Southbury

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Southbury is located in the centre of Enfield and as a key gateway to Enfield Town, Ponders End and the Lea Valley, occupies an important east-west position in the borough. Southbury has large swathes of of industrial land which is dominated by retail and distribution based businesses serving London and beyond.

Enfield Council's Journeys and Places team are developing a new Place Plan for Southbury, which will complement the long-term ambitions for the area detailed in Enfield Council’s new Local Plan.

The new Place Plan will emerge through collaboration and projects delivered with local communities, businesses and residents, such as the Revealing Southbury project outlined below.

Revealing Southbury

Revealing Southbury is being delivered as part of the Journeys and Places Curate Enfield initiative, a grassroots public art programme creating vibrant public projects across Enfield, which are conceptualised and led by local residents. Curate Enfield is funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF).

Delivered in partnership with Fisher Cheng Architects, Revealing Southbury will produce a number of highly visible public artworks that uplift high-footfall areas around Southbury Road and Southbury Station. These artworks are inspired by engagement with local stakeholders including residents, businesses, children/young people and community groups. Revealing Southbury aims to:

  • Explore and celebrate Southbury’s identity and heritage

  • Gather insights into communities’ local knowledge and aspirations for Southbury’s future

  • Build a community of interest around the emerging Place Plan for Southbury

To date, we have delivered events on Southbury Road and workshops at Southbury Primary School, to engage local people in the project and to uncover their knowledge about Southbury and their aspirations for its future. This page will be regularly updated with events and activities to enable residents, communities and businesses to get involved in the emerging Place Plan for Southbury.

Southbury is located in the centre of Enfield and as a key gateway to Enfield Town, Ponders End and the Lea Valley, occupies an important east-west position in the borough. Southbury has large swathes of of industrial land which is dominated by retail and distribution based businesses serving London and beyond.

Enfield Council's Journeys and Places team are developing a new Place Plan for Southbury, which will complement the long-term ambitions for the area detailed in Enfield Council’s new Local Plan.

The new Place Plan will emerge through collaboration and projects delivered with local communities, businesses and residents, such as the Revealing Southbury project outlined below.

Revealing Southbury

Revealing Southbury is being delivered as part of the Journeys and Places Curate Enfield initiative, a grassroots public art programme creating vibrant public projects across Enfield, which are conceptualised and led by local residents. Curate Enfield is funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF).

Delivered in partnership with Fisher Cheng Architects, Revealing Southbury will produce a number of highly visible public artworks that uplift high-footfall areas around Southbury Road and Southbury Station. These artworks are inspired by engagement with local stakeholders including residents, businesses, children/young people and community groups. Revealing Southbury aims to:

  • Explore and celebrate Southbury’s identity and heritage

  • Gather insights into communities’ local knowledge and aspirations for Southbury’s future

  • Build a community of interest around the emerging Place Plan for Southbury

To date, we have delivered events on Southbury Road and workshops at Southbury Primary School, to engage local people in the project and to uncover their knowledge about Southbury and their aspirations for its future. This page will be regularly updated with events and activities to enable residents, communities and businesses to get involved in the emerging Place Plan for Southbury.

  • Revealing Southbury Murals

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    Revealing Southbury has been delivered as part of Curate Enfield, a Journeys and Places initiative. Curate Enfield is a public art programme creating vibrant public projects across Enfield, and is funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF).

    This project has been delivered in partnership with Fisher Cheng Architects. The project team commissioned artists Qwynto for the artwork outside Southbury railway station and Andrew Werdna of Blank walls for the artwork on Southbury Road Parade. The project has produced a number of highly visible public artworks that uplift high-footfall areas around Southbury.

    Join us on Saturday 7 June, 2:00-4:30pm atSouthbury Launderette, 467 Southbury Road, Enfield EN3 4HX to launch the new murals

    Completing our Revealing Southbury programme delivered in collaboration with Fisher Cheng Architects, this event will launch and celebrate six vibrant artworks recently introduced to Southbury, which have been co-designed with local communities.


    The artworks include Morning Commute - a stunning and ambitious mural on the bridge opposite Southbury Station, created by artist Qwynto in collaboration with year 6 pupils from Southbury School; and Southbury Parade, a series of bold and striking artworks on the shop shutters along Southbury Road, created by artist Andrew Werdna and the Blank Walls collective, in collaboration with local residents.

    This event will also share the outcomes of the Revealing Southbury Project, including some fantastic work produced by our Place Champions Safia and Trini for the project, and include free refreshments and creative activities.

    Revealing Southbury engaged communities in the concept of these public artworks while also inviting them to consider Southbury's history and future identity. The project will inform an emerging Place Plan, designed to support future development and growth in Southbury.


    Images and captions

    A key element of this project was the engagement with local stakeholders including residents, businesses, children/young people and community groups. Over the course of the project a series of workshops and engagement sessions were had with the community from December 2024- February 2025

    Pop up Community Engagement- 14th December 2025 An on-street engagement session outside Southbury Station to introduce the project to the community

    Southbury Primary School Workshop- 17th December 2025 Engagement workshop with year 6 pupils where they created their own artworks to help inspire the future designs

    Southbury Launderette Creative Workshop- 22nd February 2025 Collage workshop to inspire the shutter designs led by Andrew Werdna and Blank walls at the community launderette

    Southbury Primary School Workshop- 26th February 2025 a follow up workshop with the children, which will include the artist to help develop the proposed theme/ design for the Southbury Station railway bridge artwork.

    Revealing Southbury Place Champions

    In addition to the public engagement the Journeys and Places team provided the opportunity for 2 local young people to contribute to the project and support the outcome and delivery of the artwork.

    One of the Place Champions supported in the installation of the artwork alongside the artist as well as the synthesis of creative and meaningful public engagement materials.

    The second Place Champion supported the project in conducting localised urban research specific to Southbury, focusing on themes that have emerged through community engagement.

    Below is a look at some of the outcome of their contributions

    A big thank you to Safia and Trini for their contributions to this project


Page last updated: 21 May 2025, 10:58 AM