Gores Brook Living Landscapes
This project would involve excavating a new channel for the brook within the eastern section of Parsloes Park, with associated wetland areas for people to enjoy and wildlife to flourish in.
Parsloes Park is a 58 hectare public park situated in Dagenham. The park accounts for 12% of the publicly accessible green space for the Borough.
The Gores Brook is a short river (only 7km long) that rises north of Parsloes Park and flows south, through Goresbrook Park, towards the Thames.
In the 1930's, the stretch of the Gores Brook which flowed through Parsloes Park was channelled through a pipe and buried. This process is known as 'culverting' a river. When a river is culverted, the wildlife that relies on the river is lost, and people can no longer use the river as a place to walk, play and relax.
The Gores Brook being buried under Parsloes Park during the 1930's 
Photo Credit: Valence House Museum
EVENT
Join the Greening Network's second meeting of 2023 to connect and with neighbours that care about green issues in Barking and Dagenham.
We will be joined by Will Oliver from Thames 21. Thames 21 is the voice for London’s waterways, working with communities to improve rivers and canals for people and wildlife.
Thames 21 have a number of projects in Barking and Dagenham - including developing plans to restore the Gores Brook to it's former glory within Parsloes Park.
Will will be discussing this project along with others that Thames 21 are involved in, including efforts to support people to take action on waterways. There will be an opportunity to ask questions and share any experience you might have of volunteering or spending time around the borough's blue spaces.
Come along to find out more! Sign up via the Eventbrite here.