Public Realm

As part of the Angel Edmonton Good Growth Fund project, a number of public realm improvements have been delivered along Fore Street as high-impact placemaking interventions at key sites, all identified through extensive consultation.

In an area which is undergoing vast amounts of change, we sought to create a public realm that generates continuity of place, drawing together themes of past, present and future. The artworks delivered in the area aim to celebrate positive narratives and local conceptions of place.

Albert Agwa (bud Studios) Hanna Benihoud, Static, Christina Kalinowski (Doodle Designs) Emma Gahfur (Tiger Monkey) were all local artists or from neighbouring boroughs. These artists all worked with the local community in different ways to design and deliver the artworks.

For more details on the artists, engagement and their works see our dedicated project website https://www.forestreetmurals.co.uk/

Project Aims

• Enhance the high street offer

• Improve the perceptions of safety

• Deliver a linked set of interventions that improve place and change local and external perceptions of Fore Street.

• Celebrate the diversity of Fore Street.

• Help to alleviate long standing concerns expressed by local residents; anti-social behaviour, crime, traffic.

• Facilitate community engagement and build capacity.

• Improve health and well-being.

• Improve sense of belonging to Angel Edmonton.