Meridian Water is one of London’s largest regeneration zones, encompassing 85 hectares of brownfield land. Enfield Council has a bold vision to transform the site over a 25-year period. Aquatic and landscape specialists worked together to reimagine the inert, degraded river channels on site, transforming them back into living systems with meanders and biodiverse wetland flood attenuation areas. These will form part of a public park; accessible during low flow and providing flood risk protection in Waltham Forest and Haringey during higher flow. Restorative design includes significant river re-naturalisation, contributing to on-site biodiversity net gain and flood resilience through the creation of wetland attenuation areas alongside the naturalised channel. 

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