Areas of grassland and meadows are important and uncommon habitats in the Lee Valley and Turnford and Cheshunt Marsh is one of our specialist sites for this important habitat.

This is site boasts a diverse mix of habitats and flora and fauna and is a wildlife watchers haven.

This site consists of open water and a shallow scrape with grazing water meadows.

A large site with a country park feel consisting of two large lagoons, wildflower meadows, woodlands and various habitats.

Rye House Gatehouse is one of the first brick built houses in the country and this was a structure that projected power, prestige and wealth.

The site was once a gravel extraction site, but now the machines are gone the pits are flooded and a host of birds have made the area their home.

Previously known as the Essex Filter Beds, over 150 years ago it began supplying the surrounding boroughs with much needed clean water.

Bittern are a secretive bird that live in reedbeds and are a very special species in the Lee Valley.

The Kingfisher is an expert fisherman that catches its food with spectacular dives from perches such as tree branches above the water.

One of the best examples of semi-natural floodplain grassland remaining in Lee Valley Regional Park, its mosaic of rivers, ditches and pools makes it a fantastic place to see a variety of wildlife throughout the year.

Glen Faba is an area of open water, grassland and reedbed which is a very important wildlife site in the Lee Valley.

This old industrial site is now a haven for wildlife. Originally built by the East London Water Works Company it demonstrates how previous industrial areas can become valuable habitats for wildlife.

This site is an important gateway from Cheshunt train station and YHA London Lee Valley with many visitors entering the park at this location.

Sewardstone Marsh is a rarity in modern Britain – a wetland habitat where you can enjoy discovering thriving populations of animals and plants.

Tottenham Marshes has been used by Londoners for over 100 years but now nature has been given priority.

Barbel is a bottom dwelling fish closely associated with stretches of clean gravel and weed beds.

This low-growing perennial plant which flowers in July, was discovered on Walthamstow Marshes in 2002.

As a ‘top predator’ the Otter is naturally scarce and also highly sensitive to the health of the whole ecosystem that supports it.

Adoption of this site is currently under negotiation - check out the other sites and species avaialable.

This site used to be closed to the public as it was a munitions testing area run by the Ministry of Defence.

The beautiful eight acres of Myddelton House Gardens tells the story of Edward Augustus Bowles, one of Britain’s most famous self-taught gardeners, artists and expert botanists.

This important wildlife haven is home to an astonishing variety of wildlife. Bat, Water Vole and orchid are amongst the attractions at Rammey Marsh.

Silvermeade is a mosaic of wet meadows supporting a wide variety of plants and is one of the few remaining ancient flood meadows left in the Lee Valley.

Walthamstow Marshes nature reserve is one of the few remaining pieces of London’s once widespread river valley grasslands, and a space to treasure.

Seven species of bat are listed as UK Priority Species of which three are found in the park.

The Early Marsh Orchid is a plant of wet or damp habitats on calcareous or neutral soils.

It’s a familiar and well-liked species and has undergone a dramatic decline in numbers since the 1990s with the fragmentation of its habitat there’s great concern for this former widespread species.