Mile End Park
Mile End Park in Tower Hamlets, London, is the first example of a green bridge in the UK.
Photo by CZWG
A 25 metre wide span of landscaped parkland across five lanes of road unites two parts of the park. Acting as a wildlife corridor, it carries mature birch trees and evergreens, smaller plants and grass as well as a cycle track and footpath.
Ninety acres of linear open space link two parts of the park and form an invaluable green chain of open space and tranquillity through the heart of London's East End, running north-south along a mile of the Grand Union Canal.
Before its refurbishment the park was a bleak, fragmented, under-used open space in the centre of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, an authority with a large population and little good quality open space.
The park now also provides safe and attractive pedestrian and cycle routes, significantly contributing to pollution reduction where neighbouring roads are heavily used and congested.
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