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Walthamstow Marshes
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Boardwalk across an environmental protection area
LocationGreater London
Grid referenceTQ352875
InterestBiological
Area36.7 hectares
Notification1985
Location mapMagic Map
Walthamstow Marshes

Walthamstow Marshes, is a 36.7-hectare (91-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Walthamstow in the London Borough of Waltham Forest.[1][2] It was once an area of lammas land – common land used for growing crops and grazing cattle.

  1. ^ Natural England, Walthamstow Marshes citation
  2. ^ "Map of Walthamstow Marshes SSSI". Natural England.

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the particularly determined. Leyton Marsh and the Walthamstow Marshes SSSI are located to the north of Hackney Marshes, and are part of the Lee Valley Regional...

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London Borough of Waltham Forest

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Bridge. Passing under the Lea Valley Lines rail bridge. Walthamstow Marshes and Leyton Marshes are passed as the path heads towards Lea Bridge Road. Approximately...

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Lee Valley Park

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include: Myddelton House Gardens, Temple Mills, Hackney Marshes, Walthamstow Marshes, Tottenham Marshes, River Lee Country Park, Bow Creek Ecology Park and...

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Leyton Marsh

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E postcode area

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River Lea

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green corridor continues. The corridor includes Walthamstow Marshes, Leyton Marshes, Hackney Marshes and the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. In that park...

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Coppermill Stream

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flows parallel with Coppermill Lane and skirts the northern edge of Walthamstow Marshes, passing under the Lea Valley lines and merging with the River Lee...

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Roe I Triplane

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then transported to the new flying ground that Roe had found on Walthamstow Marshes (then in Essex, but now within the London Borough of Waltham Forest)...

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Avro

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all-British powered flight still stands in the Lee Valley Park on the Walthamstow Marshes. In 1911, Roy Chadwick began work as Alliott's personal assistant...

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List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Greater London

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Victoria line

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London Underground line that runs between Brixton in south London and Walthamstow Central in the north-east, via the West End. It is printed in light blue...

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