East London’s Cody Dockers
Cultivated by 15,000 volunteers since 2014, Cody Dock restores connections to the local environment and Canning Town’s heritage. Our community workshops and gardens are based on the banks of the River Lea at London’s only remaining brick-lined dock. One way we empower our communities to nurture their local spaces is through ecological surveying, like the Beer & Bats observation sessions we hold each month at twilight. Other events focus on restoration as we wade into the river to clean the pre-industrial reed beds.
Written by: Bella Quirin, Cultural Programme Manager, Cody Dock
Published: April 2026
NCOL.181-2026: HI-713 Phosphate Low Range Checker for Marine and Freshwater
Scientific equipment for testing phosphate levels in marine and freshwater, manufactured by Hanna Instruments
NCOL.182-2026: HI-715 Medium Range Ammonia Checker
Scientific equipment for testing ammonia levels in freshwater, manufactured by Hanna Instruments
NCOL.183-2026: Magenta Bat 5 Bat Detector
Scientific equipment for monitoring bat populations, manufactured by Natural History Book Service, 2026
NCOL.184-2026: Seed packet
Two seed packets, made of brown paper, with nature and floral designs in acrylic paint, made by users of Cody Dock’s Therapeutic Gardening programme
Sourcebook for Design
- Museum Number
- BP.399
- Description
- Side view of a bat with wings folded
- Artist/Maker
- Beatrix Potter
- Location and Date
- Camfield Place, September 1886
- Materials/Techniques
- Pencil, Card, Watercolour (paint), Watercolour painting (technique)
- Museum Number
- BP.911(V)
- Description
- Watercolour
- Artist/Maker
- Potter, Beatrix
- Location and Date
- Great Britain, late 19th century - early 20th century
- Materials/Techniques
- Pencil, Paper (fiber product), Watercolour (paint), Watercolour painting (technique)
- Museum Number
- 442-1904
- Description
- Netsuke
- Artist/Maker
- Issai Fujiwara Masahiro
- Location and Date
- Japan, ca. 1775-1825
- Materials/Techniques
- Ivory, Carving
- Museum Number
- T.55-1912
- Description
- Lea
- Artist/Maker
- Morris, William
- Location and Date
- Great Britain, 1885
- Materials/Techniques
- Cotton, Block printing
- Museum Number
- C.193:1-1985
- Description
- Tile
- Artist/Maker
- Mathews, Heber
- Location and Date
- England, ca.1940 to 1950s
- Materials/Techniques
- Earthenware, Glazing
- Museum Number
- C.193:2-1985
- Description
- Tile
- Artist/Maker
- Mathews, Heber
- Location and Date
- England, ca.1940 to 1950s
- Materials/Techniques
- Earthenware, Glazing
- Museum Number
- C.193:3-1985
- Description
- Tile
- Artist/Maker
- Mathews, Heber
- Location and Date
- England, ca.1940 to 1950s
- Materials/Techniques
- Earthenware, Glazing
- Museum Number
- C.193:4-1985
- Description
- Tile
- Artist/Maker
- Mathews, Heber
- Location and Date
- England, ca.1940 to 1950s
- Materials/Techniques
- Earthenware, Glazing
- Museum Number
- C.193:5-1985
- Description
- Tile
- Artist/Maker
- Mathews, Heber
- Location and Date
- England, ca.1940 to 1950s
- Materials/Techniques
- Earthenware, Glazing
- Museum Number
- C.193:6-1985
- Description
- Tile
- Artist/Maker
- Mathews, Heber
- Location and Date
- England, ca.1940 to 1950s
- Materials/Techniques
- Earthenware, Glazing