Enfield Town Centre Action Plan

A pop-up arts and community hub will launch in Enfield Town this autumn while the Dugdale Centre is used as an NHS COVID-19 vaccination centre. The 'Culture Palace' inside Palace Gardens shopping centre will be a temporary, cultural playhouse that will host exhibitions, theatre, children’s books, art activities, workshops, a mindfulness café and much more.

The Culture Palace will bring together the expertise of the Dugdale Centre, the Museum of Enfield and EnFood and in addition, Pickled Pepper Books, a North London independent creative business comprising a children’s bookshop and theatre and events company will also use the space.

The Culture Palace will take place thanks to funding from the Culture Recovery Fund and is scheduled to open in September 2021. To find out more about the Culture Palace and other events, visit www.dugdalecentre.co.uk

The Town Centres Team have helped to bring a new al-fresco dining area in Enfield Town. The new space will help support local businesses to welcome customers in a fun and safe outdoor environment. We have helped three businesses to expand onto the area known as Fountain Island, this in turn will help increase footfall to the town centre and support the wider local economy in its recovery and renewal.

Gooey Waffle, Bonito Café and The Art Town all feature on this exciting new mini-plaza. The scheme includes the loan of furniture and equipment to the businesses and the assembly of safety features and attractive planting.

Last year, a new temporary Pavement Licence regime was implemented following the government initiative to support the hospitality sector which has faced several challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. In total, we have awarded 60 businesses with these new pavement licences since they were introduced in 2020, including to the Fountain Island businesses.

Further trader support implemented has also come from other grants including the government’s Additional Restrictions Grant. And in total, we have issued more than 15,000 grants to 2,328 Enfield businesses, totaling £29,975,904.

Enfield Council is inviting residents to a week-long culture festival on Library Green in Enfield Town from Monday 31 May to Sunday 6 June. The Dugdale Centre is currently serving the community as a COVID-19 vaccination centre but its determination to bring great arts and culture to the borough is shown in this new festival, Dugdale on the Green, thanks to funding from the Culture Recovery Fund.

Enfield Town will be alive this half term with amazing experiences. Residents and visitors will have the opportunity to see giant stilt puppets, watch balloon artists in action, meet Sparky the Robot, and marvel at the Black Eagles, a troupe of totally stunning acrobats from Tanzania who are now based in the UK.

There is also plenty of talent from Enfield in the spotlight. Beloved Dugdale regular pianist Gwen Lee returns, and Natalie from Magic If Theatre will be joining the line-up on 2 June at 12 noon.

Click here to view the full programme of live events and performances.

Residents and local businesses in Enfield Town will reap the benefits of the completion of the new global headquarters for cloud communications company Metaswitch. In a first for Enfield Council, we have played a pivotal role in both sourcing the new site and the funding for the project which is located on Genotin Road.

Read the full press release here.

In response to Enfield and the rest of London being placed in Tier 4 restrictions, COVID-19 marshals have been reintroduced. So far, marshals have visited more than 4,600 businesses and dispersed 478 groups across Enfield in just one month to ensure the current lockdown rules are being followed.

Read more here.

People who live, work and study in Enfield will be given the opportunity to help re-design many of Enfield Town’s public spaces. Online workshops will be held to focus on improvements to: Fountain Island, the Library Green and Town Park Entrance, the Enfield Town Station Plaza and the possibility of a new community space - 'Saddlers Mill Square' - just off Church Street.

The opportunity follows a period of detailed community engagement last year which heard from more than a thousand people keen to help shape the town centre. Five overarching principles have been identified, which will help the design process:
• Safe for all
• Has a vibrant economy
• Is a great place to be
• Offers transport choices and
• Celebrates its heritage.

Find out more about the project and opportunities to get involved by visiting the Let's Talk Enfield Town page.

The Enfield Town Library Café has reopened and will be run by EN_FOOD, providing fresh, local and sustainable food with an environmental conscience. Most of the food served at the café will be sourced from 15 local suppliers including Wright’s the flour mill in Ponders End, Holtwhites Bakery in Enfield Chase, Forty Hall Farm, Peatchey Butchers in Grange Park, Kupros Dairy in Cheshunt and the Enfield & North London Dairy.

The library’s café, which opened on 13 January is EN_FOOD’s third Council run location. EN_FOOD is Enfield Council’s food sustainability project and has been recognised nationally for its work, winning the Sustainable Restaurant Association’s Food Made Good Award in November 2019. EN_FOOD was also awarded a top rating of three stars by the Sustainable Restaurants Association due to its commitment to food sustainability.

The new café will be open from Monday to Saturday from 9am until 4pm and will serve a range of specialty teas, coffees, soft drinks, pastries and salads.

This year, we will be installing a range festive lighting in Enfield Town including a Christmas tree, cross street lighting and lamp-post mounted lights to help bring festive spirit to the town centre. The official light switch ons will be taking place in Enfield Town on Sunday 1 Dec 2019 at 5.30pm.

In addition to the festive lights, new permenant led lighting will also be installed in trees at the Library Green and on Fountain Island. These lights will help to illuminate the town centre and support celebratory events and other festivities throughout the year.

Read more here.

Enfield Town Centre is to receive a cash-injection of £6 million to help transform its look and feel, rejuvenate the local economy and create a more welcoming, safer environment for all. Enfield Council made a successful bid to the Mayor of London and Transport for London’s Liveable Neighbourhoods fund which will go towards the large-scale regeneration of the town.

Rejuvenating the local economy will come hand-in-hand with making Enfield Town a cleaner and greener place to visit by reducing pollution, creating new and improved public spaces, making safer and more accessible pedestrian areas and linking to Enfield’s existing cycle network.

Read the full press release here and also stay updated on the project by visiting the Liveable Neighbourhods Let's Talk Page.

Brand new CCTV cameras have been installed in Enfield Town in response to community feedback which will help people feel safer and combat crime and anti-social behaviour. The 10 high-definition cameras in seven locations have been paid for and installed by Enfield Council down Holly Walk and alongside St. Andrew’s Enfield Church.

The cameras are linked to Enfield Council’s state-of-the-art control centre which has over 1,000 cameras connected to its network which are monitored 24 hours a day to deter criminals, help police catch offenders and gather evidence for prosecutions. The award winning facility is based in Edmonton.

Find out more about the community safety measures brought to Enfield Town by clicking here.