River Restoration Opportunity

Gores Brook – Parsloes Park

River: Gores Brook

Catchment: Roding, Beam and Ingrebourne

Project length (km): 0.6

Project lead: London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

Project status: Feasibility study complete with landowner agreement and concept design

Project driver

Amenity (place making), flood reduction, nature/biodiversity and water quality

Restoration Type

Daylighting, de-culverting, habitat enhancement and constructed wetland

Restoration details

Create riparian zone, increase in channel habitat heterogeneity, remove hard engineering and re-meander/re-profile

Project description

Project to deculvert the buried Gores Brook through Parsloes Park. Opportunity developed through the Green Resilient Spaces Fund. Get in touch with RBI Catchment Partnership host (will.oliver@thames21.org.uk) or London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Head of Parks for more information (andy.johnson@lbbd.gov.uk).

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https://www.thames21.org.uk/improving-rivers/goresbrook-living-landscapes-uncovering-parsloes-parks-buried-brook/