Adaptive Wood Green
- Project background
- School Streets
- Mayes Road Phase 2
- Caxton Gardens
- Wood Green Common and Barratt Gardens
- Past events
Project background
Haringey Council has been awarded a grant of £1.2 million from the Mayor of London’s Good Growth Fund and Accelerator Fund and £794,000 from Haringey Strategic Community Infrastructure Levy (SCIL) for a set of projects called ‘Adaptive Wood Green.’
The projects include:
- Three School Streets - Noel Park Primary, Alexandra Primary and St Paul’s Primary schools
- Mayes Road Phase 2 – building on work completed as part of Mayes Corner Pocket Park
- Improvements to Caxton Gardens and neighbouring roads
- Enhancements to Wood Green Common and Barratt Gardens
This new set of projects build on the work already undertaken as part of Connecting Wood Green to improve connectivity and the public realm throughout the area.
The schemes aim to tackle air quality, promote walking and cycling to school, encourage a modal shift and improve ecology, biodiversity and the facilities on offer within the green spaces.
School Streets
The Wood Green School Streets are part of a wider programme which aims to deliver School Streets outside primary schools in Haringey. The first School Streets in Wood Green will develop our learning to deliver other School Streets with maximum air quality impact.
The creation of ‘clearway pathways’ connecting schools with the High Street and local shops and provide an opportunity to improve pedestrian links. Creating new safe, active travel routes, reducing exposure to air pollution, as well as supporting the local economy, civic and cultural activities.
As part of the School Streets project, 1 permanent air quality monitoring station has been placed on Wood Green High Road and 2 temporary monitors have been installed on Western Road and Vincent Road at the junction of Gladstone Avenue to analyse the impact on air quality as part of the project.
Read more about School Streets in Haringey.
Mayes Road Phase 2
Following the successful completion of the Mayes Corner Pocket Park in partnership with local community group Parkside Malvern Resident Association, funding has been secured to deliver further improvements to Mayes Corner.
The works will include improved footways, sustainable drainage and enhancing cycling connections.
Image: Completed Mayes Corner Pocket Park
Caxton Gardens
Caxton Gardens is outside Tower Terrace and adjacent to Mayes Road and Station Road. The aim is to improve this area of soft landscaping and its functionality and the adjacent public realm of Station Road, Tower Terrace and Mayes Road.
The aim of this project is to enhance accessibility, walking, cycling and improve the open space and make it more usable and ‘playable’.
The scheme will improve east/west links from the High Road through to the Cultural Quarter and continue to provide a link to schemes such as Penstock Tunnel and on-going works to Mayes Road.
The project will also help link the School Streets being developed for Alexandra Primary School on Western Road and St Paul’s Primary School on Bradley Road and Barratt Avenue as well as improving connections to Wood Green Common and Barratt Gardens.
Image: Caxton Gardens by Parkland Road and Tower Terrace
Wood Green Common and Barratt Gardens
Together Wood Green Common and Barratt Gardens form a gateway into Wood Green and are important to the character of the area.
The spaces also provide important amenity value and Alexandra Park and St Paul’s Primary Schools both use Wood Green Common for sports and Barratt Gardens for recreation.
The projects aim to improve and increase biodiversity with the open space, incorporate leisure facilities and sustainable drainage systems, promote community growing/planting opportunities, improve the play area in the Common and promote Barratt Gardens and Wood Green Common as a meeting and social space.
The project will also link into improvements underway for the adjacent school streets and enhancements to Caxton Gardens.
Image: Entrance to Barratt Gardens at Junction of Western Road.