Hornsey is bang in the middle of Hornsey & Wood Green. My constituency office is there – above The Three Compasses Pub in the High Street – a very wonderful local community pub. I often have meetings in the pub itself – much better atmosphere than a formal office.
The High Street in Hornsey is really useful with lots of small shops to cover daily needs – as well an eclectic mix of other things! With Priory Park, where the annual YMCA Fun Run takes place, and the bottom end of the Alexandra Park it also has good green spaces. Each year the Hornsey Carnival with its carnival queens (and me up on back of open top car) and local community floats weaves its way through Hornsey’s streets for charity. There is a relatively new housing development at New River Village.
The key issues are: anti-social behaviour and crime, the new proposal to site a huge railway depot there, the re-development of the Hornsey Water Works site – and the usual run of traffic and parking issues.
Parcel collection: Royal mail are reorganizing and threatening to close Hornsey sorting office. Liberal Democrats and local campaigners have won a 6 month reprieve for the Hornsey delivery office – and a commitment from Royal Mail to finding a new location for an N8 pick-up point. We need to hold them to this. Royal Mail had planned to close the delivery office, which would have forced local people to travel to Holloway to pick up their undelivered mail and parcels.
My Liberal Democrat Ward councillor colleagues here are Robert Gorrie, Errol Reid and Monica Whyte.
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- MP Lynne Featherstone and Haringey Liberal Democrats are calling on even more residents to support a petition to keep parcel collection services local. Currently, residents can collect undelivered parcels at local office and collection points in Hornsey, Highgate and at the Arena on Green Lanes. As part of their reorganisation, however, Royal Mail plans to [...] read on
- The Haringey Liberal Democrats and Lynne Featherstone MP last week launched a petition for 30 minutes of free parking on Haringey’s High Streets. The petition has already been signed by 399 people with another 105 people liking the campaign on Facebook. The campaign has also attracted the support of traders in Muswell Hill who recently gathered [...] read on
- Lynne Featherstone MP and the Haringey Liberal Democrats have launched a campaign for 30 minutes of free parking on Haringey’s High Streets. Last year, retailers on Muswell Hill Broadway reported months of poor trade after the parking charges were increased from £1.40 to £3 per hour. The traders started a petition to lower the charges [...] read on
- On Friday last week, Lynne Featherstone MP visited two coffee mornings which were being hosted in Hornsey and Wood Green. The Liberal Democrat MP firstly dropped in on residents at Minster Walk in Hornsey, and then visited a local Barclays Branch in Wood Green. The coffee morning at Minster Walk was hosted by local resident [...] read on
- Lynne Featherstone MP last week met up with local resident Joe Churcher who has a genetic eye disease, to hear of his plans for a challenging trek across Iceland’s volcanic interior in a bid to raise urgently needed funds for research into a cure. The Hornsey resident is one of an eight-strong team of [...] read on
- Liberal Democrats have this week backed local residents in their fight to stop a giant train depot being built at Coronation Sidings in Hornsey. A strong consultation response to Haringey Council was made by Hornsey Councillor Robert Gorrie, backed by local Liberal Democrats and Lynne Featherstone MP, following a meeting last week between Network Rail, [...] read on
- To fundraise for Shelter, the charity that works to alleviate the distress caused by homelessness, Lynne Featherstone MP and staff on Friday hosted a Cake Time party at their office in Hornsey. The keen bakers whipped up a range of yummy treats like brownies, cinnamon buns and banana cake to sell to councillors and [...] read on
Lib Dems formally criticise Mayor’s decision on police stations
The Lib Dem opposition in Haringey have slammed the decision by the Mayor to close the front counter in Muswell Hill and reduce opening hours at Hornsey and Wood Green police stations. Lib Dem councillor and crime spokesperson, Martin Newton has written to the Deputy Mayor of London objecting to the decision and calling on him [...] read on
Lynne Featherstone MP slams Haringey Council over Lightfoot Road scandal
Hornsey and Wood Green MP Lynne Featherstone wrote an urgent email to Haringey Council on Friday, after a local resident alerted her to a dangerous pothole on Lightfoot Road – the same road on which a man previously tripped on a pothole and suffered brain damage. Last week, Haringey Council were ordered to pay £1 [...] read on
Lynne Featherstone MP visits Hornsey School for Girls on International Women’s Day
Lynne Featherstone MP visited Hornsey School for Girls on International Women’s Day last week, to discuss tackling violence against women and girls in the UK and abroad. The MP for Hornsey and Wood Green participated in a class of 13 to 14 year old students. Together with representatives from the organisation PLAN, they discussed the [...] read on
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