The William Curtis Ecological Park was the UK's Britain's first urban ecology park.

Max Nicholson and the Trust for Urban Ecology

Trust for Urban Ecology

The Trust for Urban Ecology is a London based ecological organisation and is part of BTCV...

 created it on a derelict lorry park near Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, England, over the River Thames. It is close to the Tower of London, from which it takes its name...

 in London in 1976. It was named for the 18th century botanist William Curtis

William Curtis

William Curtis was an English botanist and entomologist, who was born at Alton, Hampshire.Curtis began as an apothecary, before turning his attention to botany and other natural history. The publications he prepared effectively reached a wider audience than early works on the subject had intended...

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In 1985 it was returned to the site owner, the London Docklands Development Corporation

London Docklands Development Corporation

The London Docklands Development Corporation was a quango agency set up by the UK Government in 1981 to regenerate the depressed Docklands area of east London. During its eighteen-year existence it was responsible for regenerating an area of in the London Boroughs of Newham, Tower Hamlets and...

, who provided the Stave Hill

Stave Hill

Stave Hill is an artificial hill adjacent to the Stave Hill Ecological Park, it is part of Russia Dock Woodland, and is located in Rotherhithe, London...

 Ecological Park in Rotherhithe as a replacement. City Hall

City Hall (London)

City Hall is the headquarters of the Greater London Authority which comprises the Mayor of London and London Assembly. It is located in Southwark, on the south bank of the River Thames near Tower Bridge...

and Potters Fields Park now occupy the site.