London’s most exciting new parks sit atop a £4.6 billion “Super Sewer”

Meanwhile, at Bazalgette – named after Joseph Bazalgette, the civil engineer who built London’s first sewer system – visitors will enjoy a constellation of sculptural installations by Glaswegian artist Nathan Coley. Some of these black concrete structures double as water fountains, drowning out the noise from the nearby road. Others can transform into a stage for buskers.

Few people would guess the concrete and industrial steel lurking beneath these parks, but curious minds can…