Tufnell Park street environment and greening improvements
Have your say on our designs to improve five public spaces in the Tufnell Park area
Our public consultation on our proposed designs to improve five public spaces in the Tufnell Park area will run from Friday, 5 September to Sunday, 28 September 2025.
How we want to improve the streets and spaces in Tufnell Park
As part of our efforts to create a greener, healthier and more child-friendly borough, Islington Council, with support from Tufnell Park Ward councillors, is looking to make improvements to the street environment and public spaces at some locations in the Tufnell Park area.
By introducing more greening including planting and trees, and other potential improvements such as additional public seating and informal play features for children, we aim to create pleasant spaces for people to stop, rest and spend time in, that is fun and interesting for children, as well as helping reduce climate impacts and supporting biodiversity.
Designs for improving five public spaces in the Tufnell Park area
Following our public engagement in May 2025 when we asked for your views on how five public spaces in the Tufnell Park area could be improved, we have listened to your feedback and used your ideas to help shape draft designs for each space.
Map showing the locations of the five public spaces to be improved
Some key features of our designs are:
- New greenery and trees – to provide shade to cool our streets, support wildlife and help manage heat and flooding
- New or relocated public seating, where appropriate - to make spaces more welcoming for people of all ages
- Informal ‘play-on-the-way’ features – to make the spaces fun and engaging for children on their journeys to school or other places
An artist’s impression showing how the public space at Hilldrop Road / Hilldrop Crescent could look with the proposed improvements
See the "More Information about our proposed projects" section to find out more about the designs for each of the five spaces.
Please see below how you can give us your feedback.
Get involved
We would like to get feedback from local residents and other members of the community on our proposed designs for improving these five public spaces in the Tufnell Park area.
Fill in our short online survey
We encourage you to give us your views on each of our proposed designs by filling in our online survey by Sunday 28 September 2025:
If you require a paper copy of the survey, you can collect one from the following locations:
- Cat and Mouse Library (277 Camden Road, N7 0JN)
- Hilldrop Community Centre (Community Lane, Hilldrop Road, N7 0JE)
You can also leave your completed paper copy of the survey with reception at either of the above locations.
See our proposals in person
You can view a display of our proposals at Cat and Mouse Library.
Come to our consultation event
We are holding a drop-in session at Hilldrop Community Centre on Monday 15 September from 5:30pm until 7:30pm.
Come along to view the designs and share your feedback in person.
To attend, please register via the QR code below or this link: Consultation Event Registration, or in person at either the Cat and Mouse Library or Hilldrop Community Centre.
Please note: The Cat and Mouse Library and Hilldrop Community Centre have kindly agreed to serve as collection and drop-off points for our survey. However, staff at these locations do not represent Islington Council or the project team. Please direct any queries to the project team directly using the contact details below or by filling in our survey.
Email us
Send your comments to: tufnellpark.projects@islington.gov.uk
Write to us
Post your comments to : Environment, Islington Council, 1 Cottage Road, N7 8TP
Next steps
Once we have heard your feedback on our designs to improve these spaces, we will take your feedback into account to help decide whether and how to proceed with these improvements. Please check back to this page for updates
Previous Public Engagement on improvements to existing School Street
Our public engagement on greening and other improvements to the existing school street on Carleton Road and Dalmeny Road outside Tufnell Park Primary School and The Bridge Secondary School ran from Monday, 7 July to Monday, 21 July 2025.
We are now working to collate the responses to the public engagement that we have received from local residents, parents/carers, school pupils, and other members of the community in order to develop designs which we will bring forward to public consultation.
See the "More Information about our proposed projects" section to find out more about this element of the project.
