Lee Valley
The Lee Valley is internationally important for wintering birds.
This living landscape stretches for 28 miles from Hertford through the 2012 Olympic Park to the River Thames. A chain of water filled gravel pits characterise the north, while the south is an urban landscape punctuated by water supply reservoirs and pockets of open space.
Internationally important numbers of gadwall and shoveler duck are found here, as well as nationally important numbers of bittern. The valley supports otters and all 19 species of Hertfordshire dragonfly are here too. There are eight Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
The Lee Valley includes land in Hertfordshire, Essex and London and we work closely with neighbouring Wildlife Trusts and in partnership with the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, founded by Act of Parliament in 1967.
Achievements so far
Visitor Centre and Nature Reserve at Rye Meads near Hoddesdon together with RSPB
The creation of Amwell Nature Reserve near Ware
We want to continue to improve access to wildlife for the 10 million people who live within an hour of the valley.
Our partners in the Lee Valley
Lee River Valley Park Authority
British Waterways
Environment Agency
RSPB
Thames Water
Read more about our living landscape vision.
