36. Enfield Chase Landscape Recovery

Themes: Water quality

This project has been selected as an Environment Land Management Scheme (ELMS) Landscape Recovery pilot and focuses on improving the water environment, including river restoration, wetlands and natural flood management. Read more ...

35. Bury Lodge Wetlands

Theme: Water quality; Biodiversity; Getting people and communities engaged

Enfield Council have created new wetlands to cleanse rainwater washing off the A10 and surrounding streets before it reaches the Salmons Brook. Read more ...

34. Grovelands Park Reedbed

Themes: Water quality

Part of the Salmons Brook Healthy River Challenge Read more ...

33. Rain Planter: Bowes Primary School

Theme: Water quality; Biodiversity; Getting people and communities engaged

These 'Rain Planters' take rain water from a roof via the existing downpipe, the water infiltrates slowly through the planter and is used by the plants. Read more ...

4. Project Reedbed

Theme: Water quality; Biodiversity

Reedbeds remove pollution from rivers, provide habitats for wildlife and improve the aesthetics of the river Read more ...

31. Rain Planter: Suffolks Primary School

Theme: Water quality; Biodiversity; Getting people and communities engaged

These 'Rain Planters' take rain water from a roof via the existing downpipe, the water infiltrates slowly through the planter and is used by the plants. Read more ...

30. Rain Planter: Alma Primary School

Theme: Water quality; Biodiversity; Getting people and communities engaged

These 'Rain Planters' take rain water from a roof via the existing downpipe, the water infiltrates slowly through the planter and is used by the plants. Read more ...

29. Rain Planter: Stoneydown Primary School

Theme: Water quality; Biodiversity; Getting people and communities engaged

These 'Rain Planters' take rain water from a roof via the existing downpipe, the water infiltrates slowly through the planter and is used by the plants. Read more ...

28. Rain Planter: Churchfields Primary School

Theme: Water quality; Biodiversity; Getting people and communities engaged

These 'Rain Planters' take rain water from a roof via the existing downpipe, the water infiltrates slowly through the planter and is used by the plants. Read more ...

32. Rain Planter: Bow

Theme: Water quality; Biodiversity; Getting people and communities engaged

These 'Rain Planters' take rain water from a roof via the existing downpipe, the water infiltrates slowly through the planter and is used by the plants. Read more ...

27. Walthamstow Wetlands

Theme: Biodiversity; Getting people and communities engaged

Walthamstow Reservoir is being transformed into a distinctive urban wetland nature reserve and centre for learning that is unprecedented in size in London. Read more ...

26. Pymmes Park Wetlands

Theme: Water quality; Biodiversity

This wetland project filters and cleans the rain which runs off the roads in the area, which can contain oils, tars and sediments further polluting the lake and brook. Read more ...

24. Three Mill Pontoon Reedbed

Themes: Water quality

Part of the Thames21 Project Reedbed - Reedbeds are important habitats for wildlife and a refuge for fish, they breakdown pollutants in a watercourse improving water quality. Read more ...

22. Bow Tesco Reedbed

Themes: Water quality

Part of the Thames21 Project Reedbed - Reedbeds are important habitats for wildlife and a refuge for fish, they breakdown pollutants in a watercourse improving water quality. Read more ...

23. Bow Roundabout Reedbed

Themes: Water quality

Designed to reduce pollution and provide habitat.

Part of the Thames21 Project Reedbed Read more ...

21. Mabley Green Users Group

Themes: Getting people and communities engaged

Mabley Green in Hackney is going to become the worlds largest edible park. Read more ...

20. Bow Lock Floating Ecosystem

Themes: Water quality

A 40m floating ecosystem providing habitat for wildlife and a refuge for fish. Read more ...

19. SuDS for Schools: The Susi Earnshaw Theatre School

Theme: Water quality; Biodiversity; Getting people and communities engaged

The Susi Earnshaw Theatre School is one of the ten schools in the successful 'SuDS for Schools' project which focuses on the Pymmes Brook Catchment. Read more ...

25. SuDS for Schools

Theme: Water quality; Biodiversity; Getting people and communities engaged

The SuDS for Schools project is working with ten schools in the Pymmes Brook catchment in North London to design and build Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) in the school grounds. Read more ...

17. Tottenham Floating Reedbeds

Theme: Water quality; Biodiversity

18. Eel Monitoring with ZSL

Themes: Getting people and communities engaged

Thames21 have once again teamed up with ZSL to monitor Eel numbers at Bow Locks. Read more ...

16. Firs Farm Wetlands

Theme: Water quality; Biodiversity; Getting people and communities engaged

An Enfield Council wetlands project in Palmers Green. The wetlands, which will help prevent flooding, reduce pollution and encourage wildlife is funded by Enfield Council, Thames Water, the Environment Agency and the GLA, and has been implemented in partnership with Thames21 and the Friends of Firs Farm. Read more ...

15. Grovelands Park Wetlands

Themes: Water quality

Part of Thames21's Salmons Brook Health River Challenge

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14. Houndsden Road Raingardens

Themes: Water quality

Part of Thames21's Salmons Brook Healthy River Challenge Read more ...

13. Glenbrook Wetlands

Theme: Water quality; Biodiversity

The Glenbrook is a tributary of the Salmons Brook. It flows through underground ppipes for much of its length. Hidden away it is damaged, and when it first emerges above ground it is already badly polluted. Six linked wetlands have been created here to filter pollutants from the stream. Read more ...

12. Boyton Road Raingarden

Theme: Water quality; Getting people and communities engaged

Filtering run-off from the road before if flows into the drains and enters the River Moselle. Read more ...

11. Dale Court Raingarden

Themes: Water quality

A raingarden designed to take roof run-off from Dale Court slowing the rate at which it would enter the drainage system Read more ...

10. Priory Common Rainmeadow

Theme: Water quality; Getting people and communities engaged

Redirecting road run-off into a tree-lined rainmeadow alongside the pavement to Priory Road

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9. Rectory Gardens SuDS Rainpark

Theme: Water quality; Getting people and communities engaged

Polluted road run-off from Priory Road is treated in two seperate SuDS systems in Rectory Gardens Read more ...

8. Lordship Recreation Ground River Restoration

Theme: Biodiversity; Getting people and communities engaged

Green Flag Award Winner since 2013

Over 20 hectares in size, it  stretches approximately 750m north-south and the Moselle Brook runs through the park from west to east. There is also a small lake. A community group exists for the park. The park has recently undergone redevelopment and improvement, for which it received a Lottery grant.  Read more ...

7. Deephams Sewage Treatment Works Upgrade

Themes: Water quality

Thames Water are upgrading Deephams Sewage Treatment Works (STW).

The upgrade and expansion will enable Deephams STW to meet wastewater quality standards as outlined by the Environment Agency and increased capacity will be able to cater for predicted population growth and climate change.

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6. Ponders End Place Shaping Priority Area

Themes: Biodiversity

Located in the east of the borough between Ponders End and Lee Valley Park, the area covers approximately 70 hectares, much of which is an area of deficiency in access to nature. Improvements to the public realm are already underway and will include several biodiversity enhancements. The Place Shaping documents will provide an outline design to bring forward nature based and other leisure activities in the Lee Valley Regional Park contributing to the Catchment Plan’s aim of providing opportunities for communities to enjoy and take pride in their local environment.

5. Meridian Water Place Shaping Priority Area

Themes: Biodiversity

Currently Meridian Water is an underused brownfield site of over 70 hectares on the waterfront of the Lee Valley near Edmonton. Three of the borough’s watercourses run through the site and the site is adjacent to both the Walthamstow Marshes and the Lee Valley Park. Read more ...

3. Moselle Brook SuDS Projects

Theme: Water quality; Biodiversity; Getting people and communities engaged

Greenstreets is a partnership project that aims to demonstrate how measures to address road pollution and flooding in a local area can be identified, designed and installed and maintained with community participation. Read more ...

1. Fixing Broken Rivers

Theme: Water quality; Biodiversity; Getting people and communities engaged

The Fixing Broken Rivers Project focuses on the water pollution of the rivers in the Lea Catchment. This three year HSBC funded project will engage local young people in an education programme, introduce new  reedbeds to these rivers to process the pollution, and create sustainable drainage systems. Read more ...

2. Salmons Brook Healthy River Challenge

Theme: Water quality; Biodiversity; Getting people and communities engaged

Thames21 has been working with Enfield Council, The Environment Agency and Thames Water to improve the health of the Salmons Brook using systems inspired by nature and the energy of local people who live close to the river. Read more ...