Where are we now?
Within the Park itself there is a range of accommodation
available including camping and caravan sites (touring
and static), a YHA hostel, chalets and private cottages.
Visitors travelling within the Park or through the Park by
boat may also choose to stay overnight using existing
temporary moorings.
Hotel and B&B style accommodation is found outside
the Park (most notably around Hertford, Epping and
Waltham Abbey), although provision is often at some
distance from sites or facilities. Budget hotel options
exist adjacent to the Park boundary on Sewardstone
Road, close to Gunpowder Park. Further afield, within
the London area, the hotel options are located at a
greater distance from the Park (e.g. Enfield, Rammey
Marsh, Hackney, Walthamstow and at Leyton). Budget
options in this area can be found at Stratford.
What do we want to achieve?
To provide a range of short stay
accommodation opportunities for the primary
purpose of extending the use and enjoyment
of the Park.
We want to develop these in a number of
locations, with each offering a different mix of
accommodation types and character (but all
delivering high quality design and standards).
To provide accommodation that includes hotel,
hostel, holiday village, touring caravan/mobile
home, camping and short term mooring on the
Navigation.
How will we deliver?
On our estate
We will
- Continue to operate the existing accommodation offer
at Lee Valley Campsite (Sewardstone) and explore
opportunities for future enhancement, expansion and
management through commercial partnership.
- Explore commercial partnership opportunities for new
accommodation facilities at:
- Lee Valley Leisure Complex (at Picketts Lock)
- Expansion and upgrade of existing facilities
- Potential site for primary accommodation
in south of the Park (as part of a major new
leisure offer on the site). This will exploit the
proximity to London and good road access.
- Camping, touring caravan, holiday village,
hostel, hotel, moorings at:
- Dobbs Weir
- Camping, touring caravan, holiday village,
hostel and moorings
- Lea Bridge Road
- Camping, touring caravan, holiday village,
hostel and moorings
River Lee Country Park (Waltham Abbey and Royal
Gunpowder Mills)
- Potential new accommodation offer near the
Lee Valley White Water Centre
- Small scale seasonal camping, touring
caravan/mobile home, hostel, hotel
Broxbourne
- Potential site for primary accommodation
node in north of Park, building on leisure and
recreation opportunities of River Lee Country
Park, river and Navigation and surrounding
environs
- Holiday village, moorings and/or marina,
camping
Explore opportunities to provide temporary
accommodation facilities that could support the
London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics
Explore opportunities to enhance existing, and develop
new, recreational moorings.
Working with others
We will
- Continue to support the existing accommodation offer
within the Park and maximise opportunities for joint
marketing promotions. Key sites include:
- Roydon Mill Leisure Park
- YHA Lee Valley (Youth Hostel Association, Cheshunt)
- Support the development of additional accommodation
opportunities that complement existing or planned
accommodation elsewhere in the Park, and which
meet the needs of other Park facilities users. Possible
sites include:
- Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
- Potential hotel and hostel accommodation
to complement nearby hotel offer within and
around Stratford City
- Lea Bridge Road
- Potential accommodation offer as part of the
future development opportunity in the Lea
Bridge area
- Work in partnership with British Waterways and other
partners to explore opportunities to enhance existing,
and develop new, recreational moorings.
- Work in partnership with accommodation providers
beyond the Park boundary to develop mutually
beneficial activity and marketing packages.