AF01 Lee Valley and Finchley Ridge.pdf - Greater London Authority

Appendices – Baseline Description
Access to Nature
Around the Lea Valley Area, a high proportion of
neighbouring communities suffer from deficiency
in access to nature, and there are also pockets of
deficiency along the Finchley Ridge. Improvements
could be achieved through increasing the
environmental value and biodiversity of existing and
new green space, and improving accessible links
into the green space network from these areas of
deficiency.
SSSI SE England
SINC Metropolitan
SINC Borough 1
SINC Borough 2
SINC Local
Deficiency in Access to Nature
Sites to Reduce Areas of Deficiency
Ecological and Landscape zones
As would be expected, the areas immediately
around the Lea River and associated waterways
are predominantly areas of flood plain soils – this
fluvial swathe cuts through a number of different
adjacent ecological areas on its sweep north-south.
The Finchley Ridge is underlain by London Clay, but
outcrops of glacial till and gravel deposits form a
broken ridge of higher land that reaches 98m AOD at
Muswell Hill. The ridge is broken into a series of hills
by streams flowing east to the River Lea (Turkey
Brook, Pymmes Brook and Salmon Brook), and south
to the Brent River (beyond the study area).
Chalk Solid
Gravel and Sandy hiltops
Clays
Loams
Low level Gravel
Flood PLain soils
Making Connections
The communities of the Lea Valley and Finchley
Ridge benefit from strong tube / rail routes into
the city centre and out through the countryside of
Hertfordshire. But while north south connections
between centres are strong, and the Lower Lea
Valley has good east west links, lateral connections
between the Ridge and the Valley are limited to the
Victoria line between Manor House and Blackhorse
Road, and the rail route between Haringey Green
Lanes and Blackhorse Road.
Transport Nodes
Rail Network
Underground Network
National Cycle Route
Sustrans greenways
Strategic Walking Routes
Other Walking Routes
Thematic Local Walks
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