‘…Lavender Pond Nature Park was created in 1981 by LB Southwark in conjunction with the Trust for Urban Ecology and Landuse Consultants Ltd. It was once in the northern part of the Surrey Commercial Docks established in 1864 [and] finally closed in 1969. Nearby are remnants of the earlier industrial use, the Lavender Lock built in 1863 to serve a timber pond that belonged to the Surrey Docks, and the Pump House, built by Port of London Authority in 1928/9 over the channel through to the Thames…’. (London Gardens Online
The Pump House in the Lavender Pond Nature ReserveThe remains of the lock gates in the Lavender Pond Nature ReserveThe channel from the Thames to the Lavender PondThe Thames and Canary Wharf from the entrance to the Lavender Pond
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I visited this lovely green oasis last spring…what a great haven for wildlife….what a shame the centre is no longer open…
I visited this lovely green oasis last spring…what a great haven for wildlife….what a shame the centre is no longer open…