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Appendix 8 London Borough of Haringey’S Park User Survey Appendix 8 London Borough of Haringey’s Park User Survey Extract from 2013 Park User Survey – London Borough of Haringey Throughout January 2013 people were invited to tell us what they thought of the borough’s parks and open spaces. 833 responses were received, with over 80% of respondents telling us they used a Haringey managed park, an increase of 10% since 2009. Headline results reveal that: 70% of respondents felt the condition of their local park was either the same or better than it was before the budget reductions happened in 2011 88% of respondents either feel safe or very safe when they use their local park Finsbury Park was the park that received the most responses followed equally by Downhill’s Park, Priory Park and Albert Road Recreation Ground People are using the parks less to relax and more for family outings, playing with friends and to observe wildlife four times as many people said they were volunteering on projects in parks The frequency and time when people used the park remained broadly the same People felt that the facilities within the park were either Good or Fair Individual park results have now been fed into management plans and will inform any future improvements. Page 1 of 6 Con Since Jan 2011 Chart 2000.00% Woodside Park 1800.00% Wood Green Common White Hart Lane Recreation Ground Tower Gardens 1600.00% Tottenham Green Stationers Park 1400.00% Springfield Park Shepherds Hill Gardens Russell Park 1200.00% Queen's Wood Priory Park 1000.00% Parkland Walk Paignton Park Nightingale Gardens 800.00% Muswell Hill Playing Fields Markfield Park 600.00% Lordship Recreation Ground Finsbury Park Finsbury Gardens 400.00% Fairland Park Ducketts Common 200.00% Downhills Park Down Lane Park Coldfall Wood 0.00% Better No difference Worse (blank) Safety Chart 2500.00% Woodside Park Wood Green Common White Hart Lane Recreation Ground Tower Gardens 2000.00% Tottenham Green Stationers Park Springfield Park Shepherds Hill Gardens Russell Park 1500.00% Queen's Wood Priory Park Parkland Walk Paignton Park Nightingale Gardens 1000.00% Muswell Hill Playing Fields Markfield Park Lordship Recreation Ground Finsbury Park Finsbury Gardens 500.00% Fairland Park Ducketts Common Downhills Park Down Lane Park Coldfall Wood 0.00% Safe Unsafe Very Safe Very unsafe Page 2 of 6 Average Scores Chart Total 3.5 3 2.5 2 1.5 Key 1 1 = Poor 2 = Fair 0.5 3 = Good 4 = Excellent 0 Average ofAverage Cafes Average ofAverage Toilets Average ofAverage Graffiti Average ofAverage Events Average ofAverage Seating Averageof Lighting Average ofAverage Signage Averageof Dog bins Average ofAverage Litter bins Average ofAverage Playareas Average ofAverage Cleanliness Average ofAverage cuttingGrass parkvisit Averageof conditionPath Averageof Youthfacilities Average ofAverage Sports facilities Averageof Control of dogs Average ofAverage Disabled facilities Average ofAverage Information provided Average ofAverage Wildlife opportunities Averageof Staff Professionalism Average ofAverage ofQuality flowers shrubsand Averageof Overall satisfaction of yourlast Transport Chart 700 Woodside Park Wood Green Common 600 White Hart Lane Recreation Ground Tower Gardens Tottenham Green Stationers Park 500 Springfield Park Shepherds Hill Gardens Russell Park 400 Queen's Wood Priory Park Parkland Walk Paignton Park 300 Nightingale Gardens Muswell Hill Playing Fields Markfield Park Lordship Recreation Ground 200 Finsbury Park Finsbury Gardens Fairland Park 100 Ducketts Common Downhills Park Down Lane Park Coldfall Wood 0 Walk Bicycle Car Bus Tube/train Other Page 3 of 6 Reasons Chart 500 Woodside Park 450 Wood Green Common 400 White Hart Lane Recreation Ground Tower Gardens 350 Tottenham Green Stationers Park 300 Springfield Park Shepherds Hill Gardens 250 Russell Park Queen's Wood 200 Priory Park Parkland Walk 150 Paignton Park Nightingale Gardens 100 Muswell Hill Playing Fields Markfield Park 50 Lordship Recreation Ground Finsbury Park 0 Finsbury Gardens Other Relax Fairland Park Exercise Ducketts Common Downhills Park Walk the the Walk dog FamilyOuting Take a shortcutTake ObserveWildlife Down Lane Park Volunteer projects Playsports/games Coldfall Wood Take children Take toplay EductationalProjects Play with Playwith friends/family Meet with with Meet friends/family See events/entertainment See Frequency Chart 400 Woodside Park Wood Green Common 350 White Hart Lane Recreation Ground Tower Gardens Tottenham Green 300 Stationers Park Springfield Park Shepherds Hill Gardens 250 Russell Park Queen's Wood Priory Park 200 Parkland Walk Paignton Park Nightingale Gardens 150 Muswell Hill Playing Fields Markfield Park Lordship Recreation Ground Finsbury Park 100 Finsbury Gardens Fairland Park Ducketts Common 50 Downhills Park Down Lane Park Coldfall Wood 0 More than once a day Once a day Once a month Once or twice a week Other Page 4 of 6 Times Chart 300 Woodside Park Wood Green Common White Hart Lane Recreation Ground 250 Tower Gardens Tottenham Green Stationers Park Springfield Park 200 Shepherds Hill Gardens Russell Park Queen's Wood Priory Park 150 Parkland Walk Paignton Park Nightingale Gardens Muswell Hill Playing Fields 100 Markfield Park Lordship Recreation Ground Finsbury Park Finsbury Gardens Fairland Park 50 Ducketts Common Downhills Park Down Lane Park Coldfall Wood 0 1pm to dusk 9am to 1pm After dark Before 9am No particular time Duration Chart 350 Woodside Park Wood Green Common 300 White Hart Lane Recreation Ground Tower Gardens Tottenham Green Stationers Park 250 Springfield Park Shepherds Hill Gardens Russell Park 200 Queen's Wood Priory Park Parkland Walk Paignton Park 150 Nightingale Gardens Muswell Hill Playing Fields Markfield Park Lordship Recreation Ground 100 Finsbury Park Finsbury Gardens Fairland Park 50 Ducketts Common Downhills Park Down Lane Park Coldfall Wood 0 1 to 2 hours 2 to 4 hours 30 minutes to 1 hour Less than 30 minutes More than 4 hours Page 5 of 6 Site Chart Total 200 180 174 160 140 120 100 78 77 80 75 60 54 44 40 23 18 18 17 17 20 14 11 10 8 8 7 4 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 PrioryPark Russell Park Russell Fairland Park FinsburyPark PaigntonPark ColdfallWood MarkfieldPark ParklandWalk DownhillsPark Queen's Queen's Wood WoodsidePark Chestnuts Park StationersPark Chsetnuts Park Tower Tower Gardens SpringfieldPark Down Lane DownLane Park Avenue Avenue Gardens Tottenham Tottenham Green Chapmans Green FinsburyGardens Bruce Bruce Castle Park DuckettsCommon Bounds Green BoundsGreen Slips NightingaleGardens Wood CommonGreen Shepherds Hill Gardens Muswell Hill PlayingFields BelmontRecreation Ground Lordship Recreation Ground AlbertRoadRecreation Ground BowesPark Community Garden White Hart White Hart Lane Recreation Ground Page 6 of 6 .
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