Originally published December 28, 2016
Updated May 2026
Long before “green infrastructure” became a mainstream planning phrase, parts of East London were already undergoing a major transformation designed to reconnect industrial communities with transport, employment, flood resilience, and public open space.
The Belvedere Green Links project formed part of the wider East London Green Grid (ELGG), an ambitious regeneration and environmental initiative intended to improve connectivity, ecological resilience, and urban quality across sections of East and South East London bordering the Thames Estuary.
By the late 2000s and early 2010s, East London had become one of Europe’s largest regeneration corridors, shaped by infrastructure investment, housing pressure, Olympic legacy planning, environmental restoration, and long-term efforts to unlock former industrial land for future development.
Within this context, the Belvedere Green Links programme emerged as a significant £10.6 million infrastruc…
