check the map on the BART page)
How to apply
- Fill in the online Upstream Thinking form on the Bristol Avon Rivers Trust page
- Or contact [email protected] / 07942 285094
- A BART farm adviser will contact you
BART page posted 11 February 2026. Part of UST4 (2025-2030).
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Checked against the official pages on 29 October 2026. Sources: 1, 2. Always read the official page before you apply.