Place-making and the rivers of Lewisham is a research project based at Goldsmiths, University of London at the Centre for Urban and Community Research. The project is based on three questions: How are Lewisham’s rivers constructed, drawn upon, included or excluded in plans for regeneration and development in the borough? how are the rivers practised and imagined by those who live by them, care for them, and spend time alongside and in them? What are the synergies, conflicts and potential opportunities that arise from these different kinds of place-making on the rivers?

As part of this project, urban sociologists Emma Jackson and Louise Rondel created two podcast episodes, where you can join them for a walk along Lewisham’s rivers, examining how rivers shape the city and how the city shapes the rivers.