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Wormholt Park. Hammersmith, White City

Levitt Bernstein

Levitt Bernstein | LB.Hammersmith and Fulham

WORMHOLT PARK - Who we are

Shoreditch Park Ocean Estate Ocean Estate

Hammersmith and Fulham Borough council parks department

• Clean, green and award winning parks and open spaces
• Community Plan priority of a cleaner, greener borough.

Friends of Wormholt Park

• Formed in April 2011.
• Voluntary group of local people who either use the park or want to

make it a better place.

• Working in partnership with local residents and services.

Levitt Bernstein Landscape and Urban Design Group are delighted to display our ideas for Wormholt Park.

• Levitt Bernstein Landscape and Urban Design Group has a range of

skills that covers holistically the design of the external environment from masterplanning, neighbourhood strategies, public realm projects to parks, gardens and play spaces.

• We were appointed in September 2012 by the London Borough of

Hammersmith and Fulham for design of Improvements to Wormholt Park.

Levitt Bernstein | LB.Hammersmith and Fulham

WORMHOLT PARK - The commision

• Vision
• Work closely with Friends of Wormholt Park and other stakeholder

groups

• Improve facilities
• Accommodate new building
• At least 50% inclusive play
• Address local needs/concerns - security
• Aim: Green fmag status

Levitt Bernstein | LB.Hammersmith and Fulham

WORMHOLT PARK - Context

Levitt Bernstein | LB.Hammersmith and Fulham

WORMHOLT PARK - The park now

Sport - 8% of total park area Play Area – 7% of total park area

• Central open space well-used
• Peripheral spaces less well used
• Security
• Outdated play and sport facilities
• Planting beds of varying quality

Levitt Bernstein | LB.Hammersmith and Fulham

WORMHOLT PARK - Stakeholders & Consultation

STAKEHOLDERS

• Penny Brenan

Client

• Stefan Czeladzinski

Ecology

• David Page

Director, Safer Neighbourhoods

Police London Borough

• f Hammersmith

and Fulham Park Users Friends of Wormholt Park Local Schools and Parents JAC Building

• NHS
• Pendyre Prasad /

Landscape Projects Designers

• New residents
• Local residents
• Families
• Dog walkers
• Dominoes players
• Sen Schools

Inclusive Play Experts

• Other Local Schools

Play Experts

• Parents Active
• Derrick Wright

Chairman

• Cathy Banks

Market

• Sarah Woodside

Horticulture

• Vanessa Hamilton

General / Funding

• Parks Police
• Secure by Design
• Friends of Wormholt Park
• H&F consultation in 2010
• Levitt Bernstein consultation 2012-2014

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WORMHOLT PARK - Previous proposals 2013

Muga (bastketball / 5 a-side) Football (astroturf) Bike track Tennis Biodiversity buffer planting Dog run Wildfmower meadow Outdoor gym Adventure playground 7-12 yrs Running track Dog-free family space Sawley Road B r y

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Market space Resident’s garden - home growing beds Staff & patient garden - sensory planting beds Boules, table tennis, dominoes 2 - 9yr play (fenced)

• Responds to new development
• Maximise open space
• Improved access
• Improved facilities
• Retain/reorganise existing facilities
• Additional trees & planting
• Paths
• New facilities

WORMHOLT PARK

Levitt Bernstein | LB.Hammersmith and Fulham

• Previous Landscape Proposals
• Current Landscape Proposals
• Areas of Activity

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WORMHOLT PARK - New proposal

EXISTING TREES NATURAL ADVENTURE INTERFACE ENTRANCE AREA GATE

Sport - 8% of total park area Play Area – 7% of total park area

Levitt Bernstein | LB.Hammersmith and Fulham

WORMHOLT PARK - The proposal

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WORMHOLT PARK - Key concept

Colourful planting Bituminous aggregate surfacing New park furniture Central Broadwalk Natural Play in existing trees Water play Access to green space Play Sensory touch play Combination natural and colourful materials Sensory music play Inclusive play Table tennis Jogging Tennis

Sensory touch play

Sports Ecology Open green space Maintain the existing green space Space for events Market Increase insect friendly plant species Insect-friendly log piles Ecological planting IMAGE

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WORMHOLT PARK - Tree plan

• 11 trees removed (Primarily due to

poor health/ defects)

• 100 trees kept
• 50 new trees

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WORMHOLT PARK - Planting

• More planting beds – 80% increase
• 140 plant & tree species proposed
• 60 new species suggested by FOWP
• Great performance plants
• Removal and replacement of planting species

Levitt Bernstein | LB.Hammersmith and Fulham

WORMHOLT PARK - Planting

Dense woodland edge Sensory nectar-rich Rose beds Sun tolerant Short grass bulbs Shade tolerant Meadow grasses Feature planting

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WORMHOLT PARK - Play

Wood Dragon Dragon Wood

• Flagship inclusive play areas
• At least 50% inclusive play
• Natural play
• Responding to the designs of

local children and groups

• Drawing on the history of the area:

‘Worm holt’ = ‘Dragon Wood’

• ‘Wood Dragon’
• ‘Dragon wood’
• Sensory garden

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WORMHOLT PARK - Wood Dragon

• Younger children
• 100% inclusive play
• Dragon form
• Safe, secure family environment
• Water pump, swings, walkways, slide, climbing rocks,

roundabout

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WORMHOLT PARK - Dragon Wood

• Older children
• 75% inclusive play
• Treetop walkway
• Netting, rope walkways, platforms, slide,

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WORMHOLT PARK - MUGA and Sports

• 2x Tennis courts (can convert to netball)
• 1x Basketball & 5 a side court
• 0.5km perimeter running track
• Dominoes table, table tennis, boules.