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Regional Parks

The London Plan describes Regional Parks as:

“Large areas, corridors or networks of open spaces, the majority of which will be publicly accessible and provide a range of facilities and features offering recreational, ecological, landscape, cultural or green infrastructure benefits. These offer a combination of facilities and features unique within London, are readily accessible by public transport and are managed to meet best practice quality that are standards.”

At best a regional park can:

• provide new and enhance existing public open spaces, reducing areas of deficiency;
• provide public access along the major river and green areas; 
• provide a range of formal and informal recreational uses and landscapes, promoting healthy living; 
• provide new and enhance existing wildlife sites; 
• manage water collection, cleansing and flood risk with multi-functional spaces; 
• provide beautiful, diverse and managed green infrastructure to the highest standards for people and wildlife.