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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Ella Jessel

East London residents launch bid to turn concrete ex-water depot into wild swimming oasis

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.

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