Tollington community plan

New door entry system at St Paul’s Court

• Expected cost: £25,000

This will pay for installing a gated door entry system at St Paul’s Court to help stop antisocial behaviour including drug use. St Paul’s Court does not have any door entry system or physical barriers to stop non-residents from accessing the block. The system will show that St Paul’s Court is a private block and safety is being improved.

Shelley Court gardens

• Expected cost: to be decided

This will improve the garden area of Shelly Court at the corner of Regina Road and Hanley Road. At the moment, the garden area is dull and unattractive with anti-climb installations, bins, and a concrete standing platform that acts as a lumber point.

Improvements may include:

• removal of the aggressive anti-climb spinners
• overhaul and painting of the large ornate gates/panels
• installing matching lower level screens to contain and screen the lumber area
• de-cluttering the signage
• installing new attractive planting in front of the lumber point.

Blenheim Court playground and open space

• Expected cost: £50,000

This will bring environmental improvements to Blenheim Court, with a focus on the playground and an area of green open space. The playground needs to be renewed. Improvements could include new:

• play equipment
• safety surfacing
• benches and landscaping works.

The open space could also be improved to make the area somewhere residents want to spend more time. For example:

• installing more benches and litter bins
• planting
• natural/informal play equipment
• planting wild flowers
• bird boxes and insect hotels (which would improve biodiversity - habitats for insects and other important creatures like pollinators - in the area).

Corbyn Street public planters

• Expected cost: to be decided

Raised by local residents, this project would look to install planter or other traffic calming measures to reduce driving speeds and make the road safer for pedestrians. 

Tackling ASB at Bennett Court

• Our funding: £5,000
• Project in development

This project will look at potentially gating the Axminster Road entrances to Bennett Court. The current work involves looking at the requirements and any likely impacts on services and access to the estate by various users (e.g. post/delivery, waste collection, disability access, car owners), as well as establish the costs for works.

Evershot Gardens Woodland Area

• Our funding: £5,000
• Project started March 2025

This project will convert a garden on Evershot Road into a woodland area and install new fencing. This will support biodiversity in the area. 

Wray Crescent Community Building

• Our funding: £133,353
• Project in development

Replacing the brick pavilion at Wray Crescent open space with a new, multi-use building that will support and encourage cricket at the site, helping to make it a destination for the sport in inner London. As well as sporting infrastructure, the building will provide a community space for the public benefit and an office for Middlesex County Cricket Club who want to have a presence at the site. This work is being carried out in conjunction with Wray Crescent Park Improvements.
The latest updates on this project are available on Let’s Talk Islington.

Wray Crescent Park Improvements

• Our funding: £210,000 
• Project in development 

This project is looking at planting and other landscaping in the area next to the site of the new Wray Crescent Community Building. It will help make the space more user-friendly and attractive. More improvements may also include:

• updating equipment
• repairing the planter wall
• joining up the waking route around the edge of the park

The latest updates on this project are available on Let’s Talk Islington.

Landseer Gardens improvements

• Our funding: £30,000
• Project set to begin February 2026 

The aim is to make the park more attractive and user-friendly, improving facilities and reducing anti-social behaviour in the area. Options include:

• upgrading the play equipment
• adding benches and planters.

Find the latest updates for Landseer Gardens on Let’s Talk Islington.

Everleigh Street open space improvements

• Our funding: £5,000
• Project in development

A redesign of the open space at Everleigh Street. Costs will fund an investigation into options for the space. There will be a public consultation with local residents, gathering your suggestions and listening to your opinions.
Find the latest updates for Everleigh Street Open Space on Let’s Talk Islington.

Everleigh Gated Garden Project

• Our funding: £9,062
• Project set to begin February 2026

This scheme will deliver gardening facilities including water butts, a greenhouse and raised planters, as well as fund a community gardening programme for the users of the Everleigh Street Gated Garden. The new facilities will also enable the group to attract new users to the space. 

Tollington contribution to the restoration of the Islington war memorial arch

• Our funding: £5,000
• Project began November 2025

The Islington War Memorial Arch is Grade II Listed and in very poor condition. It is the only listed war memorial on the National Heritage at Risk Register. Many of the names of the fallen are damaged, can't be read or are badly worn away by weather. If nothing is done, the memorial will continue to decay. This project will contribute to funding specialist heritage advice to get options for restoring the memorial.

Tackling Anti-social Behaviour at Blenheim Court

• Our funding: £40,000 

• Project started Summer 2023

This project is focusing on the installation of new metal gates to stairwells across Blenheim Court Estate, including a fob access and intercom system to affected flats. 
This is part of a wider scheme of improvements to the estate that includes updated recycling facilities, lumber store improvements, and landscaping, with the collaboration of multiple teams in the council.

Simmons House play area

• Our funding: £25,000
• Project completed October 2025

This project will replace and upgrade the existing playground equipment with a new, modern, fit-for-purpose playground. It will also resurface the existing ground and replace the gate.

Sussex Close Playground

• Our  funding: £50,000
• Project completed July 2025

This scheme made a complete refurbishment of the playground on Sussex Close estate, with new play equipment, natural elements like boulders, resurfacing, and self-closing gates for increased safety.

Secure estate cycle storage

• Our funding: £48,600 from local CIL
• Project completed July 2025

Cycle hangars have been installed on on Saltdene, Sedgley House, Holly Park, Ilex House, Sussex Close, Cotman House, Reynolds House, and Blenheim Court estates. The new hangars will help residents to store cycles safely, rather than taking up space inside properties or being left in communal areas of buildings breaking fire safety rules. 

Sussex Close Community Garden

• Our funding: £10,000 
• Project completed December 2024

This project helped fund a new community garden at Sussex Close Estate. Residents took part in workshops to design and build the garden, as well as learn how to take care of their chosen plants.

Manor Gardens Centre Fire Doors

• Our funding: £45,000
• Project completed December 2024

This project supported the replacement of fire doors at Manor Gardens Centre, which is based in a listed building. The works helped the Centre be compliant with fire safety standards.

Improvements to parking on Hornsey Road

• Our funding: £25,000
• Project completed March 2023

This project created a new loading bay on Hornsey Road. The aim of the project was to address the issue of road blockages, often caused by delivery vans, on Hornsey Road. The loading bay has created more space for other vehicles when approaching the traffic lights and junction near Tesco to reduce blockages and a better flow of traffic.

Cornwallis Park

• Our funding: £13,171
• Project completed December 2022

This project brought in a range of soft landscape improvements at Cornwallis Park. It removed some old large shrubs which opened up the space, improving sight lines and removing potential spaces for anti-social behaviour. A range of new plants, bulbs and shrubs, including plants that grow in shady areas, were planted and new turf was laid. The project has creating a more welcoming and pleasant space for users.

Tollington Ward tree planting

• Our funding: £10,835 
• Project completed December 2022

The project gave Tollington more street tree planting in line with the council tree strategy. During the 2021/22 planting season, trees were planted throughout the area including:

• Grenville Road
• Kingsdown Road
• Hanley Road
• Sussex Way
• Landseer Road
• Charteris Road
• Almington Street

Crouch Hall Court pram and cycle storage

• Our funding: £21,450 
• Project completed August 2022

This secure cycle storage and pram storage at Crouch Hall Court helps meet the high demand for more cycle facilities. The installation of a larger cycle storage unit, which can store 10 bicycles and a cargo bike will help residents to store cycles safely rather than taking up space inside properties or being left in communal areas of buildings, breaking fire safety rules. It also includes four pram storage units, providing space for families with young children to store their buggies. Project was completed in July 2022.