Within and to the north of the Lee Forum area are a unique, large set of sports grounds which are largely hidden, traversed by the River Quaggy which is largely inaccessible.

These grounds are coming under increasing pressure from development. Several have been bought by developers, fenced off, closed to local clubs and the grounds left to become derelict. Aware on pressures on local councils to build housing, several developers have submitted applications to develop the fields, with one just outside the forum area being successful in recent years (the Huntsman field).

Lee Forum is not alone in working for this project. See Friends of the Quaggy Playing Fields here and the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England here.