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APPENDIX 2 East Street Market PROOF East Street Market

Area context There are also a number of social enterprises, community groups and associations active in the area including the and challenges Walworth Society, InSpire and Nelsons TRA. FINAL PROOF Looking down East Street Market The ‘East Street Market’ character area focuses on the portion of East Street that runs from the Walworth Road Nursery Row Park forecourt junction to Dawes Steet. It takes into account the relationship of the high street to its surrounding neighbourhood, open spaces and other assets. Currently the key challenges in this area are: East Street Market has been in the Walworth area in one form • East Street Market relating to the condition of stalls, lack of or another since the 16th century. It runs along East Street diversity and quality of goods, lack of branding and online selling a range of general goods such as fruit, cosmetics, presence, poor relationship to the shops, low footfall, vacant clothes, lampshades and fabrics. The market is important to plots the local neighbourhood and defi nes this area’s character. • Shops on East Street including vacancy, condition of shopfronts, lack of diversity and quality of goods Nursery Row Park is a popular park situated on East Street • Lack of social and dwell space along East Street that provides a number of connections to the wider Walworth • Relationship of Nursery Row Park to East Street neighbourhood. Faraday Gardens is another popular open • Confl ict of pedestrians, vehicles and cyclists at junctions space that is located just off the high street. Robert Browning • Poor quality of public realm especially along Walworth Place Primary School and the University Academy of Engineering South Bank are important local assets that bring a diverse range of people to East Street.

What’s here 1 BASE17 and already 2 happening NURSERY ROW PARK 11 BROWNING STREET O 19 17 R B S T B R M R 1 Walworth Town Hall E O A E R N T E 2 Walworth Clinic/ 9 Larcom Street D C 10 O 3 A N M 3 Abacus Arts S KING AND QUEEN STREET B T E R 4 Occupation Studios 16 S E T E R T 5 CoolTan Arts E D E T A W PROOF PROOF PROOF OOF OOF OOF OOF OF OF OF OF OF F 6 Penrose Estate Community Hall E S ROO ROO ROO ROO S 7 East Street Market T 12 R 18 E 15 E 8 Good Intent Pub 4 RO RO T W EAST STREET 9 Carnaval del Pueblo 9 A PR PR PR PR L W 10 Gladston Pub 5 18 O P R T 11 Browning Estate Community Hall H PORTLAND STREET NAL TRAFALGAR STREET R NAL NAL NAL AL AL AL AL 12 Robert Browning Primary School O A D F NA FINA FINA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA A A A 13 Nelson Estate Community Hall MANOR PLACE 14 St Peter’s Church/ InSpire FIN FIN FIN F N FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN N N DEPOT 15 East Street Baptist Church FI FI 7 7 13 F 16 Masons Arms Pub WALWORTH PLACE 8 DATE STREET 17 Friends of Nursery Park MORRISONS 18 University Academy of Engineering South Bank FARADAY GARDENS 19 SAST House 6 Proposed Low Line E&W NP Proposed Green Links 14 London Cycle Network Q7 LIVERPOOL GROVE AYLESBURY 5 minute walking distance MERROW STREET REGENERATION N 0 50m

What are the opportunities of the shops to support their trade. Additional training such as business support and visual merchandising could support and priorities? and build resilience among local businesses in the area. Enabling meanwhile uses in vacant properties such as shops on the high street will not only improve the environment There are several opportunities along the East Street Market but also attract new enterprise in the area. There are also area that will improve the existing physical environment, opportunities to attract casuals, food traders, young people support existing businesses and community groups in the and other enterprises to trade in the Market by providing area and attract new enterprise. incentives and programming seasonal events. Physical and built environment Participation and activity There are opportunities to improve the existing fabric and The forecourt of Nursery Row Park provides a significant FINAL PROOF public realm of the East Street Market area. A significant opportunity to create a social space in the area for opportunity is to address the entrances to the Market, both entertainment and temporary festivals. This will support on Walworth Road and on Dawes Street. The gateway at existing emerging social hubs like Carnaval del Pueblo on Walworth Road provides a particular potential for restoration East Street. Providing infrastructure to support temporary of historic buildings, improvements to shopfronts, improving uses will support and encourage local community groups to the layout of the Market and adding impactful signage to programme and animate this site and encourage the wider attract footfall. Other possibilities along East Street are to neighbourhood of Walworth to engage with the East Street improve the quality of the public realm of the ‘neighbourhood Market area. corners’, enhancing the pedestrian environment and links to surrounding open spaces and community assets. The corner of East Street and Walworth Place, Blackwood Priorities Street and Morecambe Street, Brandon Street and Portland Street (adjacent to the new cycle route Quietway 7) are The prioirity should be to enhance East Street Market, support priority corners to focus on. To improve wayfinding, there the traders and improve the relationship of the Market to are opportunities for signposts at these neighbourhood the surrounding shops. Additionally, improvements to the corners along with blank flank walls for signage and artwork gateways, neighbourhood corners, signage and the forecourt celebrating the character of the area. of Nursery Row Park would all contribute to creating a social, active and sustainable high street. Enterprise and entrepreneurship Improving the East Street Market stalls and creating a unique brand for the Market would attract more footfall and thus support the local economy. Changes to the Market layout should be tested and implemented to improve the visibility

Physical STEAD STREET and built BASE17 environment NURSERY ROW PARK BROWNING STREET O R B S T B R M R Improve the public realm E O A E R N T E and wayfi nding D C O A N M S KING AND QUEEN STREET B T E R Improve shopfronts and S E T E R T building frontages E D E T A W PROOF PROOF PROOF OOF OOF OOF OOF OF OF OF OF OF F E S ROO ROO ROO ROO S Refurbish and occupy T R E E vacant units RO RO T W A PR PR PR PR L W Opportunity for fl ank wall O P R T signage H PORTLAND STREET NAL TRAFALGAR STREET R NAL NAL AL AL AL AL AL O A D FINA FINA INA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA A A Improve links from the MANOR PLACE high street FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN N N N N N N N N N N N DEPOT FI FI FI FI FI FI FI FI FI FI FI FI I F Improve fences and edges WALWORTH PLACE DATE STREET MORRISONS Proposed Low Line FARADAY GARDENS E&W NP Proposed Green Links London Cycle Network Q7 LIVERPOOL GROVE AYLESBURY MERROW STREET REGENERATION N 0 50m

Enterprise and STEAD STREET entrepreneurship BASE17 NURSERY ROW PARK BROWNING STREET O Enhance the market R B entrances and market stalls S T B R M R E O A E R N T E D C O A N M Refurbish and occupy S KING AND QUEEN STREET B T E R vacant units S E T E R T E D E T A W PROOF PROOF PROOF OOF OOF OOF OOF OF OF OF OF OF F E S ROO ROO ROO ROO S Provide business support T R E E RO RO T W A PR PR PR PR L W Proposed Low Line O P R T E&W NP Proposed Green Links H PORTLAND STREET NAL TRAFALGAR STREET R NAL AL AL AL AL London Cycle Network Q7 O A D FINA FINA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA A MANOR PLACE FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN FIN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN N N N N N N N N N DEPOT FI FI FI FI FI FI F WALWORTH PLACE DATE STREET MORRISONS FARADAY GARDENS LIVERPOOL GROVE AYLESBURY MERROW STREET REGENERATION N 0 50m