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      • RVC01Trent Valley Way
      • RVC02Canal Access
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      • RVC04Gateway to the Trent Valley
      • RVC05Waymarking of Cycle Routes
      • TTTV2Interpretation Programme

      3. Transforming the Landscape

      • TL01Living Floodplains
      • TL02Rolleston Brook Hollows
      • TL03Trans. the Trent Valley’s Heritage
      • TL04Stop! The Military Heritage of the...
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  • Medieval Swarkestone Bridge and the River Trent

    Medieval Swarkestone Bridge and the River Trent
    © 2020 Steven Cheshire(Transforming the Trent Valley)

  • Stop Line No 5 pillbox on the Clay Mills Canal Aqueduct

    Stop Line No 5 pillbox on the Clay Mills Canal Aqueduct
    © 2020(Transforming the Trent Valley)

  • Bridge #17 on the Trent at Mersey Canal bewteen Swarkestone and Barrow Upon Trent

    Bridge #17 on the Trent at Mersey Canal bewteen Swarkestone and Barrow Upon Trent
    © 2020 Steven Cheshire(Transforming the Trent Valley)

  • Floodplain at Burton Upon Trent

    Floodplain at Burton Upon Trent
    © 2020 Steven Cheshire(Transforming the Trent Valley)

  • Flooding of the Burton Washlands in November 2019

    Flooding of the Burton Washlands in November 2019
    © 2020 Victoria Bunter(Transforming the Trent Valley)

  • Flooding of the Burton Washlands in October 2019

    Flooding of the Burton Washlands in October 2019
    © 2020 Victoria Bunter(Transforming the Trent Valley)

3. Transforming the Landscape

TL03 Transforming the Trent Valley’s Heritage

Protecting heritage at risk from cultivation.

Supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund



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Project Summary

The Trent Valley landscape has a rich and diverse cultural heritage resource ranging in date from the early prehistoric through to the modern day. However significant pressures from development, mineral extraction, expanding infrastructure and agriculture across this area have and will continue to impact upon this valuable resource.

We are working with local communities, volunteers and landowners to record and improve the condition of vulnerable heritage assets across the project area and achieve sustainable management for them.

Project Legacy (click to view)

The aim of the project is to empower local communities and landowners to take responsibility for their heritage. Through training it will provide them with the skills to understand, record, monitor, manage and maintain heritage assets within the landscape partnership scheme area.

It will provide a framework to facilitate the longer-term curation of the historic environment, including the establishment of ongoing monitoring regimes and access to training materials to give landowners and local communities the confidence to be involved in the management and improvement of their local historic environment.

The condition of heritage assets and their principal threats and vulnerabilities will also be better understood, enabling strategies for longer-term designation and management to be developed.

Project Lead

Staffordshire County Council

Rod Whiteman
Cultural Heritage Officer
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Transforming the Trent Valley’s Heritage Blog Posts

Stained glass window of Alfred the Great, St. James Cathedral, Toronto, Canada © 2021 Wojciech Dittwald / Wikimedia Commons.

Saxons and Vikings, The Frontier on the Dove and Trent.

16 April 2020 by Rod Whiteman

When we hear the name 'Viking', what usually comes to mind is that of bearded ruthless raiders who sailed across the North Sea from Scandinavia, engaging in raids to pillage other lands for treasure.

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The Midlands in Roman times. Etocetum is the Roman name for Wall near Lichfield, Derventia is Derby. Map taken from Historical Atlas of Gustav Droysen, 1886.  © 2021 Wikimedia Commons.

What the Romans did for us.

6 April 2020 by Rod Whiteman

Am I the only person, who when driving along the A38 cannot help smiling as I think of John Cleese?

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Reconstructed Neolithic farmers hut from circa 4000BC. © 2021 David Hawgood / CC BY-SA 2.0.

Neolithic People of the Trent Valley.

27 March 2020 by Rod Whiteman

Six thousand years ago, the Trent Valley was home to an ancient people; wandering farmers who worshipped strange gods of Nature.

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Talk of the Trent.

21 November 2019 by Rod Whiteman

The variety of places my work takes me to is fantastic. Last week I was at the Shugborough Estate as a guest of the National Trust, to learn their system for carrying out Condition Surveys of archaeological sites and monuments.

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Pillbox near Branston Golf Course. Photo © 2021 Staffordshire Wildlife Trust.

Cultural Heritage Update.

29 October 2019 by Rod Whiteman

The great thing about the Transforming the Trent Valley Partnership is the sheer variety of what we’re working to achieve. This means I’m constantly talking with my colleagues to see how our work crosses over and how, when these overlaps occur, we can work together and get even better results.

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Our scheme partners helping to Transform the Trent Valley

Aggregate Industries
British Canoeing
Canal & River Trust
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust
East Staffordshire Borough Council
Environment Agency
GeoConservation Staffordshire
Hanson UK
Lichfield District Council
National Forest Company
RSPB
Staffordshire County Council
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust (Scheme Lead Partner)
Support Staffordshire
Tamworth Borough Council
Tarmac Aggregates Ltd
Together Active Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent
Trent Rivers Trust

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