Connecting Ilford: The River Roding and Community Empowerment
A walking tour of Ilford Arrival, exploring how city-wide and local government, alongside community voices, shape more inclusive public realm.
Connecting Ilford: The River Roding and Community Empowerment
A walking tour of Ilford Arrival, exploring how city-wide and local government, alongside community voices, shape more inclusive public realm.
Saturday 27th June
10:00-12:00 & 14:00-16:00
Free
A guided walking tour through the emerging Ilford arrival sites; new pocket park, pedestrian and cycle bridge, and new river paths. This tour explores how opportunities to activate connections to the River Roding with new public realm sites will build wider opportunities for town centre improvements and growth. We will also explore how community voices are shaping more inclusive public and discuss how local knowledge can influence briefs, design decisions and long-term stewardship. Participants will gain insight into the role of community-led processes in regeneration, while experiencing how emerging spaces in Ilford are beginning to reconnect people, place and landscape.
Location
Ilford Train Station, York Road Entrance/Exit
York Mews,
Ilford
IG1 3AE
We will meet at York Mews, the secondary entrance/exit at Ilford Station, accessible on the Elizabeth Line.
Nearest station:
Ilford
The walking tour will take place across a busy town centre, but the session is being arranged to ensure the hosts are able to ensure all participants are comfortable and address concerns with adaptations as required. We are proposing a visit to a vacant site, the site of the pocket park, which is not publicly accessible, has some overgrown planting and does not provide entirely level access. The site is not sufficient for use by anyone with mobility concerns or needs, and we are happy to discuss how we could offer an alternative option across our sessions. As the setting is mostly residential, there are no suitable public accessible toilets in the immediate area, but we will be able to direct and lead participants at the end of the tour as we return to the station.
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