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Barbican lakes

Barbican Centre

Silk Street

London

EC2Y 8DS


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E: info@barbican.org.uk

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Visitor Information

Originally created to circulate the waste water from the air conditioning system of the Barbican Arts Centre, the lakes have been turned into a haven for wildlife through careful water body management and the addition of planting gabions. This spring saw the successful nesting of two pairs of moorhen and a pair of coots, plus the lakes are now the regular home of a heron and yellow wagtails.