LEE VALLEY PARK

The 'Lee Valley Park' is a 26 mile (42 km) long area, much of it green spaces, running through the North East of London from the River Thames to Ware in Hertfordshire, England through areas such as Hackney, Camden, Tottenham, Enfield, Cheshunt, Broxbourne and Hoddesdon. It follows the course of the River Lee along the Lee Valley. It is made up of a mix of countryside areas, urban green spaces, heritage sites, country parks, nature reserves and lake and riverside trails, as well as sports and recreation centres covering an area of over 4000 hectares (40 km²). It is crossed by a number of roads and railways. There are a number of major reservoirs within it, and multiple water courses, both to carry the river flow, and also to provide navigation waterways and flood relief channels.
Much of the southern half of the park will be developed to form the Olympic Park for the 2012 Summer Olympics where it will be the site of the Lee Valley Athletics Centre and other facilities.
Notable parts of the park are

★ Temple Mills

★ Hackney Marshes

★ Walthamstow Marshes

★ Tottenham Marshes

★ William Girling Reservoir

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External links

External links

★ Lee Valley Park website

★ River Lee - Our River