Urban rivers often face multiple pressures: bank erosion from altered flows, pollution from surface runoff, hard engineering that restricts natural processes and a loss of valuable habitat. These issues can leave rivers degraded, less resilient to flooding and disconnected from the communities around them.
Salix provides tailored restoration solutions that bring life back to urban waterways. Using soft engineering, erosion control and habitat creation, we stabilise banks, improve water quality and enhance biodiversity. Our approach works with nature to transform urban rivers into healthier, more resilient spaces for people and wildlife.
Products suitable for Urban Rivers
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Pre-filled Rock Mattresses
Rock Mattresses are a robust and permanent revetment for use around reservoirs, shorelines, lake edges, streams and river banks. They are cost-effective revetments that are suitable alternatives to rock rip rap and gabions...
Pre-filled Rock Rolls
Pre-filled Rock Rolls are a robust and permanent revetment for use around reservoirs, shorelines, lake edges, streams and river banks.
Pre-established Coir Pallets
Salix produce a wide range of pre-established coir pallets planted with high quality native plant species. Coir pallets are composed from coir fibre which is a sustainable waste product from the husk of the coconut shell.
Pre-established Coir Rolls
Coir Rolls are an organic living revetment that provide erosion control and rapid vegetation establishment. Salix have developed a range of specific species mixes for use in all types of water bodies.
Wetland Plants
Salix are the largest grower of native wetland plants in the UK – perfect for use in green infrastructure, peatland restoration, wetland creation and other habitat projects.
CocoBN
Made from our sustainably sourced coir, this is an ideal erosion control mat for areas which require 100% bio-degradable interventions whilst still providing erosion control in high velocity situations.
CocoNet 800
Salix’s CocoNet 800 is manufactured from ethical and sustainably sourced coir fibre, a by-product of the coconut industry.
Bionet C125BN
Bionet biodegradable erosion control blankets are designed to provide immediate erosion protection and vegetation establishment assistance, then degrade after the root and stem systems of the vegetation are mature enough to permanently stabilise the underlying soil.
Brushwood Fascines
Salix produce a range of brushwood fascines for use in rivers, canals and lakes. We use brushwood from sustainable sources and can supply various timber types including Ash, Hazel and Willow.
Aqua Rock Bags®
Ecological AquaRockBags are tough revetments that can be used to protect assets in rivers, deep water and intertidal projects.
