Lee Valley Reservoir Chain

[1] The Reservoir Chain, together with the flood plain which it occupies, is a major geographic constraint; together with the Thames it is one of the two significant topographic features that divide the capital and define the communities on either side.

During World War I, the settlements on both sides of the Lea were badly hit by German Army and Navy airship raids.

The 2018 review compromised on this, allowing a cross-Lea constituency further south, in the Lower Lea where the communities on each side are more integrated due to the greater quantity and quality of the road and rail links across the valley.

[3] The corridor is part of the Metropolitan Green Belt, and its national and international significance for wildlife is reflected by SSSI, Ramsar and SPA designations.

[8] In 2006 a smaller water treatment works was also built at Chingford at the edge of the William Girling and King George V reservoirs.