In the Media

October 2025 “If we haven’t got water, we don’t have life.” At 58, Angela Jones is more than a wild swim specialist. She’s a mother of...

October 2025 In the heart of the UK, the River Wye has become a symbol of both beauty and crisis. Once celebrated for its clear waters...

9th September 2025 📢 Exciting news! My interview is out today (9th September 2025) n the South Wales Argus , where I share my years of...

May 2025 Exciting News I am proud to of worked in collaboration with Swimming Teachers Association in putting the new Open Water Testing...

River Action UK has highlighted the years of tireless campaigning that Angela has done . CLICK HERE FOR HIGHLIGHTS of 2024...

A true pleasure to swim with BBC’s Chief Environment Corespondent & Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt today. Justin is working on a programme...

19th March 2023 Countryfile dedicates program to River Wye. Good to be Part of the making of this program hopefully we will bring much...

12th March 2023 Wonderful to be Part of Paul Whitehouse: Our Troubled Rivers . A Powerful 2 part Documentary on The State of Our...

I share my decades of Protecting and respecting the Enviroment of The River Wye While Working tirelessly on gathering Data and...

4th July 2023 Thank you to River Action UK for asking me to be a guest speaker at Parliament for #CharterForRiver s talking alongside...

June 2024 BBC Election Leaders debate. I was asked to be part of the Audience to ask the panel a question below (bearing in mind Half of...

by Angela jones "Wild swimming is about more than selfies and splashing about. Be a responsible swimmer urges clean river campaigner and...

July 2024 "Angela Jones – aka Wild Woman of the Wye – has just launched her second book, Wild Adventures With Your Canine Friend.  I...

June 2024 Hay Festival has been a very special year for me this Year with my Second book “Wild adventures with your canine friend...

April 2024 Had the Best welcoming in Llandeilo Lit Fest, Sold out the house for my River talk which was also an insight into my personal...

Heres to all the Wonderful Women of the World #internationalwomensday2024 Thanks Lynne Albutt for this wonderful write up in the...

Supercharge your wellbeing with Wild Swimming - Natural Health. I had the pleasure of sharing my passion for nature and wild swimming...

Had the pleasure and privilege to be interviewed by the Bat Conservation Trust about my connection and Protection of the River Wye and...

In the national press for holding polluters to account. BBC Newsnight Wonderful to be called the Worlds politest Protester by the Daily...

In the national press for holding polluters to account. BBC Newsnight Wonderful to be called the Worlds politest Protester by the Daily...

March 2024 Angela Jones, also known as the Wild Woman of the Wye, thanked Kate Humble for her support in the campaign against pollution...

I was invited to speak on BBC's Newsnight hosted in Abergavenny to question politicians about the state of our rivers and pollution. Our...

Spent the morning filming with BBC News regarding the up and coming legal case on the River Wye. March 2024

Filming with Good Morning Britain News regarding the legal case on The River Wye. To view this on Good Morning Britain click here March...

Wonderful to be asked to Speak at International Womens Day at The Riverfront Newport on Our Rivers Wye & Usk and all our Rivers . I met...

Very proud to take part with the Soil Association on their documentary about what is "Killing The River Wye? It's such a sad state of...

February 2024 Great to have been asked and to contribute to the BBC Sounds Podcast "The Ripple Effect". "In this episode, we meet people...

Early morning filming with Good Morning Britain News regarding the Plight of the Wye . Then Straight off to Cardiff for Court Case with...

Started the Day with filming GMTV News 6am in Monmouth then straight down to Cardiff to kit up and be with all our Wye Water Guardians. ...

Spent the day filming with Sky News about the state of the River Wye. This will be part of their news program about River Action taking...

I had the opportunity to speak to students at Hereford Art college about the River Wye & Usk and what part we can all play in bringing...

31 May 2023 Strong few days at Hay book festival. I Got to Speak out on Our Wye & Usk Rivers and all rivers !! I Got to do a talk on our...

19th April 2023 I was invited to talk on BBC 5Live on a subject that is not often approached. How each and everyone of us can Respect and...

I was invited to Westminster on the 8th February 2023 to give Evidence of Pollution in our Rivers and Coastal Waters. MPs From the...

interviewed by girl on the river (Patricia Caswell) Listen to the Podcast here This episode is one that was especially thrilling to make,...

18th August 8:30pm Im part of ITV Tonight program "Who's Polluting Our Water" . Good to meet up with Joe Crowley again as the Panorama...

Appeared on GMB on ITV (Wednesday 10th August 2022) to debate the use of water, hosepipes and water companies - Back on Good Morning...

Appeared on GMB on ITV (Wednesday 27th July 2022) to debate how we use water - Some Facts We are running out of Water and our Rivers and...

10th July 2022 A privilege to share my life and love for this beautiful river, and the reasons why I won't ever give up on protecting it....

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...

15th May 2022 A Day on the wild side filming with BBC ‘s Derek Brockway for Weatherman Walking. The nation's favourite weatherman on the...

29th March 2022 Wonderful few days being Ant Middleton's Wye Water adventure Specialist, what a great Guy !! A true Privilege to  be...

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...

Me & Jack share our Beautiful Wye Office and Playground with ITV “Wonders of our Borders”. Host Sean Fletcher Embraces the elements and...

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...

Life is a blank canvas to our imagination. Hopefully by promoting the great outdoors and showing others how to enjoy and respect our...

Interview in Outdoor Swimmer Magazine, March 2018

Angela and Jack her Rescue dog kayak from the Atlantic to the North Sea crossing Scotland, then run/walk 97 miles back carrying kayak....

Great article in December’s Outdoor Swimmer. A real pleasure to take Liz and Wiltshire Swimmers and introduce them to swimming the...