An quondam reservoir inward the boroughs of Hackney , inward due north eastward London , has been transformed into a nature reserve. Called Woodberry Wetlands , this 7-acre site of reed-fringed ponds , dykes together with scrapes was created out of an early on 19th century reservoir inward Stoke Newington , together with is located but 10 minutes’ walk away from the Manor House subway scheme station.
The East Reservoir was constructed inward 1833 to come across the growing demands for drinking H2O inward suburban London. The H2O was brought inward from the chalk streams of Hertfordshire via the New River through the wooded hamlet of Stoke Newington. Prior to the edifice of the reservoirs , the Woodberry Down —as it was called then— was rolling grass meadows where cattle grazed , together with small-scale woodlands where wild boar lived. Soon later its structure , large Victorian together with Edwardian mansions went upward overlooking the reservoir , together with Woodberry Down became a luxurious extension of the city.
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