the River Restoration Centre Case Study Series This site was last visited by RRC staff on 11 th March 2008 Tel/fax: 01234 752979 Email: rrc@therrc.co.uk http://www.therrc.co.uk River Brent at Tokyngton Park Techniques: Re-meandering, backwater creation, de-culverting Project location: Wembley, North West London River: Brent London Borough: Brent Project end date: 2003 Length: Approx 2km Cost: £1,400,000 Upstream grid reference: TQ201848 Partners: London Borough of Brent, Environment Agency Site background Extensive historical flood alleviation works undertaken in the 1940’s and 1970’s led to this section of river being straightened and encased in concrete. The river provided little or no recreational value, whilst the quality of wildlife habitat was poor. In 1999 a partnership was formed,

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