This is a summary of all comments added to the map. MapID 34
| Type | Title | Content | Added by | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Things I don't like | Car park | This is completely underutilised space, it's hardly ever full - can you make it a green or have farmer's markets on it or something | Gareth Newman 11 Mar 19 | 51.5324,-0.0328903 |
| Things I don't like | Congestion and noise | I live on this road and it's a rat run. It's narrow which also results in jams and incidents of road rage as people get stuck | Gareth Newman 11 Mar 19 | 51.5296,-0.0312896 |
| Things I like | Palm Tree pub | cosy and lovely old school local institution | Linda Savini 8 Mar 19 | 51.5292,-0.040736 |
| Things I don't like | Estate agents | Where's the Chersterfield cafe gone? such a disappointment | Linda Savini 8 Mar 19 | 51.5313,-0.0388811 |
| Things I like | Anytime Fitness gym | Great environment, super cool staff | Linda Savini 8 Mar 19 | 51.5325,-0.0292367 |
| Things we need to work on | George Davies | Resuurect the George Davies is Innocent wall graffiti. East End history | Lee Sargent 23 Aug 18 | 51.5268,-0.0270474 |
| Things we need to work on | Dirty Bridge | Could be better. Welcome to Bow or something. | Lee Sargent 23 Aug 18 | 51.5277,-0.022949 |
| Things I don't like | Anti Social Behaviour | Often people hanging about outside shops. Probably harmless but to the uninitated could look intimidating. | Lee Sargent 23 Aug 18 | 51.5272,-0.0256205 |
| Things we need to work on | Interesting Street | A bit unloved. Could be better. | Lee Sargent 23 Aug 18 | 51.5286,-0.0218546 |
| Things I like | School | a lovely old school down a reasonablly well kept street. | Lee Sargent 23 Aug 18 | 51.528,-0.0301051 |
| Things I don't like | Bins | Bins are closed up for some reason? | Lee Sargent 23 Aug 18 | 51.5288,-0.030266 |
| Things I like | Sikh Temple | An interesting building. Not very well signposted. | Lee Sargent 23 Aug 18 | 51.5283,-0.0283241 |
| Things I don't like | Rear of shops | Untidy and poor maintenance and hygiene. Bins often left overlfowing etc. Take away has food waste on open display. | Lee Sargent 23 Aug 18 | 51.5289,-0.0307703 |
| Things I don't like | small waste ground near large block of flats | Uninspiring. Poorly maintained. Used for dogs to defecate and often not cleared up. | Lee Sargent 23 Aug 18 | 51.5284,-0.030781 |
| Things we need to work on | Coborn Road Station | Old entrance to station is chained up with a padlock. Massive build up of rubbish beheind that door. Understand access restricted due to closeness of tracks but entrance could be highlighted as part of heritage, and door strengthed or replaced. Whats behind the door - who knows but is a big space and I think some people create anti social behaviour there due to rubbish, beer cans etc one can see through the doorway. Safety issues as well as so close to tracks. | Lee Sargent 8 Aug 18 | 51.5291,-0.0317037 |
| Things I don't like | Corner Space | Often used for dumping of rubbish. Council says Old Ford (Clarion) manage it but they do little to upkeep it and a worker told me its council responsibility. Someone needs to upkeep it and not wash hands of it. | Lee Sargent 8 Aug 18 | 51.5295,-0.0322616 |
| Things I don't like | Litter problem | Constant litter on corner of Antill Road/Coborn Road. Worse on bin collection day. | Lee Sargent 8 Aug 18 | 51.5297,-0.0323582 |
| Things we need to work on | Play area | Underused and neglected basketball court kids play area. Could be a better facility or tunred into something people will use. Maybe owned and run by Old Ford Housing (now Clarion??) | Lee Sargent 8 Aug 18 | 51.5282,-0.0361133 |
| Things I don't like | Cherrywood Close Square | Needs more dog waste bins as a couple of waste bins present but not really suitable for dog walkers. There is one but it is sealed up. Its on land owned by the Old Ford Housing Group so maybe not TH property. | Lee Sargent 8 Aug 18 | 51.5288,-0.0336349 |
| Things I don't like | Selywyn Green | A nice little green but needs tlc. Needs more facilities for dog walkers (ie dog waste bins) plus upgrade of existing bins as often hanging open and overflowing. Grass and shrubery is also bit tired as well. Could have a dog free bit as well that could encourage more people to use the park with small children or picnics as grass is often fouled. Would need more park visit from TH to keep nice. | Lee Sargent 8 Aug 18 | 51.5306,-0.0323153 |
| Things I don't like | Fairfield Road Expensive House Prices | The area generally is affected by very high house prices to buy and rent. | Sarah Bland 25 Jun 18 | 51.5293,-0.0205608 |
| Things we need to work on | Plant more trees to reduce air and noise pollution | The road is highly polluted, this can be significantly reduced by planting more trees to absorb the pollution. | Sarah Bland 25 Jun 18 | 51.5311,-0.0223696 |
| Things I don't like | Pollution on Fairfield Road scores 5 out of 6 | BBC Pollution hotspot tracker "This is higher than the average for Tower Hamlets, which is 4 out of 6 (lightly polluted). A rating of 5 means there is a very strong chance of nitrogen dioxide levels exceeding the annual legal limit. These areas occupy just 1 in 635 GB postcodes, mostly in city centres or immediately near to motorways. Residents should monitor air quality forecasts and manage exposure appropriately. However, it is still healthier to be outside exercising in these areas than it is to be inside avoiding pollution." | Sarah Bland 25 Jun 18 | 51.5311,-0.022561 |
| Things we need to work on | Business Centre | Landmark building that could be significantly improved and opened up for community functions. | Sarah Bland 25 Jun 18 | 51.5283,-0.0195694 |
| Things I don't like | Diesel trains parked over night | Trains are often left parked with the engines turned on. This is particularly on a Sunday evening and into the night. This causes a considerable amount of noise and increases pollution directly adjacent to a residential area. | Sarah Bland 25 Jun 18 | 51.5306,-0.0219083 |
| Things I don't like | Rail bridge and underpass | Dark and dirty route under the bridge. Overflowing bins, rubbish tipping and graffiti. Great opportunity for painting the bridge, perhaps supergraphic of the street name as has been applied in Brixton / Camden Road. Work required to light the underpass, to make a positive feature rather than an intimidating space. Good examples of lighting schemes around London Bridge and Vauxhall could be used as precedent. Un-overlooked underpass not a good location for bins. | Nicola Ibbotson 3 May 18 | 51.5291,-0.0316286 |
| Things I don't like | Inadequate Visitor Cycle Parking | There is inadequate visitor cycle parking along Roman Road. Adding additional Sheffield stands would encourage sustainable transport. | Natalya Palit 23 Apr 18 | 51.5316,-0.0365424 |
| Things I like | Selwyn Green | Selwyn Green is a brilliant piece of green space in this little area, though it could be enhanced even further to encourage its use more. | Natalya Palit 23 Apr 18 | 51.5304,-0.0327283 |
| Things I don't like | One Way System - including for cyclists | The one way system is fine, but connectivity should have been retained in both directions for cyclists. Any future changes in the area should retain cyclist travel in both directions to encourage sustainable travel choices. | Natalya Palit 23 Apr 18 | 51.5298,-0.0326747 |
| Things I don't like | Front Garden Boundary Alterations | Throughout the area, despite the Conservation Area status, many homes have altered their front boundary treatment, not only affecting the uniformity of the repeated house typology, but also using materials, such as red brick walls, or crazing paving, and other floor treatments, that are completely at odds and out of keeping with the conservation area. Strong enforcement should be in place to prevent this. | Natalya Palit 23 Apr 18 | 51.5287,-0.0361133 |
| Things we need to work on | Dead Frontages | The garages, blank flank walls, and high hedges in this location along both sides, lead to a large stretch of dead frontage as you enter this street. This could benefit from enhancements to improve the pedestrian experience. | Natalya Palit 23 Apr 18 | 51.5283,-0.0371325 |
| Things we need to work on | Pedestrian Route under Railway Arch | The pedestrian route under the railway arch could benefit from a mural or lighting installation to improve the pedestrian experience along this short stretch. | Natalya Palit 23 Apr 18 | 51.5278,-0.0371915 |
| Things we need to work on | Road layout at end of Morgan Street | The dead end for cars at the end of Morgan Street is really good, however installation of small drop kerbs to encourage and enable easy cyclist connectivity would improve this junction. (Albeit it is acknowledged that this can sometimes encourage motorcyclists to cut through) | Natalya Palit 23 Apr 18 | 51.5267,-0.0359255 |
| Things I don't like | Fast Food Takeaways | The excess of Fast Food Takeaways around the station is incredibly negative for numerous reasons. The proximity of these vendors to the station encourages unhealthy patterns of eating. However, the shops also have other negative impacts such as constant smells from extractors onto the main road, but also litter around these shops. Further fast food takeaways in this area should be discouraged. | Natalya Palit 23 Apr 18 | 51.5253,-0.0337797 |
| Things I don't like | Pavement width adjacent to Grove Road (Stop H) | The width of the pavement adjacent to the bus stop on the eastern side of Grove Road here is far too narrow, when there are many passengers waiting. This section of road in general would benefit from 'de-cluttering' as there are successive street lights, trees and tree pits, bus stops and signs, litter bins, bollards etc. all taking up space, which could be rationalised. | Natalya Palit 23 Apr 18 | 51.5257,-0.0350082 |
| Things I like | Infill Development at Hitchin Square | The infill housing development in this location is high quality and the public realm improvements that have been delivered alongside are positive, particularly given the close proximity to Roman Road. | Natalya Palit 23 Apr 18 | 51.5325,-0.034579 |
| Things I don't like | Pedestrian and Cyclist Bridge | This pedestrian and cycle crossing over the A12 attempts to improve connectivity over the hostile A12. Whilst the concept of a bridge itself is helpful, the actual reality is that the design of this bridge discourages movement over this section at night, because of safety concerns. Development directly adjacent to either end would help to improve the perception of safety for those moving across the bridge at night. | Natalya Palit 23 Apr 18 | 51.5361,-0.0254864 |
| Things I don't like | Unsafe and Hostile Junction | This junction is particularly hostile and unsafe for pedestrians. The A12 presents a significant barrier for pedestrian and cyclist movement, not only to the green space of the Olympic Park and all of its health and leisure facilities, but also to a significant area of employment within close proximity in Stratford Town Centre, but the current access discourages patterns of sustainable travel. | Natalya Palit 23 Apr 18 | 51.5336,-0.0222355 |
| Things I don't like | McDonalds | The Mcdonalds on the corner of Bow Roundabout is a poor quality building. The form and scale of the building is out of keeping with the context, and the excessive hard standing and car parking around this low rise, inefficient use of space also detracts from the quality of the public realm around this roundabout, which is already a particularly hard and hostile environment for pedestrians and cyclists despite the upgrades. This site could benefit from redevelopment, subject to a sensitive and sympathetic design with a strong emphasis on improving the public realm. | Natalya Palit 23 Apr 18 | 51.5297,-0.0148594 |
| Things we need to work on | Sign needs replacing/updating | The sign has been out of action for at least a year | A Smith 17 Apr 18 | 51.536,-0.0340748 |
| Things we need to work on | Need more diversity to the market | The low quality, low cost clothes looks terrible and the stall owners often fight between each other. On many occasions racially abusive language has been heard. It would be good to limit the number of clothes stalls and bring in more diversity ie florist, arts and crafts, pottery, food, drinks etc | A Smith 17 Apr 18 | 51.5329,-0.0301909 |
| Things I like | Gluten Free Bakery | A really wonderful gluten free bakery when the market is on! | A Smith 17 Apr 18 | 51.5325,-0.0323153 |
| Things I don't like | Loitering | Large groups of males (mixed ages) hang out side the 'Sweet Treats' sweet shop - they can often fight and shout at each other until the very early hours of the morning. | A Smith 17 Apr 18 | 51.5336,-0.0283831 |
| Things I don't like | Speeding cars | Cars speed through at all hours - there should be speed bumps/cameras/restrictions | A Smith 17 Apr 18 | 51.5339,-0.0273812 |
| Things we need to work on | Market stalls setting up at 05:45 - 06:30am | On market days the metal market stalls can be heard (very loudly) even when the windows are shut. Set up can often be before 6am which is incredibly unsociable for those with families. The people who set up the market often shout very loudly (including bad language). Perhaps a later start for the metal stalls being pushed out or using rubber matting on the floor or different market stalls used? | A Smith 17 Apr 18 | 51.5332,-0.0279999 |
| Things I don't like | No more estate agents please | Sad to see the lovely Chesterfield close and be replaced by yet another estate agent. We have so many on Roman Road already. | Alicia Miller 9 Apr 18 | 51.5313,-0.0390315 |
| Things we need to work on | Frequent rubbish on road | Not every house along here has a front 'garden' with room to store an outdoor bin, but when unprotected rubbish bags get left out on the street overnight foxes tear them apart, often creating a massive, yucky mess. Is there any solution here that will also work for the homeowners? | Alicia Miller 9 Apr 18 | 51.5273,-0.0353515 |
| Things I like | Ye Olde Corner Shoppe | Great little local shop. Would love to see this retail space protected so that it doesn't one day get converted into flats! | Alicia Miller 9 Apr 18 | 51.527,-0.0352228 |
| Things I don't like | speeding cars | Illegal right turns from Antill Rd to Lyal Rd | jane Preston 8 Apr 18 | 51.5298,-0.0334796 |
| Things I don't like | DOG POOP ON THE ESTATE STREET | Local dog walkers let their dogs poop on the pavement and don't pick it up. Others put the poop in a bag and then drop it on the street rather than in the bin. | S HAQUE 8 Apr 18 | 51.5316,-0.0334311 |
| Things I don't like | Litter andno entertainment | The amount of litter in the area gives people no pride in their community and encourages more litter. It looks terrible. Also there are no shops in the areas, no cafes, no independents, nothing. It makes it very boring and less of a community. | Suzy Urch 8 Apr 18 | 51.5201,-0.0173378 |
| Things I don't like | Gated community | Bad for cohesion | Daniella Ricci 2 Apr 18 | 51.532,-0.0230509 |
| Things I don't like | Pollution | Very bussy road | Daniella Ricci 2 Apr 18 | 51.5303,-0.0155675 |
| Things I don't like | Littering | Lots of littering and vandalism | Daniella Ricci 2 Apr 18 | 51.5295,-0.0173914 |
| Things I like | Lovely park | Daniella Ricci 2 Apr 18 | 51.5297,-0.0184858 | |
| Things we need to work on | Homeless | Need to address the growing poverty with increasing number of homeless in Bow Rd | Daniella Ricci 2 Apr 18 | 51.5279,-0.0212431 |
| Things I like | Amazing buildings | Old Town hall | Daniella Ricci 2 Apr 18 | 51.5284,-0.0196016 |
| Things I don't like | Road | The road needs to be resurfaced | Daniella Ricci 2 Apr 18 | 51.5286,-0.0178367 |
| Things I like | Local Community | Strong local community | Daniella Ricci 2 Apr 18 | 51.5303,-0.0195265 |
| Things I don't like | Dirty | Incessantly dirty area | Daniella Ricci 2 Apr 18 | 51.5288,-0.020197 |
| Things I don't like | Loss of pubs | Loss of pubs in the area mainly transformed into flats | Daniella Ricci 2 Apr 18 | 51.5298,-0.0208569 |
| Things we need to work on | Railway | All railway can be transformed into something else, like the Highline in New York | Daniella Ricci 2 Apr 18 | 51.5306,-0.0212753 |
| Things we need to work on | Need for Primary School | It has been promised by the LBTH, but so far nothing have changed | Daniella Ricci 2 Apr 18 | 51.5296,-0.0213236 |
| Things I don't like | The boundary | I agree with other comments that the boundary of this is divisive. Does nothing on the South side of the road matter to Bow? this seems rather short sighted. | Nicholas Caulkett 20 Feb 18 | 51.5249,-0.0297832 |
| Things we need to work on | Tutelage Court - cut off from Community | This redevelopment, being gated, is cut off from the rest of the community. Consequently, this does not help community cohesion. | John White 16 Feb 18 | 51.5276,-0.0336081 |
| Things I don't like | Tree roots lifting pavements | Lichfield road has a large number of trees and narrow pavements. As the trees grow the paving is lifting and causing significant trip hazards. | John White 16 Feb 18 | 51.5281,-0.0342014 |
| Things I don't like | Bus turn-around full and in need of TLC | Since the 25 bus route was revised this turn around is now full of buses that don't even work this street. This reaches the point that buses such as the 323, D6, D7, 277, 339 don't have room to pull in. Brick paving needs relaying in places. | John White 16 Feb 18 | 51.5256,-0.0351895 |
| Things we need to work on | Proposed Speed Humps - need more here | The number of speed humps proposed here is not enough. One or two more are needed. | John White 16 Feb 18 | 51.5264,-0.0365918 |
| Things I don't like | Lack of good-quality sheltered housing | There is a lack of good quality sheltered housing, so that older people can move and release family housing. | John White 16 Feb 18 | 51.5281,-0.0317144 |
| Things I don't like | Cycle Route - hardly ever swept | The CS2 route is hardly ever swept and is awash with litter and dust most of the time | John White 16 Feb 18 | 51.5253,-0.0340533 |
| Things I don't like | Constant piles of Litter and Shop Refuse | The piles of rubbish from the shops here are excessive and near constant. Surely a better solution can be found. Underground bins? Compactor bins? | John White 16 Feb 18 | 51.5257,-0.035064 |
| Things we need to work on | Worry of over-development | There is much local concern that buildings such as Onyx House, the Territorial Army building and the Gateway Housing site will be redeveloped as some high-rise, high-profit developments. Keep it low-rise. | John White 16 Feb 18 | 51.5256,-0.0333323 |
| Things I like | Prevalence of low-rise buildings here is a defining feature | One aspect of the MEOTRA area that makes it so special is the predominance of low-rise housing. This must be preserved. | John White 16 Feb 18 | 51.5273,-0.0332379 |
| Things I don't like | Splitting of houses / Short term-lets | In the pursuit of profit, there is a growth in short-term lets, multiple occupancy and dividing of family homes into smaller flats. This leads to a rapid turnover of residents and consequently a reduction in community cohesion and neighbourliness. | John White 16 Feb 18 | 51.5279,-0.0349674 |
| Things I don't like | Vehicles parking up and leaving engines running | TfL workers and Gateway Housing vehicles habitually park up in Rhonnda and Aberavon Roads. They often leave their engines running. TfL workers come and go at all hours (as they work nights on engineering works). Can't they use the tube? | John White 16 Feb 18 | 51.5259,-0.0333452 |
| Things I don't like | Mile End Junction | What a mess this is. The no right turns cause a major issue and lead to traffic crossing the junction twice to effect a right turn. This leads to extra traffic, noise and pollution and does not increase the safety of cyclists for whom the LEFT turns are the concern. | John White 16 Feb 18 | 51.525,-0.0347775 |
| Things I like | Mile End Park | This green space is one of the main positives of living in the area | John White 16 Feb 18 | 51.5259,-0.0378664 |
| Things I like | Rusty Bike - Great addition | This place is ideally located next to the station and does excellent Thai food. | John White 16 Feb 18 | 51.5254,-0.0327444 |
| Things I don't like | Rat Running | When traffic on the A11 backs up cars use residential streets such as Aberavon, Morgan, Lichfield to avoid hold ups. | John White 16 Feb 18 | 51.527,-0.0344996 |
| Things I don't like | Airport Buses | Since the CS2U upgrade National Express, Terravision, Easybus and others use Grove Road/Roman Road instead of going along Whitechapel Road. This causes extra traffic, pollution and noise. | John White 16 Feb 18 | 51.5265,-0.0358129 |
| Things I like | Vinarious | Welcome addition to the area for vinarious reasons | John White 16 Feb 18 | 51.5326,-0.0311705 |
| Things we need to work on | Bookshop or cinema would be a welcome addition | A bookshop or cinema would be nice in the area | John White 16 Feb 18 | 51.5256,-0.0335319 |
| Things I don't like | Grove Road road surface is appalling | This is well overdue for a resurface. Burdett Road was redone a couple of years ago and the difference is remarkable. A quiet, semi-porous tarmac nouveau should be used. | John White 16 Feb 18 | 51.527,-0.0362431 |
| Things we need to work on | Vegetable Garden - Is it ever used? | This patch of land has potential. It is set up as a space for older folk to get together and grow veg, but is it ever actually used? | John White 16 Feb 18 | 51.5261,-0.0358289 |
| Things we need to work on | ASB from youths on hippy crack and speeding in cars | John White 16 Feb 18 | 51.5266,-0.0367967 | |
| Things we need to work on | The Art Pavilion | This is a great space and has great potential as an Art s venue. Whilst there are a number of good exhibitions on each year, the place could be better utilised as a community space. | John White 16 Feb 18 | 51.5269,-0.037832 |
| Things we need to work on | Onyx House: Underutilised inspiring building in a prime location. | This building was designed by the renowned architectural firm CZWG and is a landmark building that has been allowed to remain empty for a number of years. | John White 16 Feb 18 | 51.5254,-0.0338838 |
| Things I don't like | Cars Speeding | The amount of cars that use this road as a cut through, who regularly speed and there have been several crashes. It is used by several pedestrians who have come through from Tom Thumb's Arch and it could benefit from speed bumps. | Emma Marriott 13 Feb 18 | 51.5309,-0.0239575 |
| Things we need to work on | Walkway to Tom Thumbs Arch | Used regularly by commuters from Bow Road, this road is poorly lit and has limited CCTV. There have been thefts during the middle of the day despite the police station being located on the same street! | Emma Marriott 13 Feb 18 | 51.5283,-0.0236785 |
| Things I don't like | Number 25 buses parked up - blocking stops | The number 25 bus parks up in Grove Road regularly. It isn't even on the route. They frequently park up at bus stops in 2s and 3s and it means those waiting at the stops are often not seen by approaching drives | John White 12 Feb 18 | 51.5274,-0.0366604 |
| Things I like | Parade of shops has improved over last few years | The Pizza Room, Coffee Room and Greedy Cow are welcome additions to this small parade of shops. The kebab shop is well used by policemen and cabbies which is a seal of approval. | John White 12 Feb 18 | 51.5258,-0.0351584 |
| Things I don't like | Not enough Trees in Grove Road | Grove Road is remarkable for having so few trees, which is ironic given its name. More trees would help fight pollution, provide shade, reduce traffic noise and add to the general well-being of the local population | John White 12 Feb 18 | 51.5271,-0.03636 |
| Things we need to work on | Holy Trinity Church - Cemetery needs "greening" | The graveyard area surrounding the former Holy Trinity Church could be a wonderful wildlife zone which would enliven the day of those walking past along either Lichfield Road or Morgan St. It is an under-utilised space. | John White 11 Feb 18 | 51.5276,-0.0342357 |
| Things I don't like | Art Pavilion Lake - needs some TLC | This pond is in need of some TLC. It has leaked for several years and the yellow hose topping it up with tap water is almost a permanent fixture. The aquatic plants need thinning out as they contribute to the problems of maintaining water levels. | John White 11 Feb 18 | 51.5265,-0.0384843 |
| Things I don't like | Mile End Tube - Step-free Access | This station really needs step-free access. It should be fairly simple to do as the site is not highly developed and the platforms are shallow. | John White 11 Feb 18 | 51.5253,-0.0332594 |
| Things I don't like | Subway Take Away - Litter | This shop causes an enormous amount of litter in the neighbouring streets, The owners should follow the McDonalds model and litter pick the area around their shop | John White 11 Feb 18 | 51.5253,-0.0343752 |
| Things I don't like | Lack of supermarket | This part of bow road needs more shops | david burbidge 27 Jan 18 | 51.527,-0.0264359 |
| Things I like | Trees | Protect and Renew Trees | Daniella Ricci 23 Jan 18 | 51.5342,-0.0340909 |
| Things I like | Cafes + Restaurants | Nice range of cafes and restaurants | Daniella Ricci 23 Jan 18 | 51.5317,-0.0359309 |
| Things we need to work on | Ecology Pavillion | underused | Daniella Ricci 23 Jan 18 | 51.5284,-0.0397396 |
| Things I like | Enlivening Pub | Lord Tredegar | Daniella Ricci 23 Jan 18 | 51.5283,-0.0335169 |
| Things I don't like | Planning application for TEXACO GARAGE | To be replaced by flats- TOO HIGH | Daniella Ricci 23 Jan 18 | 51.5288,-0.0381249 |
| Things I like | Canal and Mile End Park | Lovely walk and wildlife | Daniella Ricci 23 Jan 18 | 51.5303,-0.0401312 |
| Things I like | St Stephen's Green | Protecting current and more green spaces. Planting vegetables, pitch trees, fruit trees. Healthy cause | Daniella Ricci 23 Jan 18 | 51.5346,-0.0340211 |
| Things we need to work on | Re-planting trees | Some trees they've cut. Would be great to have new trees then | Daniella Ricci 23 Jan 18 | 51.5343,-0.0337207 |
| Things we need to work on | Create new green space | Un-used location at Butley Court, backyard | Daniella Ricci 23 Jan 18 | 51.5342,-0.0345415 |
| Things I like | The Orchard | Great to have some tree planting here, and gathering to garden together | Daniella Ricci 23 Jan 18 | 51.5342,-0.0349599 |
| Things I don't like | The boundary of this neighbourhood plan | Other I only found out about this scheme yesterday and although generally I'm all for community initiatives (well, not including lynchings) this one seems ill thought-through. As someone who loves Bow and lives at it's heart - yet outside this regeneration zone - I can foresee that the project risks introducing further polarisation. Bow Road's intense traffic already splits the poorest from the wealthiest enclaves. Why add to the fracturing of our community in this way? There are massive opportunities (St Clement's, the redevelopment of the banks of the Lea, re-establishment of Bromley-by-Bow High St) to begin joining the shattered bits of Bow up. This scheme moves the centre of Bow half a mile North. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5265,-0.0194407 |
| Things I like | Welcoming I Love Roman Road market, there is a great atmosphere and you can pick up excellent bargains. I do not want the market to change and become gentrified and expensive. We can go to Broadway Market or Chatsworth Road for that. I feel passionately that the market keeps it identity and doesn't lose it charm, character and value for money. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5337,-0.0280094 | |
| Things I don't like | Uninspiring,Neglected Business Centre Facade in Disrepair. Good Businesses inside though. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5282,-0.019784 | |
| Things I don't like | Traffic Crossing | Other Although the pavement is lowered and there is a pavement for pedestrians there are no signals. This is very dangerous, please can a green man be added. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5335,-0.0224018 |
| Things I don't like | Hitchin Square bins | Neglected,Unwelcoming The bin area for the Hitchin Square flats on Hewlett Road is very unsightly. The bins are over-flowing most days and there is astonishingly ugly anti-climb measures in place that make the area look like a privately-run prison. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5326,-0.0353193 |
| Things I like | Ecopark | Well maintained I love the Evo park and generally it's kept in good condition. A few youths spoil the area throwing litter etc, but it gives them somewhere nice to go- which perhaps prevents further anti social behaviour. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5298,-0.0404853 |
| Things I don't like | Beau bells | Neglected Beau bells has been shut for quite a while. Would be great to get a small business to take its place, another occupier with a community focus like Muxima would be great | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5326,-0.0313161 |
| Things I don't like | Playground | Unwelcoming I live just round the corner from this playground but prefer to take my two year old to the playgrounds in Victoria Park. There are often older kids hanging out and climbing on the kids equipment. They are very loud and shouty and my little one is scared of them. I find it uncomfortable and struggle to create a nice playing atmosphere. But I recon they are there because there is nowhere else for them to hang out. So where can they go? | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5338,-0.024848 |
| Things we need to work on | General Point | I have a general comment: in the list of ideas you mentioned, one was placing restrictions on fast food restaurants (and bookies). One of the best things about Bow is the diversity of the neighbourhood; there is a wide breadth of incomes across different members of our society and I don't believe it is fair for those of us with higher incomes to push out food options or shops that cater for those who are not as fortunate as us, even if we think that such places don't provide wholesome food. I think it is really important that Roman Road continues to have diverse shops and food options that reflect the tastes (and incomes) of the whole community, rather than those of middle-class people like me (much as I'm thrilled by the arrival of a deli, etc). This is a risk, especially when those of us who become active in planning decisions are predominantly middle class. I would be very interested to hear what areas or roads elsewhere in London the Trust sees as positive analogues for where the Roman Road should be going. I personally do not think that Victoria Park Village should be a model for the Roman Road, in respect to the diversity of the shops and restaurants, as they are nearly all catering for a high-income clientele. Thanks for doing this, and keep up the good work. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5316,-0.036478 |
| Things we need to work on | Yard MArket | Inspiring Needs to exist harmounously with the RoRd maket. Move to Sunday? | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5324,-0.0327015 |
| Things I don't like | Graffiti | Neglected,Uninspiring Graffiti is a major problem in the area in general. Not enough done to prevent it, and once there it never gets cleaned. Along this road there is tagging/graffiti on the beautiful 'old stock' wall that runs along the pavement. Graffiti is also present on the side wall of the "Lord Morpeth" path. Graffiti give the area a run down look and just attracts antisocial behaviour. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5343,-0.0365156 |
| Things I don't like | More trees and greenery | Uninspiring,Unwelcoming,Boring The road needs more greenery. It should have Cherry trees just like the lower Roman Road. Greenery needed. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5312,-0.0383368 |
| Things I like | Overland Childrens Centre | Welcoming The One O'Clock Club run by Overland in Victoria Park fosters a strong sense of community among families in E3 | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5338,-0.0263111 |
| Things I like | Great to see new cafes opening | Enlivening | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5318,-0.026527 |
| Things I don't like | Road surface poor quality - especially for cyclists | Neglected | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5277,-0.0306845 |
| Things I don't like | Rubbish outside tesco | Neglected,Low Quality The bins outside Tesco are neither big enough or emptied enough and there often rubbish around. Often this is bags and receipts from Tesco and they should take responsibility | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5327,-0.029338 |
| Things I don't like | The car park should be free for people or low cost and free during the weekend. This is now a waste of space. It was well used and now not used due to the charges. AS a consequence the parking on cado | Neglected Please include Cadogan Terrace inside your neighbourhood forum boundary | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5397,-0.02738 |
| Things I like | Caxton Hall Community Centre | Not sure who runs this space but I think it has a youth club and can be used for community events | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5299,-0.0230885 |
| Things I like | Bow Arts Trust | Inspiring,Enlivening,High Quality This trust provides studio space for all types of artists and designers. The education dept places artists into local schools to support teachers and run projects. The open studios happen in June every year. In 2016 it starts on Friday 17 June and is a fantastic event! | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5289,-0.0174558 |
| Things I don't like | this junction is not safe for cyclists and pedestrians | Other | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5336,-0.0222945 |
| Things I don't like | Access to A12 | Neglected,Other,Unwelcoming Too many vehicles accessing the area from the A12 with constant congestion and traffic at most times of the day. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5332,-0.0235283 |
| Things I don't like | Half Chisenhale derelict? | Always wondered about this - what's the cause, can the community help? | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5329,-0.0397503 |
| Things I don't like | Shops on Roman Road | Low Quality,Neglected Most are either betting shops or fried chicken shops. All the store fronts look a bit neglected & could do with a facelift. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.532,-0.0347024 |
| Things I like | Brazilian Hairdresser | Welcoming,High Quality,High Quality Great Brazilian Hairdresser. Very beautifully maintained shop. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5335,-0.0285333 |
| Things I like | Green | Lovely little space but weird playground equipment here. Remove or put something small like swings or a little slide there. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5305,-0.0327793 |
| Things I don't like | empty shops | Neglected there are many empty shops along this section of Roman Road. Can't landords be forced to let them? Are they sitting on them so they can sell them as residential. How about some council led pop-up shops to fill the space while they wait for tenants? | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5317,-0.0362045 |
| Things I like | Neglected Some greenery would be really lovely. This part of Roman road feels neglected | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5337,-0.0276482 | |
| Things I don't like | Bicycle storage | Other 3rd bike stolen. Could we please have these bike safe boxes that they have in Hackney? That would be brilliant and save backbreaking carrying of bike plus child plus child seat up to the third floor. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5336,-0.0254112 |
| Things I like | Cafes, restaurants and shops | Inspiring,Welcoming I believe there potential for Roman Road to be an attractive destination for tourists. I believe the website http://romanroadlondon.com/ should be used more actively for this purpose - practical steps should include (1) make sure new cafes/restaurants are aware of opportunities to use the website (2) to add content specifically for visitors (e.g. develop a guided walk around the area / include local art gallery listings / reviews) (3) optimise web-search terms so, for instance, if a tourist searches for 'East London' from their hotel in Victoria, the roman road website is listed to them. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5321,-0.0335598 |
| Things I don't like | Arber and Co old shop | Other Thos shop closed down in part because fo the no loading rules. Ironic that you use the shope fron t on your flyer. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5322,-0.0339031 |
| Things I don't like | Graffiti and no CCTV | Neglected,Unwelcoming,Other This section of the canal and the three colts bridge has no CCTV and attracts a lot of graffiti and antisocial behaviour at night. This bridge provides and entrance and exit to the canal and is often used by mopeds despite the fact that the canal pathway is pedestrianised. Mopeds run along the canal path during the evening and this provides a safe escapade for delinquents. CCTV, security and surveillance are needed here! | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5358,-0.0342572 |
| Things I don't like | Neglected | Neglected,Unwelcoming This green area is unwelcoming and completely neglected. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5304,-0.0405979 |
| Things I don't like | The Three Colts Bridge | Neglected,Enlivening,Other The Three Colts Bridge is a historic and beautiful bridge that has fell in disrepair. The Bridge has been damaged by the illegal installation of fences and covered in graffiti. This is one of the most scenic points along the Hertford Union Canal, as well as a key entrance to Victoria Park. It links the Park with the Old Ford and it is completely neglected and run down. This Bridge should be restored and cleaned. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5359,-0.0342143 |
| Things I like | Eden Way | Welcoming I love the pretty oversized iris on pedestrianised Eden Way. There are other flowers dotted around Bow but this is a favourite. More please! | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5363,-0.0287104 |
| Things I don't like | Fly tipping site at Sabella Court | Neglected | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5312,-0.0271547 |
| Things we need to work on | There is a wide pavement under the bridge. - could it be used for cycle storage | Could we get a cyclehangar or two under the bridge? | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5292,-0.0315937 |
| Things I don't like | Roman Road | Low Quality,Uninspiring,Neglected | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.532,-0.0306845 |
| Things I don't like | Victoria Park Festivals | Neglected,Other,Unwelcoming Vicky Park has been absolutely ruined by the 1st festival of the summer and there are still 2 festivals to go. Festivals make a lot of money for the council (I understand £100,000 per festival), which no doubt is needed but aren't there better, less antisocial way of raising funds than putting up gigantic walls, making it inaccessible for the local community and quite frankly trampling it to the point of ruin, spoiling it for those of us who live here? The size of these festivals get bigger each year! Let's remind ourselves that Victoria park was given to the people of East London to improve their health and wellbeing. I feel the council have gone too far and need to rethink how to rebalance things for all purposes. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5374,-0.0348473 |
| Things I like | Pub | Welcoming,Enlivening The Coburn Pub | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.527,-0.0301802 |
| Things I don't like | This entrance to the park is very neglected: | Neglected,Uninspiring,Other road surface needs redoing remove the barrier and replace by a bollard empty the bins more regularly clean up mud | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5381,-0.0292897 |
| Things I don't like | no space for cycling when victoria park is closed in winter | Unwelcoming,Neglected | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5355,-0.0316206 |
| Things I don't like | Loud, speeding cars and motorbikes, especially at night | I've had to use ear plugs for four years since moving here due to the constant 'boy-racer' behaviour on the straight 'Roman Road'. Really simple to fix, put a couple of speed cameras in please. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5312,-0.0382483 |
| Things I like | I think St Stephens road should be made one way the size of the lorries and buses coming down this road is diabolical . There's arguments and hold ups on a daily basis . The road is not wide enough so | Neglected I've lived here 30 years and it's getting worse . | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.532,-0.0306845 |
| Things I don't like | Empty Units | Restaurant would be good no fried food. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5327,-0.0306416 |
| Things I like | playground | The playground had something else on it but it broke? and was removed. It now just leaves one side. a tower and then a few bouncy things. Perhaps put some swings in it? | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5322,-0.028984 |
| Things I don't like | Market | Low Quality,Uninspiring,Boring,Neglected,Unwelcoming The market is full of tat. Very uninspiring. Fresh produce and craft stalls, vintage stalls etc would make all the difference. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5324,-0.0318285 |
| Things I don't like | The amount of cafes/coffee shops,artisan shops etc that have replaced the shops in the area we need some ordinary shops butchers,bakers etc. not artisan =expensive. | Boring,Uninspiring Having lived in the East End all my life and in my current property for the past 40 years - the forced change/gentrification has ripped the heart and soul out of the place. Cannot wait for the instigators of this to up sticks and move on. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5323,-0.032444 |
| Things I like | Cafe | Inspiring Muxima. What an utterly brilliant friendly and welcoming place for the community!!! | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.534,-0.0269321 |
| Things I don't like | Waste food is sometimes dumped here | Other Unpleasant | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5302,-0.0327149 |
| Things we need to work on | Shops on the Roman | Welcoming,Low Quality,Inspiring,Uninspiring No more fried food outlets. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.532,-0.0342035 |
| Things I don't like | Old Ford Road | Low Quality Dangerous road for syclists and the main way I cycle to Victorai Park with my children. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5355,-0.030942 |
| Things I don't like | Derelict, unkempt | This section of the road has been boarded up, has been covered in graffiti and there are a number of what looks like unoccupied warehouses. This section needs to be looked at and the boards need to be replaced with a more permanent and aesthetic railing solution. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5341,-0.0380284 |
| Things I don't like | Uninspiring,Low Quality The gate to Victoria Park along with the railing is of low quality and is not in keeping with the other gates. The entrance to the park would benefit from a restored or new better gate. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5361,-0.0341821 | |
| Things we need to work on | Roman Road Adventure Playground | Other I can't believe I have been living in Bow for over a year and in the East End for over 10 and I have only just discovered there is an adventure playground off the Roman Road. Why isn't it better signposted/publicised? | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.533,-0.0355661 |
| Things I don't like | Unused community space | Neglected Old basketball courts now just a space for dodgy dealings and broken glass - a large area that could give local youths and kids something fun to do if developed a little. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5311,-0.0268328 |
| Things I don't like | Cars speeding and sounding horns | Most evenings at rush hour and especially on Friday nights, cars have to wait to let other cars through as the road is quite narrow. This is leading to aggressive driving and speeding when cars do get to move. It is also causing a lot of noise for residents as some drivers feel the need to a) sound their horns and b) press them for 5 secs at a time or more | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5298,-0.0310278 |
| Things I like | Ronan road | Well maintained,Welcoming,Clean,High Quality,Inspiring Grill place to live | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.532,-0.0306845 |
| Things we need to work on | I would like Cadogan Terrace to be included in this neighbourhood forum. We are part of the community yet you have not included us. | Neglected I would like Cadogan Terrace to be included in this neighbourhood forum. We are part of the community yet you have not included us. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5393,-0.0271225 |
| Things I like | Walkway that connects Bow Rd to Roman Rd | Other The route from Bow Rd down Addington Rd along this walkway to Tom Thumb arch is used by hundreds of people everyday and is a key access route to get across the railway line. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5293,-0.0242096 |
| Things I like | Overland children centre | Welcoming love this centre, much needed! | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5337,-0.0262186 |
| Things we need to work on | There are 4 enormous developments being build here. Do we know what the impact is on the services in our neighbourhood. Will fish island get additional schooling, GP, shops, restaurants? | Other | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5391,-0.0241399 |
| Things I like | Conservation area and public realm | Other Lower Roman Road should be included in the boundary. Hotel/b&b concentration and proposed increases in hotel development is threatening local amenity enjoyed by closely living residents. There have been multiple planning applications for high rise development and increased density here. Save our conservation area and include in boundary please. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5285,-0.0497067 |
| Things I like | Co Op | Well maintained,Welcoming Great staff and 24 hours is handy | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5279,-0.0219941 |
| Things I don't like | Road only Partially Resurfaced | Neglected Not all of the road was resurfaced making it dangerous for cyclists and motorbike users. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5296,-0.0208461 |
| Things I don't like | Roman Road Shops | Uninspiring,Neglected Too many empty shops! I think a restriction on the amount of betting shops and estate agents is needed. Also vacant shops should be let for pop ups or the like. Its depressing having so many shops empty waiting for landlords to just cash in. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5321,-0.0338602 |
| Things I don't like | HMOs | These properties housing students and so called young professionals are a cause of alot of grief - I dread the summer the windows are thrown open and the noisy and unsociable behaviour starts and in our street we have Friday and Saturday nights and Saturday and Sunday days tortured by drink and drug fuelled parties and general crap behaviour. We were told by one of these tenants - "it's London Life get used to it" Well I'm sorry as I said I've lived in this part of london all my life and I want no part of. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5318,-0.0374651 |
| Things I don't like | Market | Uninspiring How about introducing some street food/artisan makers stalls to the market? Would attract more visitors and help the local cafes | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5335,-0.0284931 |
| Things I like | Growing concerns | Welcoming What a brilliant place and everyone is so welcoming and happy to answer questions and give advice. Any chance in getting them involved in a community gardening project. The corner of the park here would lend itself to a community project, not much happening there and no one ever sits on that bench. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5396,-0.0276482 |
| Things I don't like | Lack of recycling for residents above shops | Neglected,Low Quality There is currently no recycling collection for people who live above commercial properties - leading to lots of unnecessary landfill. Would be great to find a solution - e.g. nearby on-street facilities for us to drop off food waste and mixed recycling. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5325,-0.0315857 |
| Things I don't like | Pedestrian Crossing | Unwelcoming Cars often do not stop at this corssing whcih is a key access to the park and canal. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5288,-0.0383234 |
| Things I don't like | Beautiful Brick Historic Building | Other Not enough is done to preserve the old beautiful buildings in the area. This brick building has had an extension to allow for the creation of space for some tacky shops. There is plenty of space for shops in this road, as well as roman road, so it is sad to see that the facade of a beautiful building had to be damaged in this way. This extension should be removed and the shops relocated. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5352,-0.0327176 |
| Things I don't like | Antisocial Behaviour | Unwelcoming,Neglected No CCTV, no lighting, a tip at the end of the road and direct access to the A12 seem to attract anti-social behaviour, mopeds, and drugs. For those wanting to Access wick lane for work reasons it makes for an intimidating walk at dark. This road should be cleaned, CCTV installed, the Tip converted to a public space, working space or a park and introduce better lighting and security. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5359,-0.0274014 |
| Things I don't like | Pond | Neglected The pond behind the Ecology Pavilion in Mile End Park has been leaking for the past five years at least, and despite many protestations to fix it from Mile End Park admin, is still in a neglected and run down state. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5299,-0.0405979 |
| Things I like | Newly refurbished pub the green goose | Enlivening,Welcoming,Well maintained Nice to see good quality businesses better maintaining previously neglected & unwelcoming premises. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5321,-0.0280184 |
| Things I don't like | More greenery | Uninspiring,Neglected,Low Quality Know this is technically out of the RR boundary, but would be great if there was more greenery around Mile End Station. The Rusty Bicycle cafe for example could add hedges or plants to their exterior garden | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5253,-0.0330877 |
| Things I like | New trees and mud patch | Welcoming,Neglected,Inspiring Bit of a mixed comment this one - I like how a new space has been created and trees planted. This is excellent and exactly what is needed however nothing has been done to the base around the trees and so it is a bit of a mud patch with car tyre tracks in it. Are there plans to put flower beds or some other non-mud surface? | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5306,-0.0333881 |
| Things I don't like | Noisy Roman Road traffic | My only real problem with the area is how fast and noisy a small handful of vehicles are, whether it's souped up BMW's racing past late at night or overly loud motorbikes from the tattoo shop owners - my entire home faces / borders Roman Road and it constantly disturbs my sleep! It's easily fixed by a couple of speed cameras. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5316,-0.0361991 |
| Things I like | PDSA | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5298,-0.0241721 | |
| Things I like | The Nunnery Gallery and Carmelite Cafe | Inspiring,Clean,Well maintained,Welcoming,High Quality,Enlivening The Nunnery is run by Bow Arts Trust and hosts high quality art exhibitions that change throughout the year. The Carmelite Cafe, which is adjacent to the gallery also hosts small exhibitions of work. Both definitely worth visiting and supporting. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5289,-0.0178662 |
| Things I like | nice little playground for young toddlers | Welcoming | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5319,-0.041939 |
| Things I don't like | speeding traffic. No way that vehicles are sticking to 20 mph | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5385,-0.0280666 | |
| Things I don't like | Roman Road market | Uninspiring,Unwelcoming,Low Quality The market is tacky, creates a lot of mess, & the stalls don't sell anything that me or anyone I know would want to buy. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5333,-0.0288539 |
| Things I don't like | Car Speeding & Congestion | As a cut through to the A12 many cars speed (as fast as 50mph) down this road. This road is also often congested leading to traffic jams and lots of horn honking. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5289,-0.0200951 |
| Things I don't like | Street Scape | Boring,Neglected,Low Quality Money to go to refreshing ALL shop fronts, and plant more trees!! | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5311,-0.0386989 |
| Things I don't like | street in general | Boring,Uninspiring,Neglected Roman Road needs more trees. The traffic is often back to back which causes awful pollution. There are no trees so it's uncomfortable if the sun comes out and the lack of trees does not help to absorb the pollution | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5316,-0.0364351 |
| Things I don't like | Playground | Uninspiring How about improving the playground for the very little ones? Not much for toddlers to play here | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5352,-0.0260402 |
| Things we need to work on | Zebra crossing | Other People keep crossing the road here to get to the bus stop. Cars race along. A zebra crossing would help as this is where people cross anyway | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5331,-0.0258082 |
| Things I like | Idea Store | Inspiring Great local library - well-stocked and friendly | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5329,-0.0295258 |
| Things I like | Bike corssings | Well maintained,High Quality,Welcoming Grteat improvements to cycle safety. Keep them coming! | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5252,-0.0346756 |
| Things I don't like | Festivals on the Park | Unwelcoming,Other Most of the summer, this section of the park gets boarded and shut due to festivals.This causes a lot of problems for local residents: 1- when the park is boarded it's not possible to cut across the park to get to/or from the Village or to Victoria Park Road. A trip that would take 10 minutes, forces residents to walk around the park to conduct basic daily routines, taking at least 25 minutes to walk to any of those destinations. 2- The view of the park is damaged and it blocks the light 3- It is during the summer and the good weather that local residents want to enjoy the park for picnics, walks and outdoor living. Instead it is not accessible for long periods of time during the best weather. 4- The noise levels. During festival season one can't live outdoor or open windows due to the noise. 5- The littering. A particular example of this was the Boishaka Mela festival where there were loads of food stalls. People dropped all the litter and plastic on the park and that flew into the canal and the residential areas. The state of the park after that festival was despicable. 6- Damaged caused to the turf and the park roads. Last year after one of the festivals the turf was so damaged due to the rain and weight of the installations that the council had to board the park and write to the neighbours apologising. It took months to repair, and that section was unusable during the summer months. 7- Roads leading to the park. An example is Gunmakers lane. During the festival period the trees on the road got broken. Roads leading to the festivals get damaged and littered. 8- No money from the festivals seems to be put back into the park. Trees that break are never replaced, and some monuments and areas in the park could be better maintained and restored. 9- No money from the festivals seems to have gone into benefiting the local community. There have to be other ways of raising funds that are less intrusive and damaging. Why not create a flower center or gla | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5362,-0.0342894 |
| Things I don't like | Saint Paul's | This beautiful church should be better maintained. The building's beautiful exterior is damaged by adjacent buildings and metal stair structures. The entrance and surroundings should be better maintained and more greenery introduced. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5335,-0.0329536 |
| Things I don't like | Hertford Union Canal | Neglected The Hertford Union canal walkway is in disrepair, littered and covered in graffiti. The walkway should be maintained, cleaned, graffiti free and trees and flowers should be introduced to maintain and enhance the beauty of this path. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5354,-0.0355124 |
| Things we need to work on | Roman Road Market | Uninspiring I'm glad that RR Market is not a 'fancy' market but I do wish it had a good fruit and veg stall. I remember being able to buy things like Kentish cobnuts there only about 5 years ago. Now it's quite difficult to find seasonal fruit and veg even though there are hundreds of ethnic grocers on the street. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5333,-0.0288391 |
| Things I don't like | Drug dealers due to absence of lights/CCTV | Neglected,Unwelcoming,Other,Low Quality The absence of lights, the shape of the street, the absence of bumpers, the possibility to run across the A12 makes this corner very convenient for drug dealers. A light and possibly a CCTV could help. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.536,-0.0266504 |
| Things I don't like | Graffitti on wall under bridge | Perhaps some street artists could create a mural here rather than the low quality 'tags' that are on the walls? | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5292,-0.0315911 |
| Things I like | Green (and blue) space | The parks and canal are just amazing, I feel so fortunate to live around here, it's quiet and green, full of flora/fauna and slow-paced green travellers, rather than loud, fast motor vehicles. I love it. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5323,-0.0445676 |
| Things I like | Spitalfields Crypt Trust | Well maintained,Welcoming Great charity shop for a local charity who help homeless people. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5334,-0.0288391 |
| Things I like | Pub | Welcoming,Enlivening The Morgan Arms | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5279,-0.0309527 |
| Things I don't like | drug dealing and boy racers congregation point | Other | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5318,-0.0416869 |
| Things I don't like | noise from the a12 traffic, as there is no sound barrier | Low Quality,Neglected | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5396,-0.0263071 |
| Things I don't like | Junction of Roman Road and St Stephens Road | Neglected,Uninspiring,Other More needs to be done to limit the number of cars and vans cutting through Bow in the morning and evening rush hours. The vast majority of these vehicles are just using this route as a rat-race and the increasing congestion is having a negative effect on the area and splitting Roman Road in two segments. Ideally, all of Roman Road should be one way or pedestrianised. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5323,-0.0322294 |
| Things I like | High Quality The section of road from St Stephen's Road to Grove Road is developing as a haven for independent stores. I would like to see more along here and a way to encourage landlords to do short lets. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5323,-0.0336027 | |
| Things I like | Growing Concerns | Inspiring Love Growing Concerns! Also think they do quite a bit in the community | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5389,-0.028131 |
| Things I don't like | Tom Thumbs Arch | Unwelcoming Key access from/to Bow Road. Need to make it appear more welcoming to those visiting the area. Keeping it free of rubbish and improving lighting would be a start! | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5301,-0.0248131 |
| Things I don't like | Neglected Bins are always overflowing here | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5309,-0.0288069 | |
| Things I don't like | Rubbish from market | Neglected Rubbish from market blows into Gladstone Place and children's play area | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5329,-0.0296223 |
| Things I like | St Stephens Park | Well maintained well kept pocket park and like the outdoor gym! | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5345,-0.0341606 |
| Things I don't like | Market is Anonymous | All selling same stuff | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.533,-0.0298423 |
| Things I like | Growing concerns | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5393,-0.0274712 | |
| Things we need to work on | Bow Wharf | Other To be developed | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.532,-0.0423843 |
| Things I like | St Paul's | Good community space | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5331,-0.0324547 |
| Things I like | small pocket park | Welcoming | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5369,-0.0282758 |
| Things I like | PUB | Enlivening | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5352,-0.033077 |
| Things we need to work on | Extend Boundary to Victoria Park | Is this RR or is it Hackney | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.537,-0.0384307 |
| Things I don't like | Too many cafes on RR | We need a more diverse high street offering | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.532,-0.0346971 |
| Things we need to work on | Gym | Great gym, maybe discounts for Roman Road Neighbourhood members? | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5321,-0.0417566 |
| Things we need to work on | Community estate green space | Re other comment below about more greenery, meant up here..... be nice to make more of the outside space here..... | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5307,-0.0303626 |
| Things I like | The Chesterfield | Inspiring,High Quality,Well maintained,Welcoming Love the Chesterfield cafe, food is great, fab coffee and best of all the play area at the back is great for little ones, keeps them safe, entertained and out of the way so they don't disturb other customers who want a bit of peace and quiet! | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5306,-0.0409842 |
| Things I don't like | Royal Mail letter box sealed up | Uninspiring,Neglected,Unwelcoming This post-box has been sealed up for many months and according to the chaps in the post office is unlikely to open again. The reason being is people who linger around the streets drinking alcohol from cans were using it as a public urinal - even when it was being emptied by the post man. Only in Tower Hamlets! | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5335,-0.0282495 |
| Things I don't like | Gateway housing association | Neglected Can't this association be compelled to maintain its communal areas that face onto the street? There are a row of bushes and a raised garden that abut Arbery Road that are full of litter and look unloved and uncared for. Am tempted to empty a packet of wild flowers into the bed just so it doesn't look so miserable. Also some of the tenants don't care for the tiny bit of green space they have outside their homes which makes what could be a rather sweet cul de sac just look like an inner city dump. Can't we encourage people to have some ownership of where they live? | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5297,-0.0366277 |
| Things I don't like | Underpass - a bit grim, could be vastly improved through lighting, being painted in bright colours, etc | Boring,Unwelcoming,Neglected,Uninspiring,Low Quality | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5291,-0.0316501 |
| Things I like | Great to have a mix of uses in the area, but need to protect affordable work spaces - and provide more accross the area. | Enlivening | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5331,-0.0395806 |
| Things I don't like | Shut shops | Neglected Beau Belles and many other shops along Roman Rd have been unoccupied for ages. Landlords just sitting on them. Encourage them to let them, even if just short leases. Please! (but not betting shops!) | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5326,-0.0313523 |
| Things I like | Royal Mail | Useful to have a Royal Mail delivery office locally | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5304,-0.0290751 |
| Things we need to work on | Road is congested | Unwelcoming,Low Quality Road is congested from delivery lorries from both Tesco and Iceland constantly congregated there | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.533,-0.0287962 |
| Things I don't like | Neglected Shame the area lost a fire station. Looks sad and neglected. Would love it to become another useful public service, like a school | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5339,-0.0262266 | |
| Things I like | Useful independent shops | Selection of useful independent shops - DIY stores and fishmongers | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5322,-0.0334552 |
| Things we need to work on | Eleanor Arms Pub | Welcoming,Enlivening,Clean,Inspiring,High Quality Proper traditional pub, welcoming staff and customers, a working fireplace, live jazz sunday evenings, intelectual quiz nights, great wine selection and a constantly changing, award winning selection of UK ales. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.535,-0.0330663 |
| Things I like | Key Access from BOW CHURCH | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.53,-0.0247407 | |
| Things I like | Nice cycle routes | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5299,-0.0327444 | |
| Things I don't like | Ecology Park | Neglected Great potential! | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5298,-0.0400347 |
| Things I like | Lots of green space around the development | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5332,-0.0353944 | |
| Things I like | PUB | Enlivening | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5292,-0.0405979 |
| Things I like | PUB | Enlivening | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5362,-0.0239575 |
| Things I don't like | Vacant Shops | Neglected How can we fill the vacant shops | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5321,-0.0336885 |
| Things I don't like | Affordable office space (B1, Non-store front) and artists studios | Apologies for the rant upfront, but... It'd be great to have more commercial opportunity and draw in Bow. If we want to keep things lively and creative in Bow, it's important that those keeping things lively and doing things that are welcomed in the area have a place to do them. There just aren't enough places to work in the area. Office space costs are through the roof and space is increasingly at a premium. Space Studios, Chisenhale and the Bow Arts Trust are great, but we need about 100 more of them to fill the demand. I don't mean the £500/desk co-working spaces you find now dotted throughout central London, rather office space and studio working artists spaces to run proper business and allow work to happen (without a massive amount of startup money). | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5321,-0.033989 |
| Things I like | Library | Welcoming Great local library! | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5326,-0.0298691 |
| Things I like | Crown Pub | High Quality,Welcoming,Inspiring Love this pub! Great food, fab for kids and lovely staff! | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.533,-0.0414777 |
| Things we need to work on | Clean,Inspiring,High Quality,Well maintained Brilliant and well maintained (so far) playground for kids! | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5344,-0.0340641 | |
| Things we need to work on | Rats. overflowing stinking bins | I regularly see rats here. I imagine the bins are used by the Britannia fish bar (apologies to them if that's not the case). Could they not be emptied more regularly or maintained so rubbish is not strewn everywhere? | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5288,-0.0384814 |
| Things we need to work on | Roman Rd Market | Unwelcoming,Low Quality,Neglected,Uninspiring The Bow end of the market is very run down, dirty and feels unsafe to walk in at nights. The market itself sells a lot of tat and would be vastly improved by more variety in the stalls including food and better quality homeware products (not used pots and pans etc). Muxima have got it spot-on! | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5326,-0.030899 |
| Things I don't like | Rubbish-strewn derelict site beside Blackwall Tunnel approach road | Neglected Is the underground car park under Bow Community Hall used frequently. Could this space be developed for community use as part of a neighbourhood Plan? | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5364,-0.025878 |
| Things I don't like | Open bins look messy and mean rubbish gets blown around - needs bin store or bins with lids | Low Quality,Neglected,Uninspiring | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5333,-0.0367813 |
| Things I like | Bow Arts Trust | Inspiring Good to have this cultural attraction close by | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5291,-0.0178957 |
| Things I don't like | Betting shops | Unwelcoming,Low Quality Too many betting shops on this road. The space could be used for better purposes. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5339,-0.0272056 |
| Things we need to work on | Lord Cardigan | Apparently turning into a gastropub. Hoping it retains some sense of the local area | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5323,-0.0279969 |
| Things we need to work on | Hidden park | Didn't even know this park was here! Why not advertise the presence of a park at the end of Roman Road a bit more? | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5344,-0.025894 |
| Things I like | St Paul's Church | Welcoming,High Quality Brilliant and well used community space | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5332,-0.0322723 |
| Things I like | abbotts | Family business | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5322,-0.0332996 |
| Things I like | Montessori School | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.54,-0.0284153 | |
| Things I like | Adventure Playground | Excellent asset | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5331,-0.035609 |
| Things I like | St Barnabas Church | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.531,-0.0400615 | |
| Things I like | St Stephens Park | High Quality | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5346,-0.0341499 |
| Things I like | PUB | Enlivening | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5345,-0.0357753 |
| Things we need to work on | PUB | Enlivening | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5323,-0.0279915 |
| Things I like | Greening the High Street | Enlivening We need more greenery on the High Street | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5315,-0.0370574 |
| Things we need to work on | Victoria Park | Feels like this should be a part of the concern / boundary for the Roman Road area...at least as a collective (neighbourly) approach to caring about something that has such a big impact on your immediate area. I would assume the South Hackney, Hackney Wick, and Approach Rd crowds would feel the same. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5353,-0.037508 |
| Things I like | Useful shops | Other Great, useful local shops. Love the more fancy places but it's brilliant to have practical, DIY, useful shops for bits and pieces. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5319,-0.0348258 |
| Things I like | Bacaro | Other,Enlivening Can't wait to see what this new Italian restaurant will be like. We have a number of great coffee shops on Roman road now (Fika, Chesterfield, Zealand Rd, Mazuma) but are in need of some restaurants to keep the street vibrant in the evening too. All we need now is a decent gastropub on Roman Rd itself! | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5311,-0.0388062 |
| Things I don't like | Neglected,Unwelcoming Why is this a through road? So many cars use it as a shortcut and it is very dangerous for children! | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5313,-0.0304055 | |
| Things I don't like | Newbold Guardian property and area near the bins of the LA flat at the end of Arbery Road | Can't the Newbold Guardian people ensure they make their tenants sweep up around the property? Also the area around the bins to the council flats outside their building is a regular dumping round and I have seen foxes and rats there. How about another pocket park to make it look nice? | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5291,-0.0376679 |
| Things I like | Love walking along the Canal and Victoria Park | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5366,-0.0328302 | |
| Things I like | East End Liquor Co | Enlivening,Welcoming,Inspiring Really like this bar and fact they are bringing back skilled industry to the area (gin distillery) | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.532,-0.0417137 |
| Things I like | Suffragette history | Inspiring See the following web-site, the spot is recognised; http://openplaques.org/plaques/9928 | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5313,-0.0338119 |
| Things I like | Green Grocers | Welcoming,High Quality Green grocers of the Roman Road are great! | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5335,-0.02819 |
| Things I like | G R Kelly | High Quality,Inspiring,Welcoming | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5326,-0.031119 |
| Things I like | Bow Road Idea Store | High Quality,Inspiring I love the Idea Stores in Tower Hamlets! Brilliant library, community space and great selection of affordable courses too | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5329,-0.0298932 |
| Things we need to work on | Lower Roman Road within Boundary | Why has the lower Roman Road been omitted? Surely it should be consirdered given its name and location. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5289,-0.0477004 |
| Things we need to work on | G KELLY Pie and Mash | Important for local heritage | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5327,-0.0308025 |
| Things I like | Big Flowers - Art | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.537,-0.0282812 | |
| Things I like | Canals | Enlivening Walk and cycle to the Olympic Park | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5289,-0.0409064 |
| Things we need to work on | Speeding and Congestion | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.53,-0.0303841 | |
| Things I like | Lefevre Park | Welcoming | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5346,-0.0256848 |
| Things I like | PUB | Enlivening | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5321,-0.0338227 |
| Things we need to work on | Boundary Extended to Fish Island | Do we extend to include Wick Lane | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5354,-0.0237107 |
| Things I don't like | Other Not enough parking for the Market | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5331,-0.0288606 | |
| Things we need to work on | Park | One of the best parks in the country, very lucky to have this on our doorstep. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5342,-0.0380874 |
| Things I like | cafe | High Quality Great café! | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5316,-0.037508 |
| Things I don't like | Overflowing bins and rubbish left outside apartment block on Wick Lane | The block of flats next to the Bow Quarter Park Building gate constantly has overflowing bins, furniture, mattresses and old sofas outside. It looks really awful, is a hazard to cars as the rubbish is blown across the road and smells terrible in the summer. Not sure if the reason is because the bin house is too small, it certainly appears to be overflowing. I've called the council about it 3 times now but have been told nothing can be done. Can't the landlord be compelled to deal with the issue??? | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5325,-0.0213289 |
| Things we need to work on | Ponds water levels in ecology park allowed to get low | This has been an on-going thing for a couple of years, maybe more. The water level is low. There is a horrible yellow hose pipe just lying there. Looks like a typical example of urban decay when it could be so lovely. At least tell people what is going on if you're having trouble filling the ponds. I would like to see them full of water and life. Also I don't recall the wind turbine ever having turned in the years I have lived in E3. Wonder how much that cost and the point of it? | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5298,-0.0408323 |
| Things we need to work on | Tredegar conservation area | Neglected I appreciate this is on people's private property, however I would like to see householders encouraged to sweep out the areas in front of their homes on a regular basis. Maybe they could be informed what day(s?) of the week their road is swept and they could sweep into the gutter - or heaven forfend - put the mess in to a bin themselves. And keep the pavement clean outside their homes. This would instantly make the area look cared for. We could encourage people to do this in the spirit of the people who swept up after the London riots. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5311,-0.0318646 |
| Things I don't like | Rubbish left in the road | Unwelcoming,Neglected There's so much rubbish left in the road after trading. It's like the end of a festival! More facilities for market traders to recycle cardboard and packaging | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5326,-0.0313537 |
| Things I like | Suffragette history | Inspiring Somewhere around here I think is the Toy Factory that the suffragettes founded to keep local women in employment. Would love to celebrate the area's suffragette history more. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5313,-0.0338119 |
| Things we need to work on | Inci shop | Other Great shop, but shame about the hoards of drunk people that congregate outside of Inci as soon as the sun goes down, Makes it a really intimidating place to shop and walk past a night. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5336,-0.0283188 |
| Things I don't like | Beau Bells Beauty Salon | Neglected,Low Quality Beau Bells has been shut for over two years, a new occupier should take it's place. Preferably not another beauty salon/nail parlour as these are catered for further up the road. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5325,-0.0312799 |
| Things we need to work on | Cafe/ Shop ratio | I do like some of the cafes on RR, but there is a thing as *too many* and we do need to keep and even increase good quality shops for everyday items | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5313,-0.0378379 |
| Things we need to work on | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5352,-0.0330529 | ||
| Things I like | Bow Arts Trust | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5289,-0.0178099 | |
| Things I like | Nice Cafes and Shops | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5333,-0.0289679 | |
| Things I don't like | Arts Pavilion | Neglected Great potential | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5291,-0.0406086 |
| Things I don't like | Semi - pedestrianised not working | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5322,-0.033356 | |
| Things I like | PUB | Enlivening | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5289,-0.037972 |
| Things I like | PUB | Enlivening | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5326,-0.0323877 |
| Things we need to work on | BOUNDARY CHANGE | We should extend the boundary to include Bow Road | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5268,-0.025835 |
| Things I don't like | Fire Station - Parnell Road | Other Concerned about converting it to a school | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.534,-0.026291 |
| Things we need to work on | Age Uk | Inspiring,Welcoming Fantastic service for older people in the area! | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5336,-0.0264037 |
| Things we need to work on | Other It would be great to see more greenery around here, maybe a community garden in parts of the estate or some tree planting? Maybe the council could spruce it up a bit as it's a great area, great community, but looks a bit neglected at times. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5304,-0.0300837 | |
| Things I like | Boring,Clean Nice little patch of green - could be so much more though. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5303,-0.0329053 | |
| Things we need to work on | Inadequate bin | Why such a tiny bin here? Come Monday morning (especially in summer) it is overflowing and looks awful. A lot of people use this park and one little bin is simply inadequate. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5287,-0.0397799 |
| Things we need to work on | Rubbish is regularly dumped here. | Neglected How about making it into a pocket park? | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5311,-0.0318656 |
| Things I don't like | RR Car Park | Uninspiring,Other Under-utilised car park | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5325,-0.0326961 |
| Things I don't like | High street in the Roman road market | Boring,Unwelcoming,Low Quality,Uninspiring I find the stretch of Roman road where the market is held not particularly safe at night. I believe this is due to there being no businesses besides fast food and off licenses open late at night. This makes the area a ghost town with the odd group of youths hanging around. My main gripe with the area is the lack of restaurants. While there are a couple worth visiting, there is little choice considering the density and multicultural make up of the area. It has probably been said before but I feel we must introduce street food into Roman road market. I'm not talking about imitating Broadway market, but there should be on offer good quality, affordable street food to draw in more visitors and attract more locals to the market. I'm also in favour of a cap in the number | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5325,-0.0310278 |
| Things I like | Open Air Gym | Inspiring Free hub for local fitness fanatics - meeting point for enthusiasts of different sports who want to do some quality gym workouts in fresh air without spending a fortune. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5313,-0.0422502 |
| Things I don't like | Safe street play & commute for children | Unwelcoming,Boring I'd like to bring back street play for children. It would be lovely and a great community building initiative if we could close some of our streets to non resident cars, at certain times after school and during week-ends, to allow our children outside to play out in the street with their neighbours. Wrights Road would certainly benefit from this, as I'm sure other streets would too. | User 15 Dec 17 | 51.5336,-0.031414 |
| Things I like | Roman Road car park | This space looked great at the Xmas Fair 2016 with all the lighting in the trees. It would make a great Town Square for Roman Road/Bow. | Tabitha Stapely 17 Mar 17 | 51.5325,-0.0328088 |