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Lee Valley Park

Linear park along the Lee Valley, England

Summary

Linear park along the Lee Valley, England

Field	Value
name	Lee Valley Regional Park
photo	Lee Valley Regional Park logo.png
location	South eastern England
length_mi	26
trailheads	East India Docks, Greater London; Ware, Hertfordshire
use	Walking, Cycling, Sport, Angling, Birdwatching, Boating, Camping, Horse riding, Ice skating, Golf

Lee Valley Regional Park is a 10000 acre 26 mi long linear park, much of it green spaces, running through the northeast of Greater London, Essex and Hertfordshire. The park follows the course of the River Lea (Lee) along the Lea Valley from Ware in Hertfordshire through Essex and the north east of Greater London, through the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park to East India Docks Basin on the River Thames. The park is managed by Lee Valley Regional Park Authority and is made up of a diverse mix of countryside areas, urban green spaces, heritage sites, country parks, nature reserves and lakes and riverside trails, as well as leading sports centres covering an area of over 10000 acre. It is crossed by a number of roads and railways.

Geography

The park extends from the River Thames to Ware, Hertfordshire, through areas such as Stratford, Clapton, Tottenham, Enfield, Walthamstow, Waltham Abbey, Cheshunt, Broxbourne and Hoddesdon in an area generally known as the Lea Valley. Greater London's largest park, Lee Valley Park is more than four times the size of Richmond Park, extending beyond Greater London's borders into the neighbouring counties of Hertfordshire and Essex.

Notable parts of the park include: Myddelton House Gardens, Temple Mills, Hackney Marshes, Walthamstow Marshes, Tottenham Marshes, River Lee Country Park, Bow Creek Ecology Park and Lee Valley Reservoir Chain.

There are major reservoirs and water courses (rivers and canals) within Lee Valley Park, both to carry the river flow, and provide navigable waterways and flood relief channels.

Olympic Park

From London's Olympic bid success in summer 2005 until summer 2012, much of the southern half of the Lee Valley Park was developed to form the Olympic Park for the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics. Lee Valley Park was extended through the Olympic Park down to the River Thames, adding a further 2 miles (3 km) of open space.

Lee Valley Regional Park Authority owns 35% of the Olympic Park. It funds, manages and owns three venues following the London 2012 Games – Lee Valley White Water Centre in Hertfordshire, Lee Valley VeloPark and the Eton Manor hockey and tennis centres located at the northernmost end of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The park is working with a range of partners including the Olympic Delivery Authority, London Development Agency and the London Thames Gateway Development Corporation to deliver a major linear park at the heart of a new urban district in the Lower Lea Valley. These venues will join the existing centres the Regional Park currently owns including Lee Valley Athletics Centre, Lee Valley Riding Centre and Lee Valley Ice Centre.

Governance

The park is governed by the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority.

Transport

London Buses route 215 serves the regional park at the entrance to Lee Valley Campsite in Sewardstone.

Gallery

Image:Springfield Marina.JPG|Springfield Marina near the southern end of the park Image:Walthamstow Marshes.JPG|Walthamstow Marshes Image:Sludge main.JPG|The park in Tottenham Image:Tottenham Marshes.JPG|Looking north from Tottenham Marshes towards Edmonton Image:Waltham Abbey Gardens.JPG|View across Cornmill Stream towards Waltham Abbey Image:Lee Valley Athletics Centre.jpg|View of the award-winning Lee Valley Athletics Centre Image:River lee Country Park.jpg|View of the River Lee Navigation flowing through the River Lee Country Park Image:Lee Valley Golf Course.JPG|Golfer at Lee Valley Golf Course Image:Ice Centre - Christmas show.JPG|Ice skaters at Lee Valley Ice Centre Christmas show File:Lee Valley-Park.JPG|Sign of Park Image:Lee Valley Park Marshes from Tottenham Hale.jpg|Lee Valley Park Marshes from Tottenham Hale Image:Tottenham Hale Canals Lee Valley Park.jpg|View from the Tottenham Hale bridge in Lee Valley Park

References

"Sport, Leisure & Open Spaces | Lee Valley Regional Park Authority | England".
"Explore the Lee valley".
[https://www.better.org.uk/leisure-centre/lee-valley/riding-centre Lee Valley Riding Centre] Retrieved 19 November 2009
"215 bus route".

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