Monthly Archives: March 2009

Open Country looks at Lea Valley

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Lee Valley Park marketing manager Lucy Hose has sent out a letter saying that last year “over four million visitors came to see what we have to offer”. It’s an impressive figure.

This Saturday morning Open Country on Radio 4  looks at how parts of the of the valley are being transformed for the Olympics which will bring many more in 2012.

The programme is at 6.07am and repeated the following Thursday at 3pm. Or listen online.

I see that the Radio Times uses the ‘Lea’ spelling. This is slowly being adopted by the media although the official title of the park covering the last 26 miles is ‘Lee Valley’. Further north near Luton they accept ‘Lea’ as in ‘Upper Lea Valley’ which pioneered the ‘Lea Valley Walk’. I might start using it myself as in the headline here.

River Lea to be dredged

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Good news from the Olympics at last.

The 2012 event has led to the announcement of a £2 million dredging programme to improve the water quality of the River Lea between Tottenham Lock and Old Ford Lock.

This stretch of the river often looks dank, covered in weed which confirms the lack of craft. Indeed the poor water quality is obvious. Silt and obstructions are now to be cleared

This water, being near the city and Thames, should be the busiest.

The Environment Agency and British Waterways have joined together to take advantage of a European initiative called the Water Framework Directive.