Aller Brook

The name comes from the name of a village, given in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Alre (which in turn comes from the Old English word alor, "alder").

Originally the brook took a meandering course through this marshy area, but in the 1980s it was forced to run alongside the A380 road in a straight channel.

This is in the upper band in the five-part framework scale, which ranges from high, good, and moderate, through to poor and finally bad.

[6] The recent construction of the Kingskerswell bypass along the Aller valley, required various environmental measures to be included due to the local wildlife.

This included the construction of a specially designed tunnel for otters, which will help them navigate beneath the new carriageway when their normal routes, such as culverts are flooded and inaccessible due to high brook levels.

Bee orchid, Aller Brook Local Nature Reserve