The Unit

There are five members of staff currently employed in the Wye Valley AONB Unit. They work from offices in Monmouth, near the geographic centre of the AONB. The unit is core funded by Forest of Dean District Council, Gloucestershire County Council, Herefordshire Council and Monmouthshire County Council with matched funding from Natural England and the Countryside Council for Wales.

AONB staff

You can contact members of the AONB unit at the e-mail addresses or on the direct lines below.

  Andrew Blake   AONB Lead Officer  email Andrew    Tel:  01600 713977

 

  Andrew Nixon  Development Officer  email Andrew  Tel: 01600 710841

 

  Nikki Moore Information Officer   email Nikki  Tel: 01600 710846

 

  Sarah Sawyer  Community Links Officer   email Sarah  Tel: 01600 710844

 

  Sharon Seymour Finance and Administration    email sharon    Tel: 01600 713977

 

AONB staff represent the interests of the Wye Valley AONB at the regular meetings of various groups working in the area including:

• Forest of Dean Partnership Environment Task Group
• Forest of Dean Partnership (Forestry Commission)
• Forest Education Initiative (Monmouthshire cluster group)
• Forest Education Initiative (Herefordshire cluster group)
• Monmouth Partnership Forum
• Central Monmouthshire Forum
• Wye Valley and Forest of Dean Tourism Association