The Anonymous Widower

Walking From Haggerston Station To Mare Street

I did this walk as the area from East of Haggerston Road through London Fields is going to be traffic calmed, as described in this page on the Hackney Council website.

This report in the Hackney Citizen is entitled London Fields residents clash over car-cutting measures. This is said.

Residents are at loggerheads over council proposals for a car-free zone to the west of London Fields.

During the three-month trial period, due to begin in January, Middleton Road and surrounding streets will be blocked off to motorists, allowing cyclists and pedestrians to travel freely down Middleton Road.

Residents will still be permitted motor access to all streets.

Nothing is as difficult as getting the correct mix of traffic. They also provided this map.

Car-Free Route Through London Fields

So I took a lot of pictures as I walked.

My observations.

• It was a charming walk, through fairly wide streets with lots of trees. Hackney is no crime-ridden wasteland!
• There was no sign of any traffic calming.
• The area has a high level of cycling. I suppose being flat helps.
• There were a few cases of traffic rushing about.
• Stonebridge Gardens is being upgraded with a new design.

I remember the area from the 1970s, when C ran a short life house for ex-prisoners, just off Mare Street. You could say the area has improved, without too much drastic change. This Google Map shows the area, where I walked.

Haggerston To London Fields

Haggerston station is on the East London Line at the West (left) and London Fields station on the Lea Valley Line is to the right of the green space that is London Fields, with its fifty metre heated outdoor pool. Mare Street is the A107 running down the map to the right of the railway.

I live just a few hundred metres from the top left corner of the map.

It will be interesting to repeat this walk, when the traffic calming is complete and they’ve finished painting the bridge.

November 15, 2015 - Posted by AnonW | World | Hackney, London Fields, Traffic Management, Walking