Joined by the boys from Tower House School and the girls from Marymount International School, the Environment Trust returned to the popular Kew/Mortlake riverside to spruce the area up. The boys worked on clearing a piece of industrial heritage that their predecessors started work on last year. This area used to be a dock for transferring good in and out of the Stag Brewery. Now all that remains are the tracks where wagons loaded with cargo once trundled in and out. As the Environment Trust aims to protect and preserve west London's heritage, be it built or natural, this project makes a change from our usual nature conservation-related tasks.
Meanwhile, the Marymount girls worked to clear rubbish dumped over the fence from the Townmead Allotments, as well as clearing rubbish from the slipway near to the brewery tracks. Another grotty spot (not tackled yet), is behind the Townmead recycling centre. This will be a project for another day, where coppicing would also benefit wildlife at this site.
The remains of a 'camp site' behind the Richmond municipal tip.
More rubbish thrown over the fence of the neighbouring Townmead Allotments.
The boys from Tower House get to work clearing the tracks of grass.
After a hard morning's work, the boys pose on the old tracks.
Not to be out done, the girls from Marymount give the nearby draw-dock a good clean.
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