# Derwent Floodwash, London

[Parks](https://geography.me/london/parks)

## Close by

- Pitch, 100 m
- [Co-op Food](https://geography.me/london/co-op-food-54): Grocery shop, 230 m
- [Cash machine](https://geography.me/london/cash-machine-644), 240 m
- [Hilton Pharmacy](https://geography.me/london/hilton-pharmacy): Pharmacy, 250 m
- [Sir Joseph Hood Memorial Playing Fields](https://geography.me/london/sir-joseph-hood-memorial-playing-fields): Park, 600 m
- [Playground](https://geography.me/london/playground-aragon-road), 620 m
- [Paddling Pool](https://geography.me/london/paddling-pool-2): Swimming pool, 890 m
- [Basketball court](https://geography.me/london/basketball-court-145), 950 m

Directions: https://maps.apple.com/directions?destination=51.3922,-0.2263

Source: https://geography.me/london/derwent-floodwash

## The story here

Derwent Floodwash is a 1.8 hectare Local Nature Reserve and Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade II, in Morden Park in the London Borough of Merton. It is owned by the London Borough of Wandsworth and managed by Merton Council. The site borders Pyl Brook, and it is designed to store flood waters when the brook overflows, preventing flooding of properties downstream.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derwent_Floodwash