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Tidal Thames Habitat Audit

Type and Length of River Wall by Borough

River Wall Type

Borough

Natural/Earth Embankment (m)

Sloping
(m)

Vertical
(m)

Mixed
(m)

TOTAL
(km)

City of London

-

-

2300

300

2.6

City of Westminster

-

-

4400

300

4.7

Barking & Dagenham

1200

900

5200

-

7.3

Bexley

3500

1300

5600

-

10.4

Greenwich

-

1500

13100

-

14.6

Hammersmith & Fulham

-

-

5600

1500

7.1

Havering

600

3500

1500

-

5.6

Hounslow

1200

3900

2400

2000

9.5

Kensington & Chelsea

-

-

2500

-

2.5

Kingston upon Thames *

-

-

-

-

4.5

Lambeth

-

-

3200

-

3.2

Lewisham

-

-

1800

-

1.8

Newham

1100

3900

7200

1900

14.1

Richmond upon Thames **

-

17500

2800

2300

33.3

Southwark

-

-

7100

-

7.1

Tower Hamlets

-

300

14800

-

15.1

Wandsworth

-

600

6800

-

7.4

TOTAL (km)

7.6

33.4

86.3

8.3

150.8

* river walls not included in survey
** includes 10700m where type of river wall is unknown
Based on analysis of data from Tidal Thames: Landscape Assessment and Design Guidelines. (1996) EA.

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