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S:\Filing\JonathanW\Harlow\8_3\11096901_A0_6.mxd Notes : 0 250 500m A GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN For illustrative purposes only - see section 3.4 for details Map 6/6 CHRIS BLANDFORD ASSOCIATES See Appendix A in Volume 1 Report for list of data sources 1 2 3 Scale 1:10,000 at A0 www.cba.uk.net FOR THE HARLOW AREA THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK The Green Infrastructure Network 4 5 6 See separate sheet for key November 2005 IS CONCEPTUAL IN NATURE AND THIS for the Harlow Area (1:10,000 scale) MAP IS ONLY INDICATIVE The Green Infrastructure Network involves the creation, Key Strategic Destinations and Gateways Existing Rights of Way protection and enhancement of the following multi-functional !!! 1 Gibberd's Garden Sustrans Cycle Route green spaces and links: ^_ Strategic Parks –major areas of multi-functional ^_2 Eastwick Medieval Settlement Site public green space ^_3 Epping Green / Rye Hill Riverways –multi-functional corridors and sequences of spaces and places River Lee Navigation New Strategic Park ^_4 Roydon Mill The Stort Riverpark River Stort Navigation Existing Strategic Parks ^_5 Chesthunt Station Epping Forest 6 Broxbourne / Keysers Estate Hatfield Forest Country Park ^_ New Urban Landscapes of Distinction –urban gateways targeted for Lee Valley Regional ParkÐ 7 Dobb's Weir / Nazeing Mead ^_ environmental design improvements 8 Local Green Space Parks –locally significant areas of ^_ Rye House 1 Harlow Rail Station/Town Park multi-functional public green space ^_9 Amwell Nature Reserve 2 West Harlow Core Natural Green Spaces –designated sites of nature ^_10 Pishiobury Park 3 East Harlow/New Hall conservation 4 South East Harlow/M11 Approach

Heritage Landscapes –areas targeted for integrated conservation management (NB. these are not designations) New Strategic Destinations1 and Gateways Parkways –road transport corridors targeted for Ancient Landscapes environmental design improvements 1 1. Hatfield Forest ^ Gilston Park Area M25 M11 2. Waltham Abbey and Environs 2 ^ Copped Hall Area A10 3. Epping Forest Fringe 3 Wintry Wood to Beachet Wood A414 4. Ongar Park and Woodlands ^ A1184 5. Nazeing and Rye Hill Historic Parklands 1. North of River Stort Railways –key rail transport corridors and stations targeted for Greenways –linear habitats incorporating 2. Down Hall !1 environmental design improvements shared use paths 3. West of Hoddesdon WAGN Railway and Stations 1. Waltham Abbey / River Lee Country Park 4. Epping Forest Fringe London Underground Central Line and Epping Station to Ware (via Lee Valley) Historic Airfields 2. Broxbourne Woodland Complex to 1. Allen's Green Clayton Hill Country Park 2. Hunsdon 3. Roydon via Harlow Town Park to Bishop’s Stortford 3. North Weald (via Stort Valley) 4. Lower Nazeing / Clayton Hill Country Park to Latton Bush Stort Valley Historic Landscapes 5. Roydon via Nazeing Common to Epping Forest 6. Parndon Wood Nature Reserve / Kingsmoor to Epping Strategic Destinations and Gateways –focal points of 7. North Weald Bassett / Epping to Epping Forest recreational activity and access to the countryside 8. North Weald Bassett to Hatfield Forest Country Park Major Strategic Destinations and Gateways 9. East Harlow to Matching Green 10. Sawbridgeworth to Hatfield Forest Country Park 1 Hatfield Forest Country Park ^_ 11. Gilston to Bishop’s Stortford ^_2 Parndon Wood Nature Reserve 12. Waltham Abbey via Cobbin’s Brook to Thornwood Common 3 Harlow Town Park Notes : ^_ 13. West Harlow to Lee Valley 4 For illustrative purposes only - see section 3.4 for details ^_ Clayton Hill Country Park 14. South Harlow to Rye Hill See Appendix A in Volume 1 Report for list of data sources ^_5 River Lee Country Park 15. North Harlow to River Stort 16. North West Harlow to River Stort 6 Waltham Abbey ^_ 17. River Stort to Church Langley Key for 1:10,000 scale Green Infrastructure Network Maps 18. Greenway 11 to Sawbridgeworth

A GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN FOR THE HARLOW AREA

THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK IS CONCEPTUAL CHRIS BLANDFORD ASSOCIATES www.cba.uk.net IN NATURE AND THIS FIGURE IS ONLY INDICATIVE November 2005 S:\Filing\JonathanW\Harlow\8_3\11096901_key2_AV8.mxd NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE

UTTLESFORD Harlow Area Green Infrastructure Plan

Green Arc Initiative

STEVENAGE Lee Valley Regional Park

Epping Forest HERTFORDSHIRE Hatfield Forest Country Park

Hainault Forest Country Park

Watling Chase Community Forest

UTTLESFORD Thames Chase Community Forest EAST HERTFORDSHIRE East London Green Grid ESSEX A1(M) HARLOW Notes: See Appendix A in Volume 1 Report for list of data sources

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Figure 1 The Harlow Area - An Overview

GREENWICH A GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN BEXLEY FOR THE HARLOW AREA

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Special Protection Area (SPA)

Special Area of Conservation (SAC)

Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)

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Figure 3 Existing Ecological Assets and Biodiversity : Key Ecological Assets

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Figure 3b Existing Ecological Assets and Biodiversity : Key Habitats and Links

A GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN FOR THE HARLOW AREA

" " Primary Key Links/Dispersal Corridors (See Figure 3b) Priority Areas with Opportunities to Strengthen Network Habitat Enhancement Areas A1. Cheshunt Park – Enhancement of hedgerows, verges and grassland D5 A2. Hoddesdon Park Wood Fringe – Enhancement of grassland and wet woodland B1. East of River Lee – Enhancement of grassland, wetland and hedgerows B2. Great Amwell – Enhancement of wetland and grassland C1. River Stort – Enhancement of wetland C2. Spellbrook – Enhancement of pools, swamp and wet grassland, hedgerows and woodland D4 D1. Hunsdonbury – Enhancement of grassland H7 H3 D3. Gilston Park – Enhancement of new verges, woodland, scrub C2 E1. Kingsmead – Enhancement of grassland G1. Upshire – Enhancement of grassland, stream channel, ponds and wetland H2 I1. Harlow Urban Area – Enhancement of Town Park Sawbridgeworth Habitat Creation Areas A3. Park Lane – Creation of woodland, hedgerows and grassland D2. The Grove – Creation of arable field margins, grassland D2 H4 E2. Lower Nazeing – Creation of new grassland, wetland Hunsdon F1. South Harlow – Creation of new woodland, heathland, hedgerows and ditches G2. Thornwood - Creation of new hedgerows, scrub Sheering H1. Matching – Creation of woodland and scrub H2. Grinstead Lane – Creation of wet grassland

D3 H3. Little Hallingbury Park – Creation of scrub, woodland, wet woodland C3 " " Enhanced Habitat Linkages D1 A4. Broxbourne to the Lee Valley – Enhancement of hedgerows and verges B2 H1 C3. Fiddlers Brook – Enhancement of grassland, wetland, reed beds and aquatic C4 F3 vegetation D4. Fiddlers Brook – Enhancement of verges, hedgerows and brook E3. Nazeing Brook – Enhancement of grassland, arable margins and hedgerows E4. West Harlow – Enhancement of verges and hedgerows I1 I2 G3. Cobbins Brook – Enhancement of riparian corridor habitats C1 I2. Harlow Urban Area - Enhancement of riparian habitats and verges within the I3 Green Wedges Harlow I3. Hoddesdon / Cheshunt Urban Area – Enhancement of species-rich grassland,

E6 scrub and aquatic habitats along the New River navigation canal Hoddesdon H5 " E1 I2 " New Habitat Linkages C4. Hunsdon Lane/Brook – Creation of new habitats along road verges, brook, A4 hedgerows, arable field margins H5 D5. Between Fiddlers Brook and River Stort – Creation of new hedgerows, Hastingwood field margins, ponds, grassland, woodland B1 E4 E5. Nazeing to Cobbin’s Brook – Creation of new hedgerows, ditches, verges A2 F2 and grassland E6. Roydon Park – Create new hedgerows, ditches, verges and grassland F1 F2. Rye Hill – Creation of new hedgerows and scrub E3 F3. East Harlow – Creation of new woodland and hedgerows G4. Coopersale Common – Creation of new green bridge G2 H6 H4. Hatfield Heath – Creation of new woodland, verges and hedgerows A3 E5 Epping H5. Tilegate – Creation of verges and hedgerows Green H6. Lower Bobbingworth – Creation of grassland and scrub E2 North Weald H7. Stortford Road – Creation of green bridge Bassett Notes: A1 See Appendix A in Volume 1 Report for list of data sources See Figure 3b for existing key habitats 0 1 2 km Figure 3c Priority Areas for Enhanced Green Spaces and Cheshunt G3 Epping Links for Wildlife G1 G4 A GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN FOR THE HARLOW AREA Waltham Abbey

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Crown Copyright ©. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number 100017241 2005 November 2005 S:\Projects\11096901_Harlow_Green_Infrastructure\GIS\projects\Final_281105\11096901_03c_eco_oppties.mxd Landscape Character Types Major Urban Areas Urban Area Valley Floodplains Marshes Ridges and Slopes Plateaus 14 16A Uplands Ridges Wooded Ridges Ridges and Valleys Landscape Character Areas 13 1 Wormleybury and Cheshunt Park 15 2 Lea Valley Marshes 3 Middle Lea Valley South 16B 4 Hoddesdon and Cheshunt Major Urban Area 11 5 Broxbournebury 6 Rye Meads 9 10D 7 Great Amwell Ridges and Slopes 10C 8 Amwell Floodplain 9 Lower Ash Valley 8 12 10 Stansted and Pishiobury Parklands 7 10A 10B 11 Hunsdon Plateau 12 River Stort 13 High Wych Slopes 19 14 Thorley Uplands 15 Little Hallingbury Ridges and Slopes 20B 16 Hatfield Heath Plateau 6 17 Roydon and Nazeing Plateau 17A 18 18 Harlow Major Urban Area 19 Matching Plateau 20 Jack's Hatch to Church Langley Ridge 21 North Weald Ridges and Valleys 22 Magdalen Laver Ridges and Valleys 5 23 Holyfield Ridges and Valleys 17B 24 Copped Hall Ridges and Valleys 3 20A 22 25 Epping Ridges and Valleys 26 Thornwood Common Ridges and Valleys 27 Epping Urban Area 21 28 Coopersale Ridges and Valleys 4 29 East Epping Wooded Ridge 17C 26 30 Toot Hill Ridge 1 31 Waltham Abbey 0 21 km 25 Woodland Major Rivers 24A Notes: 2 See Appendix A in Volume 1 Report for list of data sources 29 30 Figure 4 23 Landscape Character Types and Areas 27 24B 28 A GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN FOR THE HARLOW AREA 31 CHRIS BLANDFORD ASSOCIATES www.cba.uk.net This map is based on Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office © Crown copyright. November 2005 Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Hertfordshire & Essex County Councils LA076678, LA100019602, 2005 S:\Projects\11096901_Harlow_Green_Infrastructure\GIS\projects\Final_281105\11096901_04_landscape.mxd Protected Areas ™ Scheduled Monuments Registered Historic Parks and Gardens Conservation Areas

™ Ancient Landscapes ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ k Visible Features ™ ™ ™ ! Visible Archaeological Features k Pre 18th Century Surviving Landscape Features

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Registered Common Land k k Enclosed Fields Historic Routeways ™ ™™ ™ ™ ™™ 18th &19th Century Surviving Landscape Features k k k ™ k k™ ™™ k ™ ™ Water Meadow ™ ™ ™ k k k k Enclosed Meadow Pasture k k ™™ k ™ k™ ™ Enclosed Fields ™ k Parkland k k k k™ ™k™ ™ k Navigations k™ ™ 19th & 20th Century Surviving Landscape Features ™ k k™ Woodland ™ ™ Orchard ™ k k ™ k ™ k™ k Key Sites k ™ k k k k Parks and Gardens k k Mill Sites k ™™ k™ k k Prehistoric Sites k 20th Century Military Sites 0 21 km k ™ k k k Monastic Sites ™ k Medieval Settlement Sites k™ k k k ™ k Notes: ™ See Appendix A in Volume 1 Report for list of data sources

k ™™™ k Figure 5 ™ Archaeological, Historical and Cultural Assets ™ ™ k k A GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN k k ™ k ™ FOR THE HARLOW AREA ™ ™ ™ CHRIS BLANDFORD ASSOCIATES www.cba.uk.net This map is based on Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office © Crown copyright. November 2005 Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Hertfordshire & Essex County Councils LA076678, LA100019602, 2005 S:\Projects\11096901_Harlow_Green_Infrastructure\GIS\projects\Final_281105\11096901_05_archae.mxd Priority Areas Ancient Landscapes 1. Hatfield Forest 1 2. Waltham Abbey and Environs ™ ™ ™ 3. Epping Forest Fringe ™ ™ ™ ™ k 4. Ongar Park and Woodlands 1™ ™ ™ 5. Nazeing and Rye Hill

k Historic Parklands 1. North of River Stort 2. Down Hall 3. West of Hoddesdon 4. Epping Forest Fringe k k Historic Airfields 1. Allen's Green ™ ™™ ™ ™ ™™ 2. Hunsdon k k k ™ k k™ ™™ 3. North Weald k ™ ™ ™ 2™ ™ k Stort Valley Historic Landscapes k k k k k 2 1 k ™™ ™ k™ ™ ™ Notes: ™ k See Figure 5 key k See Appendix A in Volume 1 Report for list of data sources k ™k™ k ™k™ k k™ ™ ™ k k™

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Figure 5a 3 ™™™ k k Priority Areas for Enhanced Management of ™ Archaeological, Historical and Cultural Assets ™ ™ k k 4 A GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN k k ™ 2k ™ 4 FOR THE HARLOW AREA ™ ™ ™ CHRIS BLANDFORD ASSOCIATES www.cba.uk.net This map is based on Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office © Crown copyright. November 2005 Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Hertfordshire & Essex County Councils LA076678, LA100019602, 2005 S:\Projects\11096901_Harlow_Green_Infrastructure\GIS\projects\Final_281105\11096901_05a_priority_archae.mxd Transport Routes Strategic Public Open Strategic Road Network Space (>400ha) Hatfield Forest P Car Parks Public Open Space (<400ha) Country Park (including Cemeteries, Railway Golf Courses, Nature Reserves, 1 Common Land, Parks, River Navigations Sports Grounds, Allotments) Public Rights of Way Permissive Access Land Footpath Countryside Stewardship %8 Access Land E Bridleway Road used as Public Path / Byway Open to All Traffic E%3 Cycle Routes

E%7 Trails 1 Lee Valley Walk 5 Stort Valley Way ! E% E% E%2 Harcamlow Way E%6 Essex Way %3 Three Forests Way E%7 Forest Way UP E E%1 ! %5 E%2 E E%4 The New River Path E%8 Hertfordshire Way 10 Major Destinations / Focal Points 5 E% 1 Hatfield Forest Country Park 1 ^_ 2 ! 2 9 ^_ Parndon Wood Nature Reserve ! UP 3 Harlow Town Park 2 ^_ E%4 E% ! 3 ^_4 Clayton Hill Country Park 3 E% 5 ! ^_ River Lee Country Park 4 6 Waltham Abbey 8 UP _ ! ^ Key Destinations / Focal Points ^_1 Gibberd's Garden UP ^_2 Eastwick Medieval Settlement Site 7 UP 3 Epping Green / Rye Hill E%3 ^_ 4 Roydon Mill ! ^_ UP 5 E% 5 2 _ Chesthunt Station 6 ^ UP UP E%5 ^_6 Broxbourne / Keysers Estate UP 7 UP 4 ^_ Dobb's Weir / Nazeing Mead UP 3 ^_8 Rye House ^_9 St. Margarets / Amwell Nature Reserve 0 1 2 km Lee Valley Regional Park ^_10 Pishiobury Park UP Notes: E%3 See Appendix A in Volume 1 Report for list of data sources E%1 UP UP 5 Figure 6 UP E%6 ! 5 Existing Access Networks and Recreational Facilities UP 4 E% UP ! A GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN ! FOR THE HARLOW AREA P UP U Epping Forest ! 6 CHRIS BLANDFORD ASSOCIATES www.cba.uk.net

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P Car Parks

Public Rights of Way ^_1 Trails

Strategic Public Open Space to be Safeguarded

Other Public Open Space to be Safeguarded

Major Strategic Destinations/Focal Points to be ^_ Safeguarded and Enhanced (see Figure 6) 11 ˜š K Key Strategic Destinations/Focal Points to be Safeguarded ^_ and Enhanced (see Figure 6)

R New Strategic Destinations & Gateways 18 _1 Gilston Park Area A ^ ˜š 10 2 ˜š ^_ Copped Hall Area P Hunsdon ^_3 Wintry Wood to Beachet Wood P R STORT RIVERPARK - New Public Open Space 10 Sheering New Strategic Access Links and Network Enhancements ^_1 E^_ Greenways (illustrative only) V 1 ^_2 RI ^_ 1 Waltham Abbey / River Lee Country Park to Ware (Lee Valley) 9 2 Broxbourne Woodland Complex to Clayton Hill Country Park ^_P 3 3 Roydon via Harlow Town Park to Bishop’s Stortford (Stort Valley) ˜š 8 4 Lower Nazeing / Clayton Hill Country Park to Latton Bush ˜š 5 Roydon via Nazeing Common to Epping Forest 3 ^_ 9 6 Parndon Wood Nature Reserve / Kingsmoor to Epping STORT15 7 North Weald Bassett / Epping to Epping Forest ˜š ˜š 8 North Weald Bassett to Hatfield Forest Country Park 4 _ 16 17 9 East Harlow to Matching Green P ^ Harlow ^_8 ˜š ˜š 10 Sawbridgeworth to Hatfield Forest Country Park Hoddesdon 11 Gilston to Bishop’s Stortford 12 Waltham Abbey via Cobbin’s Brook to Thornwood Common 13 West Harlow to Lee Valley P 14 South Harlow to Rye Hill 13 15 North Harlow to River Stort 7 ^_ P ˜š 16 North West Harlow to River Stort 17 River Stort to Church Langley

14 Hastingwood 18 Greenway 11 to Sawbridgeworth P ˜š !! ! Proposed Sustrans National Cycle Network Route

6 _2 " Riverways P ^ " P^_ 1 Parkways ˜š2 ˜š P ˜š4 Railways P 4 _ 3 Notes: P ^ ^_ 5 See Appendix A in Volume 1 Report for list of data sources ˜š Epping North Weald Green ˜š6 Bassett 0 21 km

P 12 P ˜š Figure 6a 3 Priority Areas for Enhanced Green Spaces and P 5 ^_ _P Access Links for People Cheshunt ^ 5 Epping P^_ A GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN P 7 ^_2 ˜š FOR THE HARLOW AREA P P Waltham 6 Abbey ^_ CHRIS BLANDFORD ASSOCIATES www.cba.uk.net November 2005

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Other Key Assets Key Views Visually Significant Slopes Key Historic Landscapes Key Paths

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Figure 7 Key Green Infrastructure Assets in and around Harlow

A GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN FOR THE HARLOW AREA

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3 1 11. Gilston to Bishop’s Stortford ^_ Hatfield Forest Country Park Notes : 12. Waltham Abbey via Cobbin’s Brook to For illustrative purposes only - see section 3.4 for details Lee Valley 3 ^_2 Parndon Wood Nature Reserve Thornwood Common Regional Park See Appendix A in Volume 1 Report for list of data sources ^_3 Harlow Town Park 13. West Harlow to Lee Valley 12 14. South Harlow to Rye Hill 1 4 Clayton Hill Country Park 3 ^_ 15. North Harlow to River Stort 3 Figure 8 5 5 River Lee Country Park 16. North West Harlow to River Stort 7 ^_ The Green Infrastructure Network for the 17. River Stort to Church Langley 5 ^_6 Waltham Abbey Harlow Area 4 18. Greenway 11 to Sawbridgeworth 12 4 2 2 A GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN 7 FOR THE HARLOW AREA 6 THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK IS CONCEPTUAL Epping Forest IN NATURE AND THIS FIGURE IS ONLY INDICATIVE CHRIS BLANDFORD ASSOCIATES www.cba.uk.net November 2005 This map is based on Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Hertfordshire & Essex County Councils LA076678, LA100019602, 2005 S:\Projects\11096901_Harlow_Green_Infrastructure\GIS\projects\Final_281105\11096901_08_network.mxd 1 Stort Riverpark

2 Harlow Town and Country Links Projects

3 Roydon, Nazeing and Rye Hill Projects

4 Epping and North Weald Bassett Projects

5 Epping Forest Fringes Projects

6 Lee Valley Projects

7 North of Stort Projects 7 1 8 East of M11 Projects Notes: See Appendix A in Volume 1 Report for list of data sources

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Figure 9 4 Green Infrastructure Project Areas 5 A GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN FOR THE HARLOW AREA