Meridian Water is a large-scale redevelopment programme. Over the next 25-years it will bring 10,000 homes to a brownfield site adjacent to the Lea Valley Regional Park. The masterplan is designed around an important rail infrastructure upgrade which is replacing Angel Road overground station with the new Meridian Water Station.

Meridian Water
Architecture

Bramling House
The first phase, Meridian One, has been masterplanned and designed by us, in collaboration with Hawkins Brown, with Countryside Partnerships as the development partner. When complete, it will comprise 977 homes, 50% of which will be affordable.


We are committed to supporting emerging practices, believing their input will diversify the design language across the development. Therefore, Fisher Cheng Architects and Urban Projects Bureau led the design of specific buildings up to Stage 3a. Handing them over to us for delivery.



As the first building to complete, Brambling House by Urban Projects Bureau, contains 18 maisonettes and 2 apartments. The facades have been carefully detailed with differentiated depths of brick header, creating pattern and texture across the façade. Other distinctive features include the arched entry ways, one half glazed, one half filled with patterned brick. The design and delivery teams worked hard to advocate for this feature, achieving an impactful sense of arrival for those who live in and visit the building.


Meridian One Phase 1B
Phase 1B comprises 676 new homes, ground floor commercial space, leisure facilities and a health centre. HTA and Hawkins Brown have successfully collaborated to design the last three development parcels of Meridian One (Plots B, C& D) to complete Phase 1 of the Meridian Water masterplan.


The proposals have been developed through a thorough engagement process with the London Borough of Enfield’s planning department, Design Review Panel, Design Advisory Group, the Greater London Authority and the local community, Full planning application for Phase 1b was submitted in December 2021 and approved by LBE’s planning committee in September 2022.


Masterplanning & Urban Design

The Masterpan
Meridian One will be a 7-hectare neighbourhood nestled within a parkland. 75% of the site will consist of parks, open space, play space, tree nurseries, and tree-lined streets that link to surrounding open spaces. The public realm and open space is a celebration of the parkland character of the Lower Lea Valley.



The strengthened North-South route features biodiverse rain gardens and forest-scale trees, extending parkland through the centre of the site. At the heart of the site is Station Square, adjacent to Meridian Water station and the centre of the community. There are two large parks within the development; Northern Park is designed as an informal, more naturalistic parkland with wetlands and clusters of native trees. The Southern Park represents a more formal, gateway parkland with amphitheatre linear seating areas. Micro Parks along the edges of the site, create green gateways into Meridian One, enhancing and extending the green corridor along the railway.




Landscape Design

Public Realm
Meridian One is a seven-hectare neighbourhood nestled within parkland. The new homes will blend seamlessly with the landscape, featuring green courtyards, planted balconies, and landscaped roofs. Much of the site will consist of parks and open, playable spaces with tree-lined streets that connect to the surrounding open areas.



The public realm and open space will celebrate the parkland, riverine, and post-industrial character of the Lower Lea Valley, giving Meridian One a sense that nature has reclaimed this post-industrial landscape to create a verdant, park-like setting.


The scheme is an exemplar development comprising three new parks, a civic square for Meridian Water, a water restoration scheme, a reimagined spine road, and a habitat-rich ecological corridor.
HTA Landscape has led the public realm design across all projects at Meridian One, including the ambitious Skills Academy training centre and community garden.