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BBC Countryfile catches up with Angela Jones Wild Woman Of The Wye
River Special Edition May 2022 WILD WOMAN OF THE WYE For more than 30 years, Angela Jones has swum almost daily in one of Britain’s most...
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Angela Jones Environmental Champion Talks to Canoe Wales
25 April 2022 Angela Jones speaks to Vicky Barlow of Canoe Wales about her environment journey on respecting and protecting this...
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Plunge Cardiff University
April 2024 "South Wales water activist, Angela Jones the ‘Wild Woman of the Wye’, explains why she’s busier than ever teaching people how...
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On Jimmy's Farm Wild Swimming with River Expert - Angela Jones
March 10th 2022 Angela Jones, also known as 'The Wild Woman of the Wye', often spends up to six hours in the river. She joins Jimmy on...
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Environment Magazine - Me and My River
Wild Women of the Wye has lived with and loved the River Wye her whole adult life. But the river is dying – and the authorities will not...
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Angela Jones Awarded Environmental Champion 2021 by Canoe Wales
Big thanks to Canoe Wales and everyone who voted for me to win their new Environmental Champion award! I don’t do it for recognition, I...
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Swimming with Kate Humble in my watery office for Good Life Green Life
It was great to take Kate Humble swimming in the river Wye on this inspirational programme Good Life Green Life. It was all about living...
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The Times: Chicken waste polluting river
Chicken waste polluting river, COMPANY ADMITS - 12th October, 2021 Tesco and other retailers ADMITTED that excrement from its farms is...
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Wild Swimmer hosts Anti-Pollution Meeting with MP
I Invited my MP David Davies to witness first hand the Abuse through Pollution into our Highly Protected and Beautiful Wye & Usk Rivers. ...
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BBC Panorama - Angela Jones speaks out on The River Pollution Scandal
Any person or company how ever big that pollutes our rivers and decimates it's health should be held to account. SPEAKING OUT ON...
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The demise of the river Wye – writes the Wild Woman of the Wye
“I won’t stop bringing attention to this urgent matter and I will continue to shout until I am heard as giving up on this river is not an...
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Angela continues her campaign to hold polluters to account on the death of the Wye.
BBC continue to cover Angela's symbolic coffin campaign bringing awareness to the Wye and uniting the people that love the Wye. ​ Watch...
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RIVERCIDE live documentary by George Monbiot
​Angela discusses live with George Monbiot about the demise of the River Wye and urgent action that needs to be taken against all that...
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‘Death of Wye funeral’ attracts 150 mourners
Around 150 people joined a protest against River Wye pollution on Monday night - on the same day the UN issued a dire warning about...
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"Before its too late don't cross contaminate" says Angela
Angela Jones writes article on how to prevent cross contamination through Wild swimming. ​ Read the the full article here ​ April 2021
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Taking on Welsh Water with my evidence of pumping raw sewage into our rivers BBC Panorama
Panorama investigates the scandal of our polluted rivers. Reporter Joe Crowley obtains data that reveals how some big water companies...
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BBC Pollution: This is my coffin, this is why I swim with it
Wild swimmer Angela Jones has weaved her way among the River Wye's reeds and fish for 35 years. But the water lover, known as the "Wild...
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Plastic free rivers pledge after wild swimming the Wye (update)
2023 Update: - Our local MP and Secretary of Wales David Davies goes back on his Promise to clean up Our Wye & Usk Rivers. Local MP...
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