Case study:Queensbury Recreation Ground

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Location: 51° 35' 24.04" N, 0° 17' 16.55" W

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Status	Complete
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Themes	Fisheries, Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Social benefits
Country	England
Main contact forename	Michael
Main contact surname	Bradshaw
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Contact organisation	London Borough of Harrow
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Partner organisations	Drain London
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This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

Queensbury Park

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To create space for water, improve biodiversity and habitat, bring the river into the park to make it an accessible feature and improve water quality. Local park with river running north to south along its boundary. Fenced off from the park and and housing, inaccessible and prone to fly tipping. The water quality is poor due to misconnected waste water. There is no/few habitat or aquatic waterborne fauna.

The first phase of this project is complete and a local community group is establishing to work with the council and a local school to keep the river and flood storage area in good order. Sufficient monitoring is necessary due to pollution issues from sewers, however the next phase of the project is being planned. A reed bed system is to be installed to aid the restoration.

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Catchment and subcatchment Select a catchment/subcatchment Edit the catchment and subcatchment details (affects all case studies in this subcatchment) Catchment River basin district Thames River basin London Subcatchment River name Wealdstone Brook Area category 10 - 100 km² Area (km2) Maximum altitude category 100 - 200 m Maximum altitude (m) 124124 m <br />0.124 km <br />12,400 cm <br /> Dominant geology Calcareous Ecoregion Great Britain Dominant land cover Suburban Waterbody ID GB106039022940 Other case studies in this subcatchment: Wealdstone Brook Site Edit site Name WFD water body codes GB106039022940 WFD (national) typology WFD water body name Wealdstone Brook Pre-project morphology Reference morphology Desired post project morphology Heavily modified water body No National/international site designation Local/regional site designations Protected species present No Invasive species present No Species of interest Dominant hydrology Dominant substrate River corridor land use Average bankfull channel width category Average bankfull channel width (m) Average bankfull channel depth category Average bankfull channel depth (m) Mean discharge category Mean annual discharge (m3/s) Average channel gradient category Average channel gradient Average unit stream power (W/m2) Project background Edit project background Reach length directly affected (m) 900 m0.9 km <br />90,000 cm <br /> Project started 2011/01/01 Works started Works completed 2012/01/01 Project completed Total cost category 10 - 50 k€ Total cost (k€) Benefit to cost ratio Funding sources Environment Agency, London Borough of Harrow Cost for project phases Phase cost category cost exact (k€) Lead organisation Contact forename Contact surname Investigation and design Stakeholder engagement and communication Works and works supervision Post-project management and maintenance Monitoring Reasons for river restoration Edit reasons for restoration Mitigation of a pressure Pollution incident, Urbanisation Hydromorphology Biology Physico-chemical Other reasons for the project Landscape enhancement, Recreation Measures Edit Measures Structural measures Bank/bed modifications Floodplain / River corridor Planform / Channel pattern Other Non-structural measures Management interventions Social measures (incl. engagement) Improved public access Other Monitoring Hydromorphological quality elements Edit Hydromorphological quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Biological quality elements Edit biological quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Physico-chemical quality elements Edit Physico-chemical quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Any other monitoring, e.g. social, economic Edit Other responses Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Monitoring documents Upload monitoring documents Additional documents and videos Upload additional documents Additional links and references Edit links and references Link Description Supplementary Information Edit Supplementary Information