
Designs for the East London Waterworks Park and ponds by architect Kirsty Badenoch
(Picture: Kirsty Badenoch)Local residents in east London are bidding to turn an ex-water depot into a wildlife haven complete with the UK’s first ‘naturally self-cleaning’ swimming ponds.
The East London Waterworks Park (ELWP), a small volunteer-run charity, want to transform the 5.68 hectare industrial site on the border of Hackney and Waltham Forest, into a community-owned park.