the River Restoration Centre Case Study Series This site was last visited by RRC staff on 13 th August 2008 Tel/fax: 01234 752979 Email: rrc@therrc.co.uk http://www.therrc.co.uk River Ravensbourne at Cornmill Gardens Techniques: Removing concrete channel, bank re-profiling Project location: Lewisham, South East London River: Ravensbourne London Borough: Lewisham Project end date: 2007 Length: Approx 100m Upstream grid reference: TQ381757 Partners: Building Design Partnership (BDP), Lewisham Borough, Environment Agency Site background Before the regeneration of this site, this section of the Ravensbourne flowed through an area known as the Sundermead Estate. The river had been constrained within a narrow concrete channel as part of an historic flood defence scheme. This, together with high

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