Old Ford Island is a nature reserve within the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in the London Borough of Newham, managed by the London Wildlife Trust.[1]
This site has woodland, meadow, tall herbs and scrub. It has a variety of breeding birds and is important for butterflies, including the small heath, small copper, wall and common blue.[2]
The nature reserve is owned by Thames Water and is the site of the Old Ford Water Recycling Plant, which takes wastewater from the Northern Outfall Sewer and recycles it into non-potable water for use in flushing toilets and irrigation within the Olympic Park.[3][4] It is private land with no public access.
References edit
- ^ "Old Ford Island". London Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "The Greenway and Old Ford Nature Reserve". Greenspace Information for Greater London. 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "The Old Ford Water Recycling Plant and non-potable water distribution network" (PDF). Learning Legacy. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ "Old Ford Island - Management Plan 2013-2020" (PDF). London Wildlife Trust. August 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2023.