St Peters and Canalside Community Plan

People Friendly Streets Supportive Measures 

Approximate cost: TBC

This project would explore opportunities for greening and parklet buildouts at various locations throughout the ward. The measures would support the People Friendly Streets programme and would provide opportunities for greening and traffic calming. The aim of the scheme is to improve the public realm and increase safety for pedestrians and cyclists. 

Hermit Street and Rawstorne Place

Approximate cost: TBC

This scheme would bring into use two plots of land to promote community gardening and address issues of fly tipping and illegal parking. The local community gardening group has expressed an interest in looking after the space. 

Turnpike House Garden

Approximate cost: £25,000

Resident gardeners in the Turnpike House community garden have requested a review of the gardening space. Key items to address are the dense tree foliage preventing sunlight from reaching planters, deteriorating integrity of the large planters, and the provision of a council-issued lock for security.

Duncan Street Security Measures

Approximate cost: £50,000

This scheme would review the waste provision and install a secondary set of access gates for the residential entrances on Duncan Street. This project is being developed in response to ASB incidents reported by residents. The works would replace the current bin storage units and install fencing to create a direct line of sight between the pavement and the block entrances, increasing passive monitoring of the space to prevent ASB. 

Environmental Improvements at Elia Mews Estate

• Our funding: £455,825
• Works set to begin Summer 2026

This project will explore options to improve the outdoor amenity space at Elia Mews Estate. Improvements may include updating the existing play equipment, multi-use games area (MUGA) and community garden, as well as landscaping works, planting and other improvements to the open greenspace. The project will improve the public realm, increase residents’ amenity and provide more play opportunities for children.

Macclesfield House

• Our funding: £300,000
• Project in development

The scheme will deliver improvements to areas of hardstanding, estate lighting, green spaces and the recycling area & bin chamber. Additional work will include the installation of green garage roof.

Peregrine House Cycle Storage

• Our funding: £15,000
• Project in development

This scheme will install three cycle hangars in Peregrine House estate to address demand and prevent fly tipping in a blank paved space created by prior waste and recycling project.

King Square Gardening Scheme

• Our funding: £15,000
• Project began September 2024

This scheme is providing landscaping and community gardening opportunities in the nature garden at King Square Estate. The garden has been under dense tree canopy which has the effect of creating a dark cold and untidy area which is not welcoming. The TRA have expressed a desire to revamp the area and bring it back into use as a nature garden and to provide residents with an opportunity to be involved.

Peregrine House Gardens MUGA and Football Pitch

• Our funding: £300,000
• Project in development

This project will deliver improvements to the multi-use games area (MUGA), playground and communal garden. These works are expected to take place alongside works to deliver new homes in the estate.

King Square Shopping Area Public Space

• Our funding: £443,000
• Works expected to take place in Summer 2026

The purpose of this project is to consult with the local community to design and deliver improvements to the public space at King Square shopping area. The funding will cover the design, consultation, and implementation stages of the project. 
Find the latest updates on the King Square Shopping Area works on Let’s Talk Islington.

St Peters LTN uplift resourcing

• Our funding: £155,000
• Project in development

This scheme is supporting the implementation of greening, accessibility and transport projects in St Peter's and Canalside ward.

FroKS Christmas Events

• Our funding: £7,000
• Project began December 2025

This funding is supporting the organisation of a resident-led Festive Event on King Square Estate. Funds will be used to access materials and hire suppliers.

Addressing littering on Owens Field

• Our funding: £15,000
• Project in development

This scheme will review the waste provision and deliver new planting in Owen’s Fields to prevent littering and promote biodiversity in the greenspace.

Graham Street Park bins

• Our funding: £3,500
• Project completed December 2025

This scheme replaced five bins in Graham Street Park with new, higher-capacity, combined rubbish and recycling bins. The previous bins would often overflow, attracting insects, birds, and foxes, who would spread the waste. 

Moreland Primary SEND Play Space

• Our funding: £60,000
• Project completed December 2025

This funding supported the creation of a play space catering to pupils with SEND. The works included several zones dedicated to different sets of needs,  including a calming zone, sensory play, and physical play.

Angel Canal Festival

• Our funding: £13,500
• Project completed September 2025

This funding supported the Angel Canal Festival from a Canal & River Trust-run event to be a fully volunteer-run event. The funds enabled the newly created organisation committee to secure suppliers and materials prior to the event taking place. The event committee now has an established monetary flow and is well established for future years. 

Vincent Terrace Railing Painting

• Our funding: £9,000
• Project completed May 2025

This funding supported the refurbishment of the railings using a contractor to carry out minor repairs and prep work to leave the railings ready for a final paint coat applied by volunteers as a community volunteer project. This request came directly from residents of Vincent Terrace and the volunteer group comprised residents and members of the Friends of Vincent Terrace Woods.

Ecological Pond at Moreland School and Children’s Centre

• Our funding: £1,550
• Project completed May 2025

This project redeveloped the pond area at Moreland School and Children’s Centre. The previous pond space was unusable and overgrown. The aim of the project is to increase biodiversity, improve the ecological sustainability of the school grounds, and to provide a welcoming, safe space for children to learn about pond habitats to support their environmental and science learning. 

Graham Street Park Environmental Improvements

• Our funding: £45,000
• Works completed March 2025

This project created new surfacing in Graham Street Park to address uneven paths and make the park more accessible. Funds were also used to create new planters and deliver landscaping for a pleasing space for visitors. 

Packington Estate Community Gardening Project

• Our funding: £39,110
• Project completed March 2025

This project supported an ongoing community gardening project on the Packington Estate. The scheme was a partnership between Islington Parks Service, The Arc Community Centre and Octopus Community Network and successfully engaged local people around the estate to transform and take care of their green spaces. 

Secure Estate Cycle Storage

• Local CIL (£13,009)
• Project completed December 2024

This project provided secure cycle storage on two housing estates - Elia Street and Popham Street. 

Duncan Terrace Lawn Works

• Our funding: £7,307
• Project completed November 2024

This scheme supported a community partnership project to carry out soil improvement, lay amenity turf and create wildflower meadows on Duncan Terrace. 

Hanover School Playground Renewal

• Our funding: £163,000
• Project completed October 2024

This project involved renewing the playground at Hanover School, with a focus on resurfacing key areas, installing three large canopies to provide rain shelter and shading  and replacing unsafe play equipment with two new play structures.

Replacement of Temporary Fencing at Duncan Terrace Gardens

• Our funding: £60,000
• Works completed October 2024

This project provided matched funding to replace the temporary fencing along the plant and flower beds in Duncan Terrace Gardens, with permanent, metal, bow top fencing. The park’s Friends of Group have taken responsibility for the upkeep of the plant beds. The new fencing is supporting communal efforts to preserve and increase the biodiversity value, health value and amenity value of the park.

Islington Boat Club

• Our funding: £320,462
• Project completed August 2024

This project provided support to improve the facilities at Islington Boat Club. Improved facilities have enabled the club to re-open and would help to support the future of the boat club. 

Kestrel House Open Space

• Our funding: £485,412
• Project completed March 2024

This project delivered improvements to the open space around Kestrel House, including landscaping and improvements to the play area. The scheme also provided new secure cycle storage, a new caretakers hut, and improvements to the bin and lumbar store arrangements. Overall, the project has improved the appearance and amenity of the estate for residents. 

Environmental Improvements and Traffic Restrictions on Charlton Place and Camden Passage

• S106 (£30,000)
• Project completed April 2023

This project delivered environmental improvements and traffic restrictions on Charlton Place and Camden Passage. Works included narrowing the carriageway, as well as the introduction of new seating, planting, and tactile paving.

Replacement of Bird Boxes at Duncan Terrace Gardens

• Our funding: £12,365
• Project completed Dec 2022

This project replaced the dilapidated bird box structure at Duncan Terrace Gardens. The structure was a collection of wooden bird and bug boxes which created an important 'habitat' for the birds, insects and invertebrates that occupy the gardens. Installed in 2010, the sculpture was originally a temporary installation, to remain in situ for 3 years. However, due to the success of the project, the structure was retained in the park. Over time, it became riddled with rot and had to be removed on health and safety grounds. The scheme has replaced the existing structure with new bird, bug and bat boxes, as well as eco towers, bee posts and a bug hotel noticeboard. The new structures will further promote biodiversity and will be longer lasting than the previous temporary installation.

King Square Community Nursery at Rahere House

• Our funding: £75,623
• Project completed October 2022

The project provided funding for an outdoor play area that featured an enclosed toddler play space, educational play zone, a bridge connecting the new play area with the path under the pergola and installation of a new security gate.

Waterside Adventure Playground Zipwire

• Our funding: £5,000
• Project completed April 2022

The scheme replaced the broken zip wire at the Waterside Adventure Playground, a popular venue for children, young adults, and their families.