Hackney Council wants to build an enormous new pavilion on top of some of the playing fields on Hackney Marsh. Here is the plan, showing where the building will be located, near to Cow Bridge and the Middlesex Filter Beds. … Continue reading
There are just a few of our limited edition campaign T-shirt left (available in Medium only) so hurry and get yours now! The T-shirts are £10 and all profits go to the Save Lea Marshes campaign. If you get in … Continue reading
Dear Richard Arnold, I am writing to you once again on behalf of the Save Leyton Marsh group. I wrote to you back in August to attempt to attain the positive legacy that had been promised to the local community … Continue reading
These are all images taken on Tuesday 5th March 2013. Leyton Marsh, we were promised, would be returned to its ‘original condition’ in October 2012. These are all effects of a ‘temporary event’ one summer!
Lea Valley Regional Park Authority have recently hacked a significant amount of undergrowth at the Middlesex Filter Beds and Walthamstow Marshes. When questioned about this, they replied there are ‘plans’ to replace these areas with ‘more floristically diverse’ habitats. However, … Continue reading
The ODA’s promise to provide a community legacy from reuse of the Leyton Marsh Olympic basketball training venue court floors has been revealed to be a cynical piece of PR following a Freedom of Information request to UK Sport. Among … Continue reading
REINSTATEMENT We note that the reinstatement activities have so far failed to restore Porters Field Meadow on Leyton Marsh back to the pristine condition stipulated by WF Planning Committee councillors in February 2012. We know that the main causal factors … Continue reading
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Not a Legacy to Stand On! THE OLYMPIC DELIVERY AUTHORITY (ODA) WANTS TO CHARGE HACKNEY AND WALTHAM FOREST THOUSANDS OF POUNDS FOR DOING UP THEIR OWN BASKETBALL FACILITIES AND WILL NOT EVEN PROVIDE SIMPLE INFORMATION TO LEGITIMATE ENQUIRIES ABOUT HOW … Continue reading
SAVE LEA MARSHES’ CAMPAIGNERS ATTEND THE LEE VALLEY REGIONAL PARK AUTHORITY’S MEETING, 24TH JANUARY 2013: WHAT WE SAID, AND WHAT WE LEARNED. Background In October 2012 SLM supporters had staged a sit-in at the previous LVRPA Authority and Executive meeting, … Continue reading
