Welcome to the Lee Valley park website

East India Dock Basin is the last remaining section of the once grand East India Docks, famous for transporting spices from the Far East in the 1880’s. Now the site is a nature reserve and attracts birds such as Black Redstart and Kingfishers. There is a section of salt marsh which is a habitat not seen anywhere else in this stretch of the Thames. A stones throw away from Canary Wharf, the site provides breathtaking views of the Thames and the impressive O2 (Millennium Dome).

 

We are currently working with the London Thames Gateway Development Agency, Design for London and a range of other partners exploring opportunities for enhancing visitor facilities at East India Dock Basin, as part of the first phase of the Lea River Park. The Lea River Park is a long term initiative to deliver a network of new open space extending along the River Lea to link the Lee Valley Regional Park and Olympic Park to the Thames. For more information visit www.myleariverpark.org

 

 

 

USER FORUM MEETING

The next User Forum meeting will be in May 2010. The exact date, format and location to be confirmed.

Please contact Karen Sutton on 020 8988 7565 for details.

VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES

Volunteer in the park this February at:

• 10th – Pool of Colours: Birch and Willow clearance from the West Pool at Gunpowder Park, 10am

• 17th – Peak of the Park: Cutting back Hawthorn to maintain the orchids at Rammey Marsh, 10am

If you would like to volunteer in the Lee Valley Park, please contact our Volunteers Officer, David Hurtley, on 01992 709867

 

 

Click here to read the Space Shaper report for East India Dock Basin and Bow Creek