Coracles on the River Teifi

River Tyne

River Kennet

River Dee, Wales

River Trent, Nottingham

The Association of Rivers Trusts (ART) is a waterway society and registered charity No. 1107144, and an umbrella organisation for trusts concerned with rivers in England and Wales. The Association's headquarters are in Launceston, Cornwall.

ART was launched in 2001 by four river trusts: the Eden Rivers Trust, Tweed Foundation, Westcountry Rivers Trust, and the Wye Foundation. The association was granted registered charity status in 2004. Its Scottish equivalent is the Rivers and Fisheries Trusts of Scotland (RAFTS).

ART is also a member of the Union des Terres de Rivières, a European Union project with 24 partners in 10 EU countries.

ART member organisations

• Action for the River Kennet
• Ballinderry Fish Hatchery
• Camel Fisheries Association
• Carmarthenshire Rivers Trust
• Clwyd and Conwy Rivers Trust
• Clwyd and Elwy Conservation Trust
• East Yorkshire Chalk Rivers Trust
• Eden Rivers Trust
• Fowey River Association
• Pembrokeshire Rivers Trust
• Ribble Catchment Conservation Trust
• River Wear Environmental Trust
• Slaney River Trust
• South Cumbria Rivers Trust
• South West Rivers Association
• Sussex Ouse Conservation Society
• Teifi Rivers Trust
• Thames 21 Ltd.
• Thames Rivers Restoration Trust
• Trent Rivers Trust
• Tweed Foundation
• Tyne Rivers Trust
• Wandle Trust
• Weardale Environmental Trust
• Welsh River Dee Trust
• Wessex Salmon and Rivers Trust
• Westcountry Rivers Trust
• Wye & Usk Foundation
• Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust

• UK Government Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Consultation on river basin guidance; ART as consultee
• Environment Agency: List of stakeholders, incl. ART
• The Times, January 7, 2007 article: Sales of the Riverbank
• UK Rivers Network website
• River Restoration News: report on founding of ART
• Angling News: Alliance between Environment Agency and the Association of Rivers Trusts
• ART website
• Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust website