Alde & Ore Association AGM

The AGM of the Alde and Ore Association
Final report of the Alde and Ore Futures Project
Final AGM of the Estuary Planning Partnership
Launch of the Alde & Ore Estuary Partnership

The Association's AGM was held on Thursday 17 May 2012 at 3pm in Orford Town Hall, followed by the final meetings of Alde and Ore Futures and the Estuary Planning Partnership and the launch of the Alde & Ore Estuary Partnership. A recorded address by Richard Benyon MP was screened during the meeting.

Click here to download the agenda and documents for the meeting:

AGM Agenda (PDF)
Trustees Report (PDF)
A&O Futures Overview (PDF)
EPP Chairman's Report (PDF)
AOEP Interim Constitution (PDF)
AOEP press release (PDF)

Welcome

The Alde & Ore Association exists to preserve and protect for the public benefit the Alde, Ore and Butley Creek rivers and their banks from Shingle Street to their tidal limits and such of the land adjoining them or upstream as may be considered to affect them, together with the features of beauty and of historic or public interest in the area.

The valley of the River Alde has long been an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the estuary is protected by a number of national and international designations. It is this beguiling spot which the Alde & Ore Association is determined to protect and preserve.

The River Ore flows from Shingle Street at the mouth past the RSPB bird reserve on Havergate Island and the historic medieval town of Orford. The River then becomes the Alde and flows past Aldeburgh and Iken reaching Snape home of Benjamin Britten’s internationally famous Snape Maltings Concert Hall. On the seaward side it is bounded by Orfordness, now owned by the National Trust, with some of the most significant coastal marshland sites for birds and flora in Europe.

We would like to encourage everyone, whether you are a resident or visitor to this area, whether you are a fisherman, sailor, birdwatcher, golfer, rider or just come to enjoy the culture at Snape, to join the Association and help us ensure that this remains ‘an exceptional slice of English landscape’.

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MPs report on Flood Risk Management in England
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ABI highlights the serious flood risk facing communities in England and Wales
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Consultation on the Alde and Ore Futures Framework Action Plan
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Alde and Ore Futures Winter 2011 newsletter
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River Defence Committee

For all the latest information and reports on the activity of the River Defence Committee
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Publications

Walk the Banks of the Alde and Ore - to get your copy of this excellent booklet and view the featured walk
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Butley Ferry

The Butley Ferry is operated by volunteers organised by the Alde and Ore Association.To find out when the Ferry operates or how to volunteer. Details >