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Middlesex Filter Beds

Postcode: E5 0BS

This haven for wildlife is a short walk away from the neighbouring WaterWorks Centre. Built by the East London WaterWorks Company in the mid-1800s this site demonstrates how a previous industrial area can become valuable local spaces suitable for small-scale events.

Address: Middlesex Filter Beds Nature Reserve, 110 Mandeville Street, London E5 0BS


This haven for wildlife is a short walk away from the neighbouring WaterWorks Centre. Built by the East London WaterWorks Company in the mid-1800s this site demonstrates how a previous industrial area can become valuable local spaces suitable for small-scale events.


Site Services

  • Size of footprint:41,535 m2

  • Size of hireable space: 2,000 m2

  • Surface: Mixture of grass spaces and tarmac paths

  • Water: None

  • Electricity: None

  • Lights: None

  • Toilets: None


Transport Links

  • Car parking: No public car parking

  • Tube: Lea Bridge and Clapton Overground

  • Bus: 55, 56

  • Bike: NCN Route 1

  • Vehicle access route: No vehicle access route

  • Pedestrian access route: Over the footbridge from Lea Bridge Road


Key Site Info

  • Open space area can be open from April – October

  • Local authority: London Brough of Hackey

  • Residents: 200 m

  • Nearest accommodation: Travelodge Hackney, 19 Amhurst Road, London, E8 1JW (11 minute drive) Aparthotel Adagio London Stratford, 42 Celebration Ave, East Village, E20 1DB (12 minute drive)

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