London’s park life
London is home to over 3,000 publicly accessible parks and green spaces – which together cover 18 per cent of London.1
In 2019, the Mayor established the London Green Spaces Commission “to help support London boroughs transform how their parks services are managed and funded so that they can maintain or increase investment in parks and green spaces, in the context of substantial and ongoing constraints imposed on public sector funding”.2
The London Assembly Environment Committee will meet tomorrow to understand the current state of London’s parks and the challenges they face, five years on from the Mayor’s Green Spaces Commission report.
At the start of the meeting, the Committee will also speak with Thames Water to understand its consultation plans for the Teddington Direct River Abstraction.
The guests are:
Thames Water Teddington Direct River Abstraction consultation (10:00 – 10:45):
- Simon Adams, Programme Director for Strategic Resource Options, Thames Water
- Myles Rawstron-Rudd, London Water Recycling Project Development Manager, Thames Water
London’s Parks (10:45 – 13:00):
- Ed Stannard, Executive Director, Parks for London
- Ruth Lin Wong Holmes, Head of Landscape and Public Realm, London Legacy Development Corporation.
- Andrew Bedford, Assistant Director Greener More Active, London Borough of Islington
- Mark Cridge, Executive Director, London National Park City and National Park City Foundation
- Rochelle Shanthakumar, Programme Manager at London National Park City
The meeting will take place on Tuesday 15 July 2025 from 10am in the Chamber at City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, E16 1ZE.
Media and members of the public are invited to attend.
The meeting can also be viewed LIVE or later via webcast or YouTube.
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Notes to editors
- GLA, London Green Spaces Commission Report p.16
- GLA, London Green Spaces Commission Report p.4
- Leonie Cooper AM, Chair of the Environment Committee, is available for interview.
- Find out more about the work of the Environment Committee.
- Read the agenda in full.
- As well as investigating issues that matter to Londoners, the London Assembly acts as a check and a balance on the Mayor.
For more information, please contact Tony Smyth in the Assembly Media Office on 07763 251727 or [email protected]. For out of hours media enquiries please call 020 7983 4000 and ask for the Assembly duty press officer.