Feltham Parks - Introduction

Introduction

There are currently two Masterplan studies being carried out in Feltham. The Feltham Parks Masterplan covers the following green spaces: The Town Centre Masterplan by Urban Initiatives Studio is looking to analyse the challenges and opportunities in Feltham to inform a strategy 1 - Feltham Park for the future through a Vision Masterplan. 2 - Feltham Arena The Feltham Parks Masterplan is solely looking at improvements to 3 - Glebelands Park the Park, and any proposals will feed into the Town Centre Masterplan. 4 - Poet’s Corner (Poor’s Piece) 5 - Blenheim Park The Feltham Parks Masterplan is speciﬁ cally looking at improving the 6 - Feltham Green local green spaces to inspire more people to be active, create safer spaces and with more relevant facilities. This Masterplan is informed by local residents and also the wider regeneration plan for the area which The following set of boards show the Vision Masterplan for the various is already underway known as the Feltham Masterplan. areas of Feltham Parks and Feltham Green.

Feltham Parks Masterplan 4

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Feltham Town Centre Masterplan

6 Feltham Parks - RIBA Stage 2 Masterplan

21 - HARLINGTON ROAD WEST ENTRANCE 1 2211 Grass area improved to small areas of ornamental planting, retention of all trees (that are in good health) and area 2255 2244 2233 2222 maintained as grass for picnics. 1 - POET’S CORNER (Poor’s Piece) Poet’s Corner (Poor’s Piece) re-modelled for market garden social enterprise or 24 - NEW PATH AND ECOLOGICAL training centre & space for picnics and 25 - RE-SHAPED LANDFILL MOUNDS ENHANCEMENTS 23 - TREE REMOVALS 22 - DOG ENCLOSURE community events. Landfi ll mounds extended and re-shaped Landfi ll mound pulled away from the north site Existing row of trees and scrub removed North-west corner of to form a gentle rolling hill with wildfl ower boundary to incorporate a new footpath and to allow the landfi ll mound to be re- Feltham Park fenced off meadow, tree planting, native scrub planting, nature trail with ecological enhancements to shaped. (Mound to include more new to incorporate a dog run- accessible footpaths and seating. Butterfl y Alley. tree planting than is existing). around enclosure. 20 - POND AREA 2200 Pond area improved to include wetland planting and aeration Entrance to improve water quality, an improved circular walking route with a replacement bridge, selective tree thinning in order Harlington Road West to open up the space and allow in more light for ornamental planting, and other ornamental planting areas with seating and bins.

Gladstone Avenue 2 Entrance 19 - IMPROVED STREET FRONTAGE Entrance 1199 Hedges and overgrown planting south of Basketball court 2 - WEST CAR PARK LAYOUT removed and returned to trees and grass. Basketball court Car park to be maintained as two Clymping Dene Pond Entrance and existing car park retained, with additional tree planting in Burns Avenue car parks, with access from both order to improve the Park’s street frontage. Shakespeare Avenue and Ruskin

Avenue. Shakespeare Avenue entrance Helen Avenue to be re-modelled to appear more Tennis pedestrian friendly. Shaftsbury Avenue Play Area Dog Area 18 - FELTHAM ASSEMBLY HALL Picnic area 1188 A decision on the future use of Feltham Assembly Hall is still in abeyance, but the following options are still being considered:

Hounslow Road Entrance Option 1: Refurbish As Mixed Community & Commercial Venue Option 2: Sports Hub For The Parks

Existing football pitches Shakespeare Avenue

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3 - WEST CAR PARK USE 17 - COMMUNITY SPACE West car park to include space for 1177 Bowling green removed and turned into Open space with grass, an occasional farmers market and Entrance trees and seating for picnics. controlled part open access daytime Ruskin Avenue

parking for visitors to Feltham Parks. Longford River Additional grass overﬂ ow area to be Entrance BMX incorporated. Car park to include Entrance track electrical and water utilities connections for Farmer’s Market. Bridge Parkour & Skateboarding

Adventure Play Sports pitches 16 - NEW SPORTS PITCHES 1166 North part of Glebelands Park 4 maintained as short amenity grass for Fern Grove youth football during the winter and 4 - NEW FOOTPATH cricket during the summer. New footpath linking Fruen Road directly with Feltham Parks.

15 - IMPROVED FOOTPATH 1155 North-south footpath through Key Glebelands to have up to 50% of Bridge existing vegetation removed to improve

Fruen Road 5 sight-lines and safety. Improved lighting Proposed community use and CCTV also to be added.

5 - SKATEBOARDING & BMX TRACK Proposed sports use New closed circuit BMX track and Large Events Space skateboarding bowl for all ages. To Station Estate Road Mounded areas include lighting and CCTV. Entrance New Road

14 - WILDFLOWER MOUNDS Existing trees retained 1144 Small 2m maximum height grass and wildfl ower mounds created on Proposed tree and scrub planting Glebelands, using some of the fi ll from 6 Longford River Entrance the landfi ll mound in order to reduce its

Bridge total mass. Proposed ecological enhancement areas 6 - BLENHEIM PARK Blenheim Park to include ecological enhancements through meadow Proposed wildﬂ ower meadow Entrance management and the creation of a small United Drive 13 - HEDGE REMOVAL wetland/marginal area, as well as space Primary pedestrian route for large scale events such as ﬁ reworks, Feltham Railway Station 1133 Remove up to 80% of the hedge carnivals and fairgrounds. Entrance alongside the Longford River in order to

Place Manor Entrance widen the path for walking and cycling, Secondary pedestrian route improve sight-lines and increase safety.

9 Minor pedestrian route

9 - NEW BUILDING STRUCTURE 1111 Trim trail and informal play locations 7 8 10 - CENTRAL SPACE 1122 New centrally located space for a mobile 1100 refreshment kiosk to be used in the summer Central space of athletics track to 11 - EXISTING ATHLETICS TRACK incorporate new sporting facilities, Proposed lighting 7 - ADVENTURE PLAY 8 - NEW FOOTPATH months. Changing facilities to be provided for Existing athletics running track to be 12 - LONGFORD RIVER CROSSINGS in Feltham Assembly Hall. including 2no Mini-Soccer U7/U8 ﬂ oodlit Additional play facilities incorporating New wide through-route footpath retained with minor surface wearing Longford River to incorporate a new bridge crossing point linking football pitches, 4no beach volleyball Proposed bridge crossing Adventure Play amongst trees, and a with lighting linking Hawkes Road and pitches, which can also be used for Beach course repairs. Long jump and Blenheim Park with the athletics track, and refurbishment of the existing wider play trail. Bedfont Lane with Feltham Park. Soccer, Tag Rugby and Handball, and 4no quadrant areas to be removed. bridge at Ruskin Avenue. cricket nets. 1:2500@A0 Feltham Parks - RIBA Stage 2 Masterplan Feltham Green

26 - DOG AREA Existing Site Masterplan 2266 Existing dog enclosure area within Feltham Green to be removed and replaced with ornamental planting.

No sense of arrival /blurred edge Oversized and underused dog area

Entrance St Lawrence RC St Lawrence RC Primary School Primary School

27 - NEW STEPS 2277 Introduce 2no sets of 10m wide steps from the High Street down to

High Street High Street Feltham Pond in order to improve circulation and sight-lines (War Memorial retained in place).

Entrance Feltham Pond Feltham Pond High wall is a physical barrier War Memorial St Lawrence’s St Lawrence’s and creates Church Church War Memorial hidden areas encouraging anti- social behaviour Dense screen planting hides St Lawrence’s Church 28 - VIEW OF CHURCH and creates hidden areas 2288 Retain the trees but remove the for anti-social hedge in front of St. Lawrence’s behaviour Entrance Church in order to improve sight- lines and give the Church a visual Grass in poor relationship with the Green. condition due to over grazing of Disjointed path birds and water layout fowl

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The Green The Green The pond suffers 29 - POND ENHANCEMENTS from poor water 2299 Improve water quality and setting of quality and a lack Entrance Lawn of ecological value Feltham Pond by installing fountains in order to improve aeration, wetland planting areas for ecological No direct path to enhancement, and additional south-east corner ornamental and shrub planting to Entrance perimeter.

Planting is tired and unexciting Browells Lane Browells Lane

Entrance 30 - FOOTPATHS 3300 Improve footpath layout by creating a new footpath from the south-east corner towards the Pond, and a new footpath link from east to west directly linking the entrance to St. Lawrence’s Church with the High Street.

1:500@A1 1:500@A1 Feltham Parks - Next Steps

Funding Strategy Next Steps

The feasibility study undertaken identiﬁ ed two clear approaches for The proposal below indicates where £670k could be spent to address delivering the goals set out in Feltham Parks Masterplan derived from the primary issues of improving access and safety, including new axial consultation and potential funding available. pedestrian paths, new bridge crossing, removal of some overgrown vegetation and removal of the old bowling green to improve the From the extensive consultation, improving access and security was the visibility of the park from Hounslow Road. This design of this scheme will main priority for residents followed by improved quality and range of be developed further. activities.

Although there is a signiﬁ cant £1m budget secured already, the council will still need to ﬁ nd further funding to deliver the vision of the Masterplan. The review of funding sources, the eligibility of the Parks improvements for those sources, and the amounts likely to be available at different times indicates that the Parks could expect a funding scenario phased as follows:

Phase 1 (2017/18) Feltham Arena, Glebelands, Blenheim and Feltham Park improvement to Access and Security is estimated to £670k. Funded from secured Bowling Green removed & Parks budget, a proportion of the CIL, and from a bid to the London reinstated to Marathon Trust as well as committed GLA funding for cycling and grass footpaths.

New footpath over New footpath mound with minor re-grading works Phase 2 Overgrown Envisages improvements to Feltham Green with the costs of £380k vegetation cut back hopefully being met from the GLA Good Growth funding. Overgrown New bridge vegetation crossing cut back around athletics Phase 3 track This phase is principally about improving existing Sports facilities, introducing new play features and remodeling landscape. This will require further business plan to source operator.