Mini-Holland

Overview of Mini Holland Bid, continued
providing an excellent opportunity to build cycling in to the
2. Lea Bridge Road Cycle Superhighway
3. A network of good cycle routes
physical, social and economic fabric of the area. For example,
200 homes, shops and a hotel are currently being built at
We propose a Cycle Superhighway along Lea Bridge Road (from
The main design principles for our cycle route network
Walthamstow Central Station.
Waterworks Roundabout to Hackney Powerscroft Rd). This will
proposals include:
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Another 120 homes, shops, restaurants and a cinema are
taking shape on the former Arcade site next to Walthamstow
Town Square, and the Council has approved a residential/
retail development on the site of the Council’s South Grove car
park. New schools are being built at Blackhorse Road and on
Hoe Street, and others are expanding. An estimated 4,600 new
homes are to be built in the Mini-Holland wider area (Town Centre,
Blackhorse Road, Wood Street) over the next 15 years.
fill a gap in London’s CSH map. It will be the first in the borough,
stretching from Lower Clapton and Walthamstow Marshes to
the remodelled Whipps Cross roundabout and on to Waterworks
roundabout (or Epping Forest) via Bakers Arms, linking with
both of our key north-south cycle routes and connecting our
Mini Holland to the City and central London. Borough cycle
counts demonstrate that this route has the highest cyclist flows
in Waltham Forest at 6% of all traffic in the peak. There has
been a 42% increase in cycling over the last year alone – an
• Safe space for cycling - Selbourne Road, Coppermill Lane,
Markhouse Road, the Walthamstow Gyratory, - drawing
on international best practise our proposed treatment of
these and other streets represents a step-change in the way
Waltham Forest and outer London treat cyclists.
• Direct routes - key, simple and direct routes east-west and
north-south that recognise cyclists like riding directly to
where they want to go without lengthy diversions.
However, key routes within the centre are currently dominated
by road traffic creating an unwelcoming environment for cyclists
and pedestrians, spoiling the look of the area and causing
extra 500 cyclists a day. It is an even more important route into
the borough in winter and at night when quiet routes across
Walthamstow Marshes are less attractive (currently unlit, though
we propose to address this through the Quietways programme).
The key routes include two main north-south routes linking the
secondary town centres and the east-west route, Coppermill
Lane to Wood Street.
air quality problems. The Council has already made a policy
decision to prioritise walking, cycling and public transport
within the town centre in its LIP and Area Action Plan. Mini-
Holland funding would enable us to accelerate the change.
A key feature of our Walthamstow Mini Holland proposals is
Currently, high traffic speeds and volume make Lea Bridge
Road a threatening environment for the less experienced
cyclists we are keen to attract: observation in situ shows that
cyclists are mainly young men on fast road bikes. (Problem
junctions along on Lea Bridge Road are covered in the
A. Leyton to Blackhorse Road: A high quality cycle route
providing a link via Markhouse Road-Church Road-Grange Park
Road- and High Road Leyton to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic
Park, Stratford and onto Canary Wharf/the city via the award
winning Leyton Town Centre.
the concept of “Villagisation” – which includes removal of
through traffic in residential areas in central Walthamstow,
building on work already underway to make Walthamstow a
more cycle-permeable place, and addressing rat-running.
Forest Road
Forest Road is the northern boundary of the Walthamstow
mini Holland area. It is also the A503 providing a link between
Tottenham Hale (via ferry Lane) with Upper Walthamstow and
the North Circular Road. This route is the northern part of
the frame of cycle routes for the mini Holland area and forms
our network of good cycling routes. The costs for Forest
Road have been incorporated within the outlined costs for
Walthastow town centre.
Junctions section, below).
The 2014 Tour de France will pass along this road, and Lea
Bridge Station is set to reopen in December 2014. Substantial
development (residential and commercial) is taking place
at the border with Hackney, which we expect to generate
significant extra demand for cycling.
Adressing Severance (part 1)
Integral to our Lea Bridge Road Cycle Superhighway
proposals are the sources of severence found at:
• Walthamstow/Hoe Street Gyratory
• Whipps Cross Roundabout
• Junction at Lea Bridge Road/Argyll Way/Orient Way
B. Leyton to North Chingford:
With substantial stretches of segregation this route will run
from Leyton, via Chingford Road, Chingford Mount Road to
North Chingford.
C. Coppermill Lane to Wood Street:
An exemplar quiet route taking its influence from Dutch
‘fietstraats’ (cycle streets), this route will run through the heart
of Walthamstow’s Mini Holland from Coppermill Lane and
the Walthamstow Wetlands in the west, to Wood Street with
its shops, market and station to the east. (The stretch from
Walthamstow Town Centre to the Hackney border is part of
the proposed Quietway 38 to Bloomsbury).
• Junction at Lea Bridge Road/Church Road/Markhouse Road