URBAN REALM DESIGN |
INGLETON STREET | LB Lambeth
Ingleton Street in Lambeth is a short but useful link in the local walking and cycling network of south Brixton. It connects Brixton Road to Slade Gardens and acts as a service/access road to the Crown & Anchor Pub, a fast food outlet and several residential properties. The street was laid out out in a traditional manner with footways and carriageway, no longer appropriate since the stopping up of the street after the war. All the surfaces were heavily degraded and uneven and the street had a very neglected feel, not helped by the wheelie bins strewn and parked cars.
Urban Movement was asked by the Lambeth Council to develop detailed designs for the refurbishment of the street. As it was a `no through road’ we created a simple, flush, shared surface which allowed all the current activities to continue to take place. The single surface removed trip hazards and uneven surfaces and simplified the character of the street. Parking was banned and the wheelie bins were located in internal bin stores. We re-used the historic granite kerbs as edgings and brought in setts as the main surfacing material. The Brixton Road footway runs across the mouth of the street as a continuous element to reinforce the pedestrian priorities. Cycle stands were placed at the east end of the street close to, and in full view of, the busy Brixton Road.
Technical design and construction management was carried out by Lambeth Council and the street re-opened in the summer of 2016. The Crown & Anchor is now able to occupy the entire southern half of the street with its tables and chairs while the northern half is kept open for access to the park and residential properties.
Urban Movement was asked by the Lambeth Council to develop detailed designs for the refurbishment of the street. As it was a `no through road’ we created a simple, flush, shared surface which allowed all the current activities to continue to take place. The single surface removed trip hazards and uneven surfaces and simplified the character of the street. Parking was banned and the wheelie bins were located in internal bin stores. We re-used the historic granite kerbs as edgings and brought in setts as the main surfacing material. The Brixton Road footway runs across the mouth of the street as a continuous element to reinforce the pedestrian priorities. Cycle stands were placed at the east end of the street close to, and in full view of, the busy Brixton Road.
Technical design and construction management was carried out by Lambeth Council and the street re-opened in the summer of 2016. The Crown & Anchor is now able to occupy the entire southern half of the street with its tables and chairs while the northern half is kept open for access to the park and residential properties.
