Twickenham Town Centre Highways and Pocket Park Improvements

Overview

Between 2010 - 2012 Richmond Council carried out extensive consultation to consider the future of Twickenham and find out what people think about the local area. 

The results showed how much people care about the future of Twickenham Town Centre and identified the need for regeneration of the area through investment in improved retail, leisure and community facilities and enhancement of the public realm. 

The final Twickenham Area Action Plan, the regeneration strategy for guiding future development up to 2027, was produced and formally adopted in July 2013, having been approved by an Independent Planning Inspector.

Whilst the plan is comprehensive and includes Twickenham Station, the Post Office Sorting site and promotion of local business, a key barrier to achieving the regeneration objectives relates to existing traffic problems. 

To address these barriers and improve open space in the Town centre, the following changes are proposed:

• Not to allow traffic to turn right from King Street into Church Street and Water Lane during peak hours. 
• The section of Holly Road between Grosvenor Road and London Road is converted to one way westbound for cars and two-way for cyclists only.
• Introduction of a 20 mph zone within Twickenham Town Centre
• Two design options are proposed for improving Garfield Road Pocket Park.

Detailed diagrams of all the proposed improvements can be found in the background documents of this consultation.

Your views are important to us and there are a number of opportunities for you to look at the detailed diagrams and plans and give your comments by:

1. By completing and submitting the on-line questionnaire, having looked through the consultation material beforehand.

2. Visiting the exhibitions in either the Council’s Civic Centre reception area or Twickenham library, during the consultation period, to look at the detailed designs and plans and completing a survey questionnaire.

All completed questionnaires must be submitted by Monday 12th August at 5pm when the consultation closes.

If you would like any more information please contact Ben Fryer at ben.fryer@richmond.gov.uk