London has got a gorgey new bright-red attraction. A massive crimson boardwalk has been revealed in Canada Water, designed by the architect behind the new London Museum and Barbican Centre renewal, Asif Khan.
The big Decathlon is getting a run for its money as the best attraction in Canada Water, as the 170m boardwalk officially opened to the public on Saturday November 2. Part of the 12-year, £4 billion Canada Water Masterplan, the new bridge spans waters that were once crossed by cargo ships arriving from the Atlantic.
As well as being wonderfully eye-catching, the bridge is creating a new home for wildlife in the area. It was built on one side of the water body, next to the wetlands, to create a natural habitat for the area's creatures which includes a diverse group of birds, bugs and other animals.
British Land, the developers of the project, said: ‘It will provide a way for visitors to get up close and personal with the wetland habitat created in partnership with groups including London Wildlife Trust and ecologists from Southwark Council, to sustain a more biodiverse community of bugs, birds and other wildlife’.
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