Camden Council wants to improve the safety and accessibility of walking, wheeling and cycling at the northern end of Grafton Road (between Vicar’s Road and Queen’s Crescent).
Proposals
Proposals for walking and wheeling
- improve crossing points
- add bollard to “no-through road” restriction (just north of the Cressfield Close junction) which was introduced in 2024.
- improve area around crossing to Rhyl Primary (Grafton Road)
- repaving
Proposals for cycling
- one cycle hangar
- two cycle stands near Kentish Town City Farm (also suitable for non-standard bikes)
- dockless e-scooter and e-bike hire bay (7.2m) south of the Cressfield Close junction
Look and Feel of the area
- planting, rain gardens
- small opportunities for children to play (like stepping stones) and farm animal themed features, to be co-designed with Rhyl Primary School children and visitors to the farm.
- replacing sections of guard railing with coloured bollards
- new trees, opportunities for community planting
- way finding to City Farm
Traffic management and Parking
- introduce a removable traffic bollard at the existing “No motor vehicles” traffic sign to ensure vehicles do not travel through Grafton Road.
- additional signage at the northern end of Grafton Road, near to the junction with Vicar’s Road, to inform drivers earlier of the traffic restrictions
- remove three residential parking spaces on Grafton Road (North) to create space for a pedestrian crossing and planting improvements.
- convert two residential parking spaces, south of the Cressfield Close junction, to electric vehicle charging points
- convert three residential parking spaces, between Dale Road and Vicar’s Road, to a shared residential and ‘pay by phone’ parking space.
On Camden’s website
CCC’s response
To be written. Note – check DYLs at junctions