Paradise Park is built around the former ‘Paradise Dock’, created in the 1830’s as a navigable dock off the River Lea serving a number of factories. These included a glass works, boat builders, an Indian rubber works and the famous Carbonic works whose attractive brick and slate buildings remain to this day and have been sympathetically restored by Vision Homes.

To the west of the dock is a 19th century stone school house, located on the corner of the site in which the Borough hope to create a museum to the history of the local area.

The history and heritage of the dock itself has been respected by the inclusion of a water feature that follows the course of the old dock from the river and into the centre of the development, forming a wonderful visual centrepiece to the apartment buildings.

The juxtaposition of the restored Dickensian buildings with their cobbled pathways and the contemporary design of the new buildings lends further to the unique character of Paradise Park.