Erith Marshes

It is located next to the Crossness Sewage Treatment Works and is owned by Thames Water.

It is a Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation in the London Borough of Bexley.

The bulk of the marshes which once existed from Woolwich to Erith have now been built upon.

The small part that remains is owned by Thames Water, who manage an award-winning wildlife area.

Tilfen Land built a new industrial/commercial complex, and London's incinerator expanded.

A view of Crossness Nature Reserve one of the fragments of the marshes that has remained undeveloped