River Eden Captured on Film

Owner of Eden Lacy Estate, Victor Gubbins, fishing the Eden as part of the film.

A new film about Cumbria’s River Eden has been commissioned by the Eden Rivers Trust.

The film, financed  with funding from the government, features many people involved in the river in their everyday lives and has been made to show how important the river is to people, and the threats it faces in the future.

Among the many people who appear in the film are a woman who was flooded in Carlisle in 2005, a local land owner and fisherman, and a group of school children from Morland near Penrith who use the river for nature lessons.

Simon Johnson, Director of Eden Rivers Trust, said:

“This is a marvellous film and we hope as many people as possible will see it and become as enthused as we are about understanding and protecting the river for future generations.”

The film will be shown by Eden Rivers Trust in its mobile ‘minema’ (small cinema)  at the following events this summer:

Penrith Show 28 July

Appleby Show 18 August

Carlisle Love Parks Week – 24 August @ Bitts Park

Eden Foodival Brough 26 August

The seven minute film can be seen HERE

Creation of the film is part of a new ‘River Eden Pilot Catchment Project’ which is being carried out by Eden Rivers Trust.  This has come about because of the government’s aim to ensure that UK’s rivers meet the strict requirements of the European legislation known as the Water Framework Directive. 

A national initiative invited organisations to apply to the government’s Department for Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) with ideas about innovative ways of protecting and managing rivers.  Eden Rivers Trust was one of only 16 successful applicants nationwide, and this film is aimed at involving more people and organisations in the River Eden’s future.