Mile End Park

Wild flowers in Mile End Park

We seem to be enjoying a spell of summer weather in London. This made it all the more welcome to come across a wild flower meadow on my canal walk from Limehouse last week. The park is long and thin. It runs alongside the canal and is intersected by main roads and railways. The impact of the roads can be limited by using the towpath and also the remarkable green bridge which is undergoing maintenance at the moment.

View from the green bridge

Pond beside the Ecology Centre

The park features an Ecology Centre built in a curving mound of earth under a walkway. I have never seen the wind turbine working in any weather but the pond and surrounding reeds attracts wildlife.

This welcome open space in Tower Hamlets offers ecology students  the opportunity to learn more about aquatic and grassland habitats.