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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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Hounslow is actively supporting street play, saying: “We want to make it easy for you and your neighbours to close your residential road to allow local children to play safely outside without worrying about cars or buses passing through.”
Residents in Hounslow can apply online to close their streets.
For more information, contact the Council’s Community Engagement Team on 0208 583 2405 or email [email protected]
You can get connected with other residents who are organising street play via the Hounslow Play Streets Facebook group!
London Play is an organisation that is funded to support play streets in London boroughs.
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