Burnt Oak Brook flowing freely again after decades in a concrete channel

A north London stream that has been constrained within a narrow concrete channel since the 1950s is flowing freely again as part of a rewilding project.
The brook still in its concrete channel to the north of the project
The restored brook layout
The Burnt Oak Brook, which runs through Watling Park, has seen a narrow channel removed and the brook’s wide, sloping meandering path, which it would once have known, restored. As part of the rewilding, the new channel will allow aquatic plants an