The Friends of the Gumstool Brook
OPEN PUBLIC MEETING 11am Monday 8th June 2026
in the Winstone Room, Corinium Museum, Park Street, Cirencester
Papers and presentations:
Click on titles below to access
Cirencester Town Council – Gemma Stevens
Monitoring Reports – Andy Sworn
Citizen Monitoring & Proposed Citizen Science Automated Network for Cirencester- Neil Edwards
City Bank Nature Reserve River Restoration – Huw Jones
Deteriorating Water Quality, a reflection – Chris Pogson
Overview of Water Conditions – Mike Jones
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The next Public Open Meeting
will be held at 11am
on Thursday 26th November 2026
in the Corinium Museum
MONITORING REPORTS 2026 – (Click on month)
January 2026
February 2026
March 2026
April 2026
May 2026
FOR A COMPLETE RECORD OF ALL YEARS GO TO: Click Here
THAMES WATER LATEST RESERVOIR RESERVES February 2026 – Click here
FLOODING – An essential guide compiled by Friends of Gumstool Brook
– Click HERE and see below (Use scroll bar on right to navigate to second page)
FRESHWATER HABITATS TRUST – Join the Frogspawn Survey – Click here
Papers as presented at the Open Meeting held on Thursday 27th November 2025
CLICK ON TEXT for displays
– Introductory slideshow
– GRCC (Gloucestershire Rural Communities Council). Lucy Eccles
– Cirencester & Church Waterways and Environment Partnership. Jo Burgon
– Dry Summer Water Updates. Dr. Mike Jones
– Technical Sub-Group. John Tiffany
– Monthly Newsletter & Website, resourcing the community. Jenny Rudston
NEW GOVERNMENT WHITE PAPER ‘A new vision for water’
Click here
South Cotswolds Flooding Summit held at the Royal Agricultural University
Saturday 18th October 2025
Flood Summit Report – Click here
Flood Mitigation Report – Click here
CLICK ON EITHER OF THE TWO PICTURES ABOVE OR HERE
FOR A COPY OF THE LAUNCH PRESENTATION
FLOOD WARDENS – Just what do they do?
Nick Bridges reports
– click here
AND CLICK HERE FOR THE RESULTS OF THE GREAT WATER BLITZ
FLOODING & WATER
Perspectives for discussion … March 2025
Click here
We’ve been given a Cirencester Community Award!
Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust –
Views sought over beaver re-introduction in Gloucestershire
What is it?
Mysterious ancient mineral bottle found in Barton Mill Pound
– Click here for the story
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THAMES WATER Abstraction of Water from the Baunton Pumping Station.
Details – N.B. Reductions were first introduced in 2005 and abstraction ceases when flows drop below 32 Ml/d at the Baunton gauging station. A Drought Permit was sought in September 2022 after the long hot summer … but was not required. Click here for information: DROUGHT PERMIT application September 2022
_____________________________________________________Other presentations can be found on our
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