As you know, we are working with Kingston Council to transform Eagle Brewery Wharf into a place where everyone can unwind, enjoy and connect with nature.
We are pleased to announce that landscape architects Farrer Huxley have now been appointed to take the project forward. They will be bringing the feedback received from previous engagement activities to life, and design options will be available on 20 May for you to share with us what you think.
The event on 20 May is a public engagement event and everyone is welcome to get involved and share their views. Complimentary refreshments and participatory workshops for all ages led by young creatives from Creative Youth will be happening throughout the day.
If you are unable to attend but would like to hear more please contact Shareena.
About The Project
Kingston First, the town centre’s business improvement district and Kingston Council are continuing their partnership to transform Eagle Brewery Wharf on Kingston’s riverside into a place where local residents, visitors and businesses can unwind, enjoy and connect with nature.
In 2021 local landscape architects Davies White were appointed to develop initial concepts for Eagle Brewery Wharf working closely with local businesses, residents and stakeholders. The feedback given as part of the extensive engagement in 2021 will be the focus of this next design phase, and included themes around being welcoming, accessible to all, nature enhancing and better connecting the site to the town centre.
This initiative is part of Kingston town’s public realm strategy; Reimagining Kingston Town Centre’s Streets and Spaces which was completed in collaboration with Kingston First, Kingston Council, Kingston University and the GLA. The strategy sets out a blueprint for how public spaces could be invested in to improve the experience of Kingston, encourage more people to move around all parts of the town and ensure that the town’s culture, heritage and riverside assets continue to be developed.
The Eagle Brewery Wharf project is part of the council’s wider heritage-led ‘Transform Kingston’ regeneration programme, which looks to reinvigorate and reshape the town centre to make it even better for residents, local businesses, students and visitors.
These significant public realm improvements are an extension of the work being done to reduce anti-social behaviour on the Eagle Brewery Wharf site. In the last few years, the council has put a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) in place to give them and the local police power to regulate activities in the area, as well as partnered more closely with establishments along the riverside to increase people’s enjoyment of the space.
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