Drayton Green Green Drayton Drayton Proposals: Gateway Places The Avenue Drayton Argyle Road Green 1 West Ealing 4 GATEWAY PLACES 2 ad Drayton Green Road Green Drayton o Road Green Drayton dria R 3 Alexan Squirrel Felix Road Connaught R Bed Kir Mews Green Man P c f hen R ord Roa ad St Johns oa leigh Ro Scool d d Ends a o 5 s a s d 1. Manor Road crossing a ad g Ro e Jacob’s Ladder Royal Borough of Tewkesbury Bayham Road 2. Eccleston Road Kensington and Chelsea - Gre Uxbridge Road Wit ad ham Road Hanwell Cemetery e Ro e r n Man 3. Jacob’s plaza Singapo L a n 4. Station approach gateway e ns Mosque de Shi y Gar Leeland R hirle S r Dean Gardens 5. Culmington Road gateway le y 6 Ga Broadway Tawny Close r Mattock Lane o a 6. Mattock Lane junction and crossing d Leeland Terrace oad 10 7. Forester Pub Uxbridge R Canberra Road Library Northfield Sainsbury’s Melbourne Avenue Avenue 8. Leighton Road: Coldershaw Road & Leeland Terrace Allotments St . Sydney Road J am od Close rwo es’ e Sh A v Regina Road 9. The Grosvenor Pub Hatfield Road e Northfield Avenue Northfield nu Avenue Northfield Grosvenor Road e Milford Road 10. Uxbridge Road / Grosvenor Road W estfield A S y de d S n e l a aide Road ey Roa Road Bonchurch Road f o r d R d City of Westminster - o a Hanwell Cemetery d Glenfield Terrace S Brisbane Road aint Kilda R 9 Co ld o e a Chesham Terrace rsha d w R o 7 ad 8 8 M id h Gateway Places urst Road 116 WEST EALING LIVEABLE NEIGHBOURHOOD Jacob’s Ladder Gateway This will improve the look and feel of this key route into West Ealing shopping area from the north, and encourage greater use of it, thereby improving natural surveillance and the perception of crime 1. Manor Road crossing 2. Jacob’s Ladder 3. Jacob’s plaza • Remove on-street parking bays to • Upgrade lighting on bridge • Pocket plaza where people feel safe improve visibility and accessibility of passing through • Improve condition of walking surfaces ans passageway to Jacob’s ladder steps • Integrated play features such as slide o • Raised table to slow trac and ease Jacob’s Ladder • Replace panels on the inside of the deck pedestrian crossing • Greening, lighting and art • Install cycle wheel ramps / gutters • Widen pavements and control on-street • Wayfinding parking whilst allowing for large vehicles to access to train depot • Raised table junction at junction Felix Road and Romsey Road • Tree planting for seasonal blossom • Wayfinding totem Issues Issues Issues • Work abutting Network Rail property and • Loss of on-street parking link required to existing bridge structure • Work on Network Rail structure • Access for very large vehicles to railway yard • Access to adjacent properties • Age / condition of structure • Work on adjacent property façades • Consideration must be given to potential conflicts between cyclists and pedestrians - with the needs of the latter to be prioritised, given the constraints of the existing structure. Proposals: Gateway Places 117 4. Station approach gateway 5. Culmington Road gateway 6. Mattock Lane junction and crossing To be undertaken as part of the Crossrail • Outlier gateway to West Ealing at • Relocate existing toucan crossing so Complementary Measures Culmington Road junction to highlight the Mattock Lane and Dean Garden entry into West Ealing pedestrian and cycle desire line is • Widening of footways to accommodate recognised increased pedestrian movements • Create new gateway plaza with greening, art, and pedestrian / feature lighting • Open up the park entrance area to make • Tightening of junction corner radii and it more welcoming and open (as per other removal of unnecessary traffic islands to • Provide seating, and cycle parking entrances into Gardens) improve accessibility facilities • Enhance pedestrian lighting • Relocated bus stop outside station • Sign quiet cycle route along Mattock entrance on bridge that will be to be Lane towards Dean Gardens for cyclists • Wayfinding totem closed when new station entrance opens that want to avoid Lido junction • Tree planting at junctions where additional • Also sign north south routes Issues space has been created through junction • Gateway sign / wayfinding totem • Location existing bus stops improvements and footway widening • Design should be sensitive to existing • Wayfinding totem Issues trees around park entrance • Design should be sensitive to existing trees Issues • Adjacent businesses • Work on highways bridge over railway 118 WEST EALING LIVEABLE NEIGHBOURHOOD Options considered: Forester Pub 7. Forester Pub • Close Seaford Road access onto Northfield • Close Seaford Road access onto Avenue Northfield Avenue • Alter alignment of Leighton Road • Reorganise on-street parking so pedestrians are prioritised • Relocate crossing • Allow for direct cycle link from Seaford • Create two open spaces of diering Road onto Northfield Avenue characters – the one to the north “greener”, the one to south more ‘urban’ • Create new gateway plaza with greening, art, and pedestrian / feature lighting Result • Provide seating, cycle parking and wayfinding totem Not progressed as open space to north less overlooked by properties / activity and proposed street realignment splits open space into two equal Issues halves • Road closure and reduction of on-street parking • Changes to existing planting • Location of crossing Proposals: Gateway Places 119 Healthy Street assessment → Using the assessment of existing conditions as baseline, a Healthy Street Check of the Leighton Road/Seaford Road proposed design. The reduction in through trac at the junction between Seaford Road and Leighton Road improves the ability to cross and the sense of safety, in addition to providing a significant improvement to the quality of urban realm and the enhancement of cycle connectivity. The only ‘Zero Score’ not addressed related to the eective footway width in proximity of mature trees: the importance of such ecological asset and the unlikelihood of crowding/conflict situations along residential footways justify a low score in this metric. Forester Pub (Leighton Road/Seaford Road) Before: Score 60; Zero Scores 1 After: Score 77; Zero Scores 1 Existing layout Proposed layout 120 WEST EALING LIVEABLE NEIGHBOURHOOD 8. Leighton Road: Coldershaw Road & Sydney Road • Raised table junction at the Coldershaw Road and Sydney Road junctions • To slow trac and ease pedestrian crossing on key pedestrian route to and from adjacent residential area linking schools and shops • Construct build outs to prevent parking at junctions and to make space for pedestrians Coldershaw Road • Provided seating and cycle parking 9. The Grosvenor Pub 10. Uxbridge Road / Grosvenor Road (bike hangar) • Raised table junction of Grosvenor Road • Outlier gateway to West Ealing at • Wayfinding totem Oaklands Road junction to slow trac Grosvenor Road junction to highlight and ease pedestrian crossing on key entry into neighbourhood pedestrian route to and from Oaklands • Enhance existing green space by Issues Primary School westbound bus stop to create new • Loss of on-street parking due to build outs • Create build out to accommodate parklet gateway plaza with greening, art, and with integrated seating and cycle parking pedestrian / feature lighting (bike hangar) • Provide incidental seating, and cycle • Feature lighting and tree planting along parking facilities old shopping parade • Gateway sign / wayfinding totem • Wayfinding totem Sydney Road Issues Issues • Loss of on-street parking due to build outs • Existing mature trees • Deliveries to pub Proposals: Special Places 121 SPECIAL PLACES Special places are those which have a distinctive As the places are all di erent in nature, the Healthy Street focus → character of their own. They come in various design approach for each will need to be shapes and sizes, but what unifies them is that bespoke, as described in the following pages. they will all make a strong contribution to the However for each of these the intent will be to overall West Ealing identity and sense of place. use high quality elements that promote their distinctiveness. This may include for instance: Some of these special places exist already and will be improved, others are proposed to be • High quality surfacing materials delivered as part of other planned projects (such • Distinctive tree and shrub planting as the squares proposed as part of the West London Islamic Centre, and the Green Man • Decorative / feature lighting in addition to Estate redevelopment). The objective with the street lighting special places will be to improve the existing • Artwork to reinforce identity (potentially spaces/ create new ones so that they all provide either permanent or temporary installations) a contribution to the town centre in terms of a space for leisure or economic activity, or a • Seating simply an attractive and comfortable area to • Bins pause, sit and stop a while. • Bike parking – open and protected Drayton Green Green Drayton Drayton Proposals: Special Places proposals The Avenue Drayton Argyle Road Green West Ealing SPECIAL PLACES PROPOSALS ad Drayton Green Road Green Drayton o Road Green Drayton dria R Alexan Squirrel Felix Road Connaught R Bed Kir Mews Green Man P c f hen R ord Roa ad St Johns oa leigh Ro Scool d d Ends 4 a o Leeland Road s a 1. s d a ad g Ro e 5 2. Dean Gardens Royal Borough of Tewkesbury Bayham Road Eccleston Road Kensington and Chelsea - Uxbridge Road Wit ad ham Road Hanwell Cemetery e Ro e r n Man 3. Singapore Road Plaza 3 ngapo L a 2 n 4. Tewkesbury Road Community Square e ns Mosque de Shi y Gar hirle 5. Green Man Lane Plaza S r Dean Gardens le 1 y Ga Broadway Tawny Close r Mattock Lane d e 6. Melbourne Avenue n s 6 Leeland Terrace oad 7. St James’s Avenue Plaza Uxbridge R 7 Northfield Melbourne Avenue Avenue Leeland Terrace Allotments St .