Imagining Staffordshire


Contents

Introduction

Where the River Sow goes

Places the river Sow goes through

Life on the River Sow

Special features

Problems with the river

Comparing two rivers

Conclusion

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Life on the River Sow

Water MillsWater mills

Before there was any electricity people used water mills for power. The mills were often used for grinding corn.

We found old mills at Walkmill, Worston and Stafford.

The name Walkmill comes from the practise of fulling or walking woollen cloth in order to squeeze out excess natural oils.

 

 

Fishing imagesFishing

There are lots of people that are in local fishing clubs. They have to have licences to fish on certain bits of the river.

There are fishing clubs at Copmere, Great Bridgeford and Great Haywood.

The kinds of fish that can be caught include chub, roach, bream, perch, barbell and pike.

 

 

Boating

At Copmere pool there are rowing boats.

 

 

 


On the River Sow by Shugborough the outdoor activity centre has lots of canoes and raft boats.

 

Cooper Perry School go there. When our class went we went in the canoes.

 

 

 

 

Walking

There are lots of lovely places to walk along the river. There are leaflets showing you where you can walk. There is the “River Sow leisure route” in Stafford.

Walking

 

 

Wildlife

There are lots of wildlife in and around the River Sow. We saw ducks, swans and herons when we walked along the river.

Wildlife

Lots of people go bird watching at Doxey marshes. They see birds such as; lapwing, snipe and reedwarblers. There are water voles living in the river bank near Asda in Stafford.

Staffordshire Wildlife Trust look after the land by the River Sow at Copmere and Doxey marshes.

 

 

 

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