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 Quaggy at Sutcliffe Park Techniques: Re-meandering, backwater creation, de-culverting Project location: Eltham, South East London River: Quaggy London Borough: Greenwich Project end date: 2003 Length: Approx 500m Upstream grid reference: TQ411748 Partners: Environment Agency, Quaggy Waterways Action Group, Breheny Engineering, Greenwich Council Site background For years the River Quaggy at Sutcliffe Park was lost underground in a culvert. Local residents only became aware that a river was there when their homes flooded more frequently as development increased. Rather than further deepening and widening the hid

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