Stroud Green is one of my favourite places to go out and eat. There are some great restaurants and pubs – much frequented by the high level of young people who live in the area.
Stroud Green is split down Stroud Green Road between Haringey and Islington. Cross consultation would be helpful – as the poor local population found Islington introduced a CPZ without consulting with Haringey. Ergo – the whole world parked Haringey side until Haringey joined in.
Stroud Green Road evokes strong loyalties from residents, who love its range of local shops, great choices for food and many interlocking local organisations and events which help foster a strong sense of belonging to the area.
The key issues in this incredibly lively, diverse and bustling area are: the inevitable parking problems; the extension to Hornsey High School which got permission but initially upset local residents; street crime in some parts of the ward, the state of Stroud Green Road (with its nearly famous long-running potholes!), and the more general mess, dumping and rubbish that perpetually ruins the streetscape. The Concrete Factory – which we all fought against – eventually got planning permission with 44 conditions attached – so we watch and wait!
Your local Lib Dem team have received many complaints about dumping on the corner of Stroud Green Road and Upper Tollington Park. We’ve been nagging the council to clean up this grot spot, and take action against those dumping rubbish.
We are also campaigning to replace the old and inefficient street lighting on Stapleton Hall, Inderwick, Nelson, Mayfield, Uplands and Denton Roads. Not only will this make the area safer for pedestrians and cyclists, the new lights will be more energy efficient and greener.
We have also asked the Council to see if they can save some of the rusty old Victorian lampposts so they can be reconditioned and reused.
My Liberal Democrat Councillor ward colleagues are: Ed Butcher, Katherine Reece and Richard Wilson.
More news
- Haringey Liberal Democrats have just launched a campaign to make sure residents living near the Borough boundary can access GPs in neighbouring boroughs. The action comes after residents in Stroud Green have complained of not being allowed to register with GPs surgeries just over the border in Islington. Last Friday, Lynne Featherstone MP, [...] read on
- To help fight for older people’s services, threatened with closure by Haringey Council, local Liberal Democrats have today (Monday 24th) launched a campaign against the cuts. The campaign follows visits last week to luncheon clubs and care homes in Haringey by leading Liberal Democrats. Lynne Featherstone MP and Stroud Green Councillor Katherine Reece on Friday 21st [...] read on
- To get a first taste of Stroud Green’s most recent green community initiative, local Liberal Democrats on Friday visited the newly opened FoodCycle cafe on Ferme Park Road. The cafe has set up shop in the empty ‘Mind building’ in the heart of Stroud Green, and aims to reduce local food poverty, by cooking healthy [...] read on
- Liberal Democrats have demanded an extension to a consultation after local residents were left out by Haringey Council on plans for a controversial development in Stroud Green. The Council failed to send thirteen residents in Quernmore, Elyne and Stapleton Hall Road key consultation documents on plans to turn a garden into a five-bedroom house that [...] read on
- Campaigners have vowed to put an end to local schoolchildren’s “terrifying” route to school, by starting a campaign to make a dangerous crossing in Stroud Green safer. Local Liberal Democrats have launched a petition to get Haringey Council and Transport for London (TfL) to take action, to make the zebra crossing safer on Upper Tollington [...] read on
- My LibDem colleagues standing for Stroud Green ward – Cllr Ed Butcher, Cllr Richard Wilson and Katherine Reece who is the candidate replacing Cllr Laura Edge – were interviewed by stroudgreen.org. The discussion in the video ranges over their reasons for standings, their priorities for Haringey, their favourite things about Stroud Green, final thoughts and how to get in [...] read on
- The reality of Labour’s broken promise to install new kitchens, bathrooms and windows in all council homes by 2010 became clear this week when local Liberal Democrats met with a resident who will have to wait another two years until any work starts on her home. Lynne Featherstone and Cllr Robert Gorrie visited Mrs Jethwa [...] read on
Councillors demand action at accident black spot
Liberal Democrats have called for urgent action to be taken by the Council to make a road in Stroud Green safer after a spate of accidents. Many local residents are increasingly concerned about the safety of Upper Tollington Park following many reports of near misses and a recent crash near Oakfield Road. Two years ago [...] read on
Local MP meets trainer behind free exercise class initiative
To hear how free exercise classes in Finsbury Park are helping residents get back in shape after the festive season, Lynne Featherstone MP on Friday met the fitness trainer behind the initiative. Shamir Sidhu, from MoreFit personal training studio, started the weekly FreeFit training sessions in Finsbury Park in June to help local residents get [...] read on
Liberal Democrats join FoodCycle 1st birthday celebrations
To mark one year of serving good healthy food to the people of Stroud Green, Lynne Featherstone MP and Councillor Richard Wilson joined in the festivities and visited FoodCycle Cafe to celebrate their 1st birthday on Friday. The Cafe, in the MIND Centre in Station House on Stapleton Hall Road, which opened its doors to [...] read on