Sutcliffe Park · Kidbrooke, Eltham and Lee
A river came back, and the wild came with it.
Sutcliffe Park is 16.7 hectares of meadow, marsh and open water. Twenty years ago it was a playing field over a buried river. This is a guide to what lives here now, and how you can help it thrive.
Explore
Three ways into the park.
The park
The buried river, the flood bowl that protects 600 homes, and a map of its habitats.
Read the story
Wildlife
What to look for each season, the species hunt, and pictures from neighbours.
Meet the locals
Get involved
Volunteer days, recording what you see, and what small changes could add for nature.
Lend a handThe film
Sutcliffe Park in a minute.
The paintings are AI-generated. The 3D park is built from Environment Agency LiDAR and OpenStreetMap, heights exaggerated to show the basin. Photos by iNaturalist observers, credited in the film.
Keepers news
Hear about volunteer days and the species hunt.
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