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Momentum builds behind plans to restore 'lost river'

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23.05.2026

The River Waveney Trust first unveiled plans last year to revive stretches of the Tin River, which runs north towards Bungay from the village of Ilketshall St John.

The river – thought to be so-named because parts of it have been lined with corrugated iron sheets – has largely vanished from the maps, and in some areas its course is hard to identify.

'Tin' lined section of Tin River - believed to be reclaimed Anderson shelters installed towards the end of WW2 (Image: River Waveney Trust)

However, progress has accelerated in recent months with Ange Lamb, the catchment........

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