Project aim: To develop a Blueprint for the Mersey Estuary

Mersey Rivers Trust is bringing together local leaders in coastal, catchment and marine partners to form a local working group. This project  is working alongside the North West Coastal Forum and the Coastal Partnerships Network.

The aim of the group is to co-design a national framework to streamline the communication and implementation of Government strategies for a wholescape approach across catchment, coast and marine. 

Mersey Rivers Trust through this project is establishing a stakeholder group who together have been reviewing various plans and strategies from the last 30 years.  The group is now developing a "blueprint" for the future of the Mersey Estuary. 

In the Mersey Estuary there have been five major documents which have helped shape the existance, monitoring and develop in the estuary zone. 

A future Mersey Estuary Blueprint will need to include new elements to safeguard against the pressures of the future. 

Stakeholders interested in forming the Mersey Estuary Group to develop a future 'Blueprint for the Mersey Estuary' have been consulted and will be updated through ongoing communications. 

We are now engaging with stakeholders to commision the new 'Blueprint'. 

If you would like to collaborate on this project please contact info@merseyrivers.org

During the project key documents have been discussed and made available to the working group. You can find these online below:

Mersey Estuary Management Plan, 1995, (full plan not available in pdf)

Mersey Estuary Action Programmes

Mersey Waterfront Commencement Business Plan, 2002

Mersey Waterfront Regional Park Strategic Framework, 2007

Making the Most of the Mersey, Mersey Ask, 2014