Nicer to live in · easier to let · worth more to own. Let's make our streets cleaner, safer and greener — and revive the park and river on our doorstep — together.
Homeowners, tenants and landlords all welcome. Resident-led, not political.
the four streets between the River Roding & Uphall Recreation Ground — a self-contained square with no through-traffic.
Our patch
Traffic only loops around us — there's no through-road — which makes us a natural, self-contained community. Here's the loop we mean (a sketch, not to scale).
Roding Square — the four streets
Where we could get to
Not just a one-off tidy-up. A lasting change to the place we all share. Nothing here is imposed on anyone's private home — it's all about our shared streets, park and river.
A public riverside walk and green corridor everyone can reach via the park or a street-end — not just a view from back gardens. Plugging into schemes already funded for the Roding.
A group the Council and the park's managers actually consult — one that helps decide how local money is spent, and that other streets copy.
Adopt and revive Uphall Rec as a "Friends" group, so it becomes a place to meet, with better planting, events and nature.
Explore buying insulation and solar at street-scale for better prices — lower bills for tenants, better ratings for landlords, more value for owners.
Planters, street trees, and maybe a small community garden or pocket orchard on spare corners and verges.
A yearly Roding Square summer get-together, neighbours looking out for one another, and celebrating the mix of cultures that makes our street ours.
Something for everyone
New to the street, or just moved in? You're a neighbour from day one — owners and renters alike, every background welcome.
Our biggest opportunity
The Roding runs right along one edge of our square, but for years it's been a forgotten back-fence. That's changing: there's real momentum — and real money — behind reviving the river through Ilford, and our streets sit right in the middle of it. The prize isn't a private view for a few gardens; it's a green, walkable riverside the whole square can reach, through the park or a street-end.
Redbridge has secured £3m to revive the Roding through Ilford — a new bridge, a pocket park and riverside paths, starting nearer the town centre. Bringing that riverside round to our park is a later phase of the same plan: not yet funded — and exactly the kind of thing a strong local voice can help bring forward.
The River Roding Trust already runs litter-picks, tree-planting and water testing along the river, and is campaigning to reopen the riverside path. A natural partner — and clean-up and planting days anyone in the square can join.
The river-and-wildlife angle opens doors to environmental and biodiversity grants — well beyond the usual small community pots — that can help pay for the bigger ambitions.
Change is coming to the river and the park whether we're at the table or not. New public access could bring more footfall along the backs of our gardens and into Uphall Rec — the very space we hope to look after. An organised, recognised street gets a single, credible voice: to help shape where access actually connects, and to press for the safety, lighting and security of the park and the homes beside it. The plans firm up during 2026 — so now, while they're still being drawn, is the cheapest time to have a say.
Add your voice →This is just a starting point
None of this is decided. It's a conversation-starter for the street. Tell us what excites you, what worries you, and what we should tackle first — it takes two minutes.
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