Redbrick Estate Communal Spaces

Your Bunhill ward councillors, Cllr Troy Gallagher, Cllr Valerie Bossman-Quarshie, and Cllr Kiran Prasad have teamed up with environmental charity Groundwork London to improve three green spaces on the Redbrick Estate.

We know how important these spaces are in allowing residents to connect with nature, come together with their community, and boost their mental well-being, so earlier this year we asked for residents’ views on proposals for three communal spaces on the Redbrick Estate. The project will be fully funded via Thriving Neighbourhoods and Community Infrastructure Levy funding.

The purpose of this work is to give you and your family places on the estate where you can relax, exercise, connect with nature, and play. Spending time in green spaces is essential for our physical and mental well-being. These improvement works will make the estate a better place to live with better access to play equipment for children, more opportunities for experiencing nature, and an overall boost to the sense of community.

It is our policy that communal green spaces on housing estates are accessible to residents, so eventually the spaces on your estate will be open during the day and locked in the evening.

Islington Council will take on the responsibility of opening and closing the Butterfly Garden, the Wildflower Meadow Garden and the Wildlife Sanctuary Garden after the work is completed.

We know that there are some people on the estate who are concerned about potential anti-social behaviour occurring in these spaces after we improve them and make them more welcoming. We want to reassure you that your feelings of safety where you live are very important to us. We will conduct a review after six months to assess how well the new process for opening and closing the spaces is working.

Whilst the communal areas on your estate are always most likely to be used by the people who live there, access will not be exclusive. Other local people will be welcome to use the facilities appropriately and respectfully.

If anyone does behave inappropriately on your estate, you can get in touch with our anti-social behaviour team: www.islington.gov.uk/ASB. Always call 999 in an emergency.

The most recent update (June 2026)

Groundwork took all the feedback and ideas received from the estate residents during the design workshops and other engagement sessions and combined them into a master design for each garden. This master designs included all the ideas for each garden that were considered viable, although it must be noted that there is not sufficient budget to take forward all the items in each design.

A list of the items which were not considered viable for each garden, and the reasons for not taking these ideas forward, can be found in the Important Documents section of this page, called Design Rationale.

We then created a survey which gave residents an opportunity to vote on every single item in each garden, so we could see exactly what items are the most popular, and what residents don't want to see taken forward.

Items that received 51% or more 'yes' votes will be considered for inclusion in the final design (depending on the available budget). Items that receive 51% or more ‘no’ votes will not be considered.

Groundwork then reviewed and processed the results of the survey and produced a report which can be found in the Important Documents section of this page. A link to the report can also be found in the Project Timeline, under the section labelled Full Report.

The next steps

Groundwork will produce final designs based on the feedback received, and the available budget. These designs will be shared, and then we will start to move forward with implementing the designs. Please check this page for further updates.