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Yorkshire Water catchment and Beyond Nature work
Beyond Nature supports tenant farmers on Yorkshire Water land, and the company funds catchment and farming officers who advise farmers.
- From
- Yorkshire Water
- How much
- No open farmer grant found.
- Who can apply
- Tenants of Yorkshire Water land; farmers in catchments with funded officers (Aire, Don, Calder; Nidderdale).
Where it’s available
Land in parts of: Barnsley, Bradford, Calderdale, Doncaster, East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, City of, Kirklees, Lancashire, Leeds, North Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, Rotherham, Sheffield, Wakefield, York. The finder checks your exact land.
How to apply
- Contact Yorkshire Water's Beyond Nature team or your local catchment officer
Unclear: We found no current Yorkshire Water grant for farmers off its own land. Yorkshire Water funds a full-time Nidderdale National Landscape Beyond Nature Farming Officer from April 2025 for five years (council report, January 2025).
Similar schemes
- Bespoke Water Quality Improvement Projects Scheme OpenThames WaterLarger contributions for farm projects that bring big, long-term water quality improvements.
- Catchment Fund OpenThames Water · Closes 30 November 2026Part-funding for farm work that cuts nitrate and herbicide pollution of drinking water sources in priority catchments.
- River Health and Community Fund OpenThames WaterGrants for community projects that engage people with rivers or improve them.
- River Stour Phosphorus Reduction Scheme OpenWessex WaterAnnual payments and one-off funding for farm changes that cut phosphorus run-off, such as arable reversion to grass, herbal leys, buffer strips, beetle banks, hedges, trees and wetlands.
- STEPS 2026 (Severn Trent Environmental Protection Scheme) OpenSevern Trent · Closes 11 December 2026Grants for soil health, soil structure, watercourse protection, better use of inputs, livestock management and keeping soil and nutrients in the field, plus a Farmer Innovation option.
- Tone, Parrett and Yeo Phosphorus Reduction Scheme OpenWessex WaterAnnual payments for farm changes that cut phosphorus run-off in the Somerset Tone, Parrett and Yeo sub-catchments.
Checked against the official pages on 29 October 2026. Sources: 1, 2, 3. Always read the official page before you apply.