If you’re looking for a little foray with nature, there’s over 100 acres of open space to delve into; with much of the area being used for nature conservation, wildlife is abundant. Look out for Kingfisher, Field Vole, Bee Orchids, Firecrest and if you’re lucky Dusky Warbler and Common Rosefinch! Get involved
The Permaculture Project with Friends of Tottenham Marshes (FoTM) meets at Stonebridge Lock every Sunday 11:30 - 15:30 to help make raised beds, grow vegetables, along with native wild flowers! For Membership to “Friends of Tottenham Marshes” and to enquire about joining, please contact: contact@tottenhammarshes.org or call David Cottridge on 020 8808 1341.
Tottenham Marshes has undergone considerable changes since its origins as part of the natural floodplains of the River Lee. The late 19th century saw the construction of a number of major reservoirs in the valley and the diversion of the River Lee to its present course, bisecting Wild Marsh East.
Between the 1860s and 1930s a range of facilities were provided on the marshes including a swimming pool and tennis courts. After the war (1946 -1960) the marshes were subject to a systematic programme of tipping which raised ground levels by up two metres above their former level. The construction of the flood relief channel (Pymmes Brook) in the early 1960’s effectively cut the western marshes in two. Lee Valley Regional Park Authority took ownership of the marshes on 20 November 1972.
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