Shaping Edmonton

We're pleased to announce that the new pedestrian crossing on Sterling Way is now open.

Delivered in partnership between Enfield Council and Transport for London (TfL), the crossing provides a safer, more accessible route for people walking, wheeling and cycling across Sterling Way, close to Silver Street London Overground station. The scheme was designed to improve connections between local homes, businesses, public transport and other key destinations in the area.

The completed project includes a new signal-controlled toucan crossing, a pedestrian island and improved cycling links, creating a dedicated route across this busy section of road. The crossing makes it easier for residents, commuters and visitors to travel through the area safely and comfortably, while supporting more sustainable and active travel choices.

The scheme also delivered wider improvements around the crossing, including changes to parking and loading arrangements to better serve local businesses and road users.

This new crossing supports the Mayor of London's Vision Zero commitment to eliminate death and serious injuries from London's transport network by 2041. It also contributes to Enfield Council's wider ambitions to create safer streets and encourage healthier, more sustainable ways to travel.

The crossing has been delivered through Enfield Council's Shaping Edmonton programme, funded by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Shaping Edmonton is helping to create a greener, healthier and more inclusive Edmonton, where everyone feels welcome, represented and able to thrive.

We would like to thank residents, businesses and road users for their patience throughout the construction period while this project was delivered.

Residents from the Joyce & Snell’s Estate and across Angel Edmonton came together on Saturday 11 July for the Fore Street Summer Fair, celebrating 18 months of Enfield Council’s Shaping Edmonton programme.

The day also marked the reopening of Florence Hayes Recreation Ground, with families and young people enjoying a range of activities across the newly redeveloped play area and park entrance.

As part of the refurbishment, a variety of accessible and inclusive play features have been introduced, including a landmark climbing frame, scooter track, sensory trail and complete resurfacing of the multi-use games area using recycled trainers. Throughout the day, young people explored the new space through a scavenger hunt, while visitors also enjoyed face painting and activities on Enfield Council’s Youth Bus.

The celebrations featured music from a DJ van run by The DJ and MC Academy and a vibrant Mauritian dance performance by Segatastic Dance Company.

Residents also had the opportunity to share their views on a number of upcoming Shaping Edmonton projects, including plans for more greenery and safer junctions around Claremont Street, the revitalisation of Leeds Street Market, and improvements to Angel Community Centre. Community growers from the Joyce & Snell’s Community Garden hosted a plant sale and highlighted opportunities for local people to get involved.

Plans for the refurbishment of Angel Community Centre continue to develop, supporting a more vibrant and welcoming space for the community.

These plans are being shaped by ongoing conversations with people who use and care about the centre.

Local residents are invited to take part in a creative fabric collage workshop and help create a community tapestry from 1pm to 2.30pm on Thursday 30 July.

A family-friendly film screening will follow from 3pm–5pm, with free popcorn and refreshments available.

This builds on earlier activity at the centre, including film screenings held in December, which explored how the space could support more creative, community-led events. The workshop will continue these conversations, helping to generate ideas and inspiration for future community use of the centre. Refurbishment works at Angel Community Centre are planned to begin in autumn and are expected to be completed in early 2027.

The London Borough of Enfield is seeking public art practitioners for an upcoming commission in Angel Edmonton.

We are seeking artists, collectives or creative organisations with demonstrable experience of delivering public art integrated within the public realm, including permanent fabricated artworks at a civic or streetscape scale.

The commission will involve the design, fabrication and installation of a coordinated package of artworks integrated with wider public realm improvements along Fore Street. The total commission budget is approximately £200,000.

Artist teams must include at least one artist living or working in Enfield or the N17 postcode area. We welcome partnerships between established public art practitioners and local artists.

To be invited to tender, register on the Council's procurement portal: https://londonboroughofenfield.my.site.com/s/Welcome

Once registered, please email richard.taylor@enfield.gov.uk to confirm your registration or to ask any questions.

Deadline to register: 31st July 2026

Join us for a free community celebration at the Fore Street Summer Fair on Saturday 11 July, from 11am to 2pm at Florence Hayes Recreation Ground.

Hosted as part of the Shaping Edmonton programme, the event will celebrate 18 months of improvements delivered across Edmonton, including the reopening of the newly improved Florence Hayes Recreation Ground.

Families, residents and local organisations are invited to enjoy a fun summer atmosphere with free activities, music, games and community stalls, while finding out more about the changes happening across the area.

Activities include:

• Community stalls and activities
• Family scavenger hunt around the park
• DJ Bus
• Face painting
• Plant stall
• Basketball skills

The event will also showcase the park’s new inclusive play equipment and improved facilities, shaped with local residents and young people, including those with special educational needs and disabilities.

Shaping Edmonton is a partnership between Enfield Council and the local community, working together for a welcoming and thriving Edmonton.

Come along, meet your neighbours, explore the improved park and help celebrate a healthier, greener and more welcoming Edmonton.

We’re pleased to share that Florence Hayes Recreation Ground has reopened following a closure to deliver improvements as part of Enfield Council’s Shaping Edmonton programme.

This redevelopment has been shaped by feedback from the local community and has a clear focus: to create a space where all children and families feel welcome. A key priority has been improving access to play, with the park being redesigned to provide inclusive and accessible play opportunities for children of all ages, needs and abilities.

The renewed play area has been carefully developed to support different types of play and ensure that children can enjoy the space together, regardless of their needs. New equipment has been introduced to support sensory, physical and social play, helping to create a more inclusive environment.

Within the park there is step free access, with a tarmac path that can take you around the space. There are also rubber mulch safety surfaces which are wheelchair and pushchair friendly. New benches and picnic tables have been designed to be inclusive for wheelchair users. An important change is self-closing gates at both park entrances to keep children enclosed and safe in the park.

We’ve highlighted some of the key new inclusive play features below:

Inclusive play features

Each play station has simple signage explaining how to play there.

	Slide with rope climbing and sloped pathway Children can climb up the mound using the ropes or walk up a step free access to the slide.
	Scooter track A space for children to scoot, cycle or roll their way around the track.
	Climbing frame Designed with bright, contrasting colours, to help with visibility.
	Sensory trail Several sensory features are located around the park.
	Basket swing An existing basket swing has been relocated to the front of the park; children of all abilities can use the swing.
	Toddler play space Suitable for younger children, with animal themed rockers.
	Imaginative play Play markings located across the park.
	Upgraded Multi Use Games Area With a new surface and markings.

Beyond the play area, improvements across the park help make the space more welcoming and easier to use for everyone. A new landmark play feature near the Fore Street entrance creates a stronger sense of arrival, while changes to planting and tree canopies open views into the park and improve visibility.

Existing mounds have been improved to support climbing and sliding, encouraging imaginative and adventurous play. New accessible seating and picnic areas provide comfortable places for parents and carers to spend time, and the refreshed Multi-Use Games Area offers more opportunities for a range of activities.

Together, these changes create a park that is more inclusive, more welcoming and better connected to the community it serves. We look forward to welcoming you back to Florence Hayes Recreation Ground and seeing how people use and enjoy the new space.

How to visit Florence Hayes Recreation Ground

There is a bus stop immediately outside the park, served by bus routes 149, 259, 279 and 349. Car parking is available on nearby residential streets, other than from 12 noon to 9pm on event days at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Details of upcoming events and parking restrictions can be found on the Tottenham Hotspur website.

This week, students from Raynham Primary School helped with finishing touches to the improvements at Raynham Doorstep Green, joining the project team to plant flowers in some of the newly created beds.

The planting workshop took place ahead of the completion of construction works in the park that have delivered significant improvements to greenery, gates and fences and play equipment over the last four months.

Raynham Primary School have been involved in the development of the project over the last year, taking part in workshops to help the project team in the design of an exciting and renewed play area, and developing artwork that has been incorporated into a new gate on the park’s western entrance.

The play area is now fully reopened, with several new and renovated pieces of equipment for young people to enjoy as the sunny weather of spring arrives. Other improvements across the park include new seating and picnic areas, a dedicated dog exercise area and new bins.

The project team will be on site delivering final touches over the next few weeks, with an event celebrating the changes to take place in the coming months. Further installations, including new signage and wayfinding will be delivered in the summer, with no closure to the park or play area expected to take place. We thank local residents for their patience while the construction period has taken place.

Enfield Council is working with residents in Edmonton to deliver projects that support health and wellbeing and create opportunities for people to get together.

The Council has supported the social enterprise Shared Assets and Catherine Max Consulting in securing funding from Legal & General’s Health Equity Fund to deliver a project with residents exploring the future of the Joyce & Snell’s Community Garden.

Over the coming year, the project team will work alongside residents to involve more people, including children and young people, in the existing community garden, develop a design brief for the future of the garden on the estate and identify options for the best way to manage the space in the long-term.

The project will include a series of weekly growing workshops in the current Community Garden, open to Joyce and Snell’s Estate residents. For information in how to take part, contact joyceandsnells@enfield.gov.uk or telephone Melike Koyman on 020 8132 0870

The project is being delivered alongside work to improve Boundary Hall as part of Shaping Edmonton and sits within the longer-term regeneration of the Joyce & Snell’s Estate.

On Wednesday 18 February, tenants and community members came together to celebrate the official launch of the newly refurbished Community House in Edmonton, as well as the progress made over the past year of the Shaping Edmonton programme. The project is part of the Shaping Edmonton programme which is delivering improvements across Edmonton for a welcoming and thriving Edmonton, where everyone feels welcome, represented, and celebrated. It has been delivered by Enfield Council officers across Property and Transport, Climate and Place teams.

Guests explored the transformed building, heard from the artists behind the new ground floor murals and enjoyed refreshments in the Snack ’n’ Chat Café. We welcomed Cllr Ergin Erbil, Leader of the Council, who spoke about the importance of continued investment in Edmonton and how improving local spaces helps strengthen community pride, opportunity and wellbeing.

Sam Neal and Stephanie van den Broek from the project team shared how over the past year Community House has been reimagined as a brighter, more accessible and welcoming space for everyone. The redesign was shaped in collaboration with tenants and user groups, ensuring colours, wayfinding and the new murals reflect the identity and creativity of the community while making the building easier and more intuitive to use. The community also came up with the new room names and name of the upgraded cafe: Snack 'n' Chat Café.

Across the building, improvements include fresh décor, new flooring, upgraded heating and ventilation, safer and more accessible facilities, and practical, durable furnishings. The ground floor has been fully refurbished, including the reception, meeting rooms and community café, alongside an upgraded kitchen to support training and food activities, a new enclosed computer room, improved physiotherapy rooms and new fully accessible toilets.

We also welcomed the Disability Resource Centre, which supports disabled people to learn new skills, access wellbeing activities and build friendships. They now operate the Snack ’n’ Chat Café, open Monday to Friday, already becoming a vibrant hub in Community House.

On the first floor, community rooms have been refurbished, the sensory room upgraded, new tea stations installed, and a new glass floor introduced over the light well, with lift refurbishment underway. The second floor has been fully redecorated with enhanced fire safety and lift upgrades completing the works. Community Link will soon move in to this space continuing their service in providing personalised support to adults with learning disabilities and promote independence and confidence.

Thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate this exciting new chapter for Community House.