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Hackney Marshes: Common Land and Open Space
   
URGENT MESSAGE The
Tree Nusery and Forest Garden are under threat from a planning proposal
for Hackney Marshes Please read how you can help.Hackney Marshes are the home of park football and important natural habitats:
Waterways of the River Lea and the Lee Navigation (Hackney Cut);
Woodland - both new planting and mature trees over 100 years old.
They are also home to:
Some of the Marshes have been, and will be, lost to the 2012 Olympics.
History A compliation of HISTORIES AND ANECDOTES about Hackney Marshes
Maps
designated as Sites of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation.
News Sheets OCTOBER 2009. Conservation and Ecology: The Old River Lea at Hackney Marshes.
Photos
SKYLINES - more skylines of Hackney Marshes Planning Applications and Consultations
Details of planning consultations and applications affecting Hackney Marshes, and HMUG responses to them.
This includes current Olympics issues such as the proposed wind turbine on East Marsh.
Surveys
HABITATS, FLORA AND FAUNA OF HACKNEY MARSHES
SUBMIT YOUR OWN RECORDS
Links
Leaflets to Download Under PARKS and OPEN SPACES there are self-guided walks (some of which include Hackney Marshes), the Wildlife and Trees of Hackney Marshes, Wick Woodland, East Marsh, Trees of Mabley Green, Black Poplars, and many more.
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