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The Atlantic!We’ve added a pin for every area where parents, residents, a community organisation or the council (and ideally, all of them together) are starting to change things for children through play streets and related ideas. The movement is growing! See what’s happening near you by entering the name of your local authority (council) in the box below. For more support on play streets and to connect with the play streets movement see our Support for play streets page.
Please note: these pages were last updated in summer 2024.
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The Council has a street play policy here and you can contact them on [email protected].
London Play is an organisation that is funded to support play streets in London boroughs. See more details on their website here.
If you know anything else about what’s happening here, or you want some help getting started then link up with others and get support.
Background information:
In July 2014 the first two play streets were given the go-ahead, after the lobbying and campaigning of residents from two streets led to support from councillors. You can read about it on This is Local London.
Since then play streets have gone from strength to strength in Greenwich. As part of World Car Free Day 2019 fifteen roads were closed, read more about it here.
Alice Ferguson posted this on 10/09/24
The government is consulting on a major set of policies for planning in England, which will have huge impact on children’s lives, including their ability to play out near home….
playingout posted this on 10/09/24
No Ball Games! We’re all familiar with these signs around housing estates and other city spaces where children and play are not wanted. They sound specific, but in fact they…
Windmill Hill City Farm
Philip Street
Bristol
BS3 4EA
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