Wandle Meadow Nature Park
Introduction
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Wandle Meadow Nature Park
Image: © Marathon Taken: 11 Apr 2012
This site was originally a sewage works, built in 1877 by the Croydon Board of Health. They became the works of the Wandle Valley Joint Sewerage Board in 1917. The works were closed in the 1970s and the above-ground structures demolished and made safe. Eventually in 1994, Merton Council allowed housing in a small part of the old works to the west of the River Wandle and established Wandle Meadow Nature Park on the rest. Although the clouds looked threatening on this day, the showers never really materialised, at least not where I was.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.423367
Longitude
-0.18228