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Lakes, Ponds and Reservoirs
Habitat Audit - page 2
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London’s
Resource
Table 2 shows the number of water-bodies identified within
each borough. These figures include ponds and other small water-bodies
in open landscapes (but excludes garden ponds and the like). Havering
has 343 sites, the largest number recorded, representing approximately
19% of the London total. Barnet has 191 sites (10% of the London
total) and Hillingdon has 153 sites (8.3% of the London total).
These outer London boroughs have higher total numbers due to the
farm ponds remaining in the more rural parts of the Green Belt.
Conversely, inner London boroughs have far fewer water-bodies;
Tower Hamlets, for example, has 13 recorded sites (0.7% of the
London total) and Kensington and Chelsea has only 6 recorded sites
(0.3% of the London total). Inner London borough site totals would
significantly increase with the inclusion of private garden ponds.
Areas of the main reservoirs in London are shown in Table 3.
It is difficult to put the extent of open water in London into
any national or regional context. The UK Steering Group report
does not attempt to give any indication of the area covered or
distribution of any of these open water habitats. However, the
concentration of large reservoirs in and around London is significant.
Table 2: Number of Lakes and Ponds by Borough
|
Borough
|
Number of lakes and ponds
|
Borough
|
Number of lakes and ponds
|
|
City of London
|
8
|
Hillingdon
|
153
|
|
City of Westminster
|
14
|
Hounslow
|
47
|
|
Barking & Dagenham
|
38
|
Islington
|
3
|
|
Barnet
|
191
|
Kensington & Chelsea
|
6
|
|
Bexley
|
44
|
Kingston upon Thames
|
30
|
|
Brent
|
35
|
Lambeth
|
23
|
|
Bromley
|
114
|
Lewisham
|
39
|
|
Camden
|
26
|
Merton
|
45
|
|
Croydon
|
29
|
Newham
|
18
|
|
Ealing
|
57
|
Redbridge
|
47
|
|
Enfield
|
111
|
Richmond upon Thames
|
102
|
|
Greenwich
|
43
|
Southwark
|
29
|
|
Hackney
|
9
|
Sutton
|
23
|
|
Hammersmith & Fulham
|
12
|
Tower Hamlets
|
13
|
|
Haringey
|
13
|
Waltham Forest
|
54
|
|
Harrow
|
90
|
Wandsworth
|
25
|
|
Havering
|
343
|
London Total
|
1, 834
|
Data from Langton 1984 and LEU
Table 3: Area of Major Reservoirs within Greater London
|
Borough
|
Reservoir
|
Area (ha)
|
|
Barnet
|
Brent
|
26
|
|
Brent
|
Brent
|
28
|
|
Enfield
|
William Girling
King George’s
|
149
142
|
|
Hackney
|
Stoke Newington
|
17
|
|
Hounslow
|
Kempton Park (East)
|
16
|
|
Richmond
|
Stain Hill & Sunnyside
Londsdale Road
Barn Elms
|
20
9
(35)*
|
|
Waltham Forest
|
Walthamstow
Banbury
|
176
37
|
|
London Total
|
697
|
*Barn Elms reservoir is now The Wetland
Centre, owned by WWT
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