Cheney Row Park

Built

Katie Frost/ We Made That

Cheney Row was a former landfill site that, through remediation and community co-design, has been transformed. The new £1.2m park includes an events space, outdoor stage, playspace and 467 new trees.

NEW LONDON AWARDS 2020

Shortlisted in the PLACEMAKING category
Cheney Row was a former landfill site that, through remediation and community co-design, has been transformed. The new £1.2m park includes an events space, outdoor stage, playspace and 467 new trees.

The £1.2m project was commissioned by Waltham Forest Council and opened in summer 2019. Over 1,300 people from the local area and beyond attended the launch day.

The previously empty 3ha now has; a new events space and outdoor stage where activities and performances can be held; a new playspace supporting active, social, sensory and creative play; 467 new trees to support biodiversity and ecological interest in this overlooked corner of the Lee Valley Regional Park; and a BMX cycling track opened for new use supporting local cycling charity COG to run BMX sessions for young people.

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Project information

Status

Built

Borough

Waltham Forest

Size

30000 sq m

Completion

May 2019

Location

Cheney Row Park, Cheney Row, Walthamstow, London E17 5ED, UK