Living Wandle Landscape Partnership: Final evaluation & completion report

Living Wandle (LW) is the National Lottery's first urban Landscape Partnership (LP) Scheme. Focused on the catchment of the River Wandle and covering parts of the London Boroughs of Croydon, Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth, its distinctive features include a largely built-up landscape with high population density, diverse communities including areas of social deprivation, but with many public open spaces and a great deal of ongoing activity. LW’s vision has been to secure: “A vibrant healthy, sustainable, multi-functional landscape in which people recognise and are inspired by the natural and cultural heritage of the valley and river”. At an overall cost of £2.6m, supported with £1.9m of Heritage Lottery Fund grant, LW’s 28 delivery partners have delivered a programme of over 30 separately costed projects which together address the four HLF programme aims of heritage conservation, community engagement, access and learning, and training and skills. This final evaluation celebrates the scheme's achievements, identifies lessons learnt, and assesses the future for a potential new Regional Park in the area