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Rescuing the Lee Valley from its years of neglect and regenerating it as a ‘great playground for Londoners’ was questionable before the Second World War. It was suggested in Sir Patrick Abercrombie’s Greater London Plan in 1944 that ‘the Valley gives the opportunity for a great piece of regenerative planning…..every piece of land welded into a great regional reservation’.
During the early post-war period the idea lay dormant until in 1961 when Alderman Lou Sherman, Mayor of Hackney, took up the challenge to regenerate the Valley. He inspired and persuaded seventeen other local authorities to support him and in 1963 the Civic Trust was invited to undertake an appraisal of the Valley’s potential as a vast leisure and recreational resource.
The Civic Trust report was extremely positive and a Bill was promoted in Parliament to establish the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority as the development body with the responsibility and the powers to deliver the vision. Following Royal Assent to the Lee Valley Regional Park Bill in December 1966, the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority was formally constituted on 1 January 1967.
How it began
Testimonial
Lee Valley Regional Park is a breath of fresh air in every sense of the phrase. This fabulous mix of open fields, woodland and wetlands is a haven for all manner of wild creatures. Some of them are familiar, like the swans and ducks that patrol the lakes and waterways, others, like the bittern, are a rare national treasure. This is much more than a public amenity on the edge of the city, it’s a way of life, for wild animals, plants and people alike.
Simon King, TV personality
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Testimonial
The Lee Valley Regional Park has some of the best angling in the country. Some of my earliest recollections are catching sizeable fish from the River Lee at Fishers Green. There are many other locations within the Regional Park for excellent fishing and I look forward to fishing there again soon.
John Wilson, Fishing expert and TV presenter
John Wilson
Forthcoming Events
Sailing Club Open Day
13/03/2010
Petunia's Pick of the Month - Brilliant Birds
13/03/2010
Solo Skate Competition
15/03/2010
Ringing the Changes
20/03/2010
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