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Save Kenny!

  The Friends of Kennington Park (FoKP) are calling on Lambeth Council to honour its pledge to restore the 1970s skatebowl in Kennington Park, known locally as the ‘Kenny.’ Despite years of planning, surveys, and contracts, the project was abruptly halted this year as part of the Council’s capital spending review. FoKP have launched a petition https://www.change.org/p/save-kennington-skatebowl-from-the-cuts   Calling all skateboarders and fans of Kennington Park The longstanding project to reopen the iconic and popular 1970s skatebowl, known as Kenny, is now at risk of being abandoned. “This is a really positive project for many user groups in the local community … Skateboarding is a growing sport … accessible, and gives a fantastic opportunity to engage with young people who are ‘turned off’ by traditional sport and activity.”  Skateboard GB Lambeth Council had the money for the work, but are now considering withdrawing the funding from this important project. We are…

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Housing Perks

Pay some Rent while you Shop? Sounds too good to be true!   Hyde has just announced that they’ve partnered with Housing Perks – an app that allows residents to save money by spending on everyday essentials, which can then be put towards your rent, including towards arrears. Designed especially for housing association residents, Housing Perks is a free money saving mobile app. It helps you save money towards your rent arrears – by simply shopping, going for a coffee or having a family day out. You can earn money towards your rent by shopping at major retailers including ASDA, Sainsbury’s, Primark, Currys, Argos and Marks and Spencer. Housing Perks is trusted by over 60 housing associations and local authorities, supporting over 700,000 tenants across the UK. Signing up is free and easy and you make savings when you spend – whether it’s on food, sports kit, or a day…

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Parking on Kennington Park Estate

Hyde Housing has changed the way UKCPM manage parking on our Estate. These are the key points of the new SIPPI system which came into effect on 1 April 2025. 1.  Permit Prices Lower emission vehicles: ie. those that are ULEZ compliant, will be charged at £90 per year for the first car. Hyde social rent tenants: social rent tenants will receive a 20% discount. This means that for social residents with a ULEZ complaint car the cost of an annual permit is reduced to £72 per year for the first car. Additional vehicles and cars that are not ULEZ exempt: the permits for second cars and non-ULEZ complaint cars will increase to £200 per year (regardless of tenancy type). Hyde do not normally issue more than two permits per home, but in instances where an exception is made, additional vehicles will be charged at the commercial parking rate, which…

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School Streets

Lambeth’s School Streets   There are two School Streets on Kennington Park Estate. The school street outside St Mark’s Primary School extends along Kennington Oval from Harleyford Street to Vauxhall Street. You can see a map of the area here And the Henry Fawcett School Street goes from Kennington Road along Bowling Green Street and Magee Street. Click here to see map of the area. All vehicles, apart from those with exemptions, are banned from these streets between 8.15-9.15am and 2.45-3.45pm during term time. You can apply for an exemption if you are either: a resident or a business within a school street, who requires access during its hours of operation a Blue Badge holder who requires access to the school street during its hours of operation. For residents and businesses exemptions the following proof is required: You will need to provide copies of the vehicle registration document (V5/C) or…

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Kennington Park Post Office is threatened with closure – again!

  The Post Office has announced ‘a corporate restructuring’ – and Kennington Park Post Office is one of 115 branches across the country, including 32 in London, at risk of closure. No decisions have yet been announced, and there is still a chance that the branch will remain as it is. The Post Office are expected to provide an update on their plans for the at-risk branches in March 2025. If a change of service at Kennington is announced, this could mean a franchise partner comes in to manage the branch as an alternative to closure.   Any changes would likely take months before being implemented and would have to go through statutory public consultation. Local residents successfully campaigned to save Kennington Park Post office thirteen years ago, resulting in its renovation. Let’s not lose this vital facility for our community. The post office is more than just a service…

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Reclaiming Kennington Oval!

Lambeth Council has restricted traffic on the roads going through and surrounding Kennington Park Estate and called it Kennington Oval Reimagined. We – the residents – are campaigning to Reclaim Kennington Oval. Lambeth’s objectives of healthy neighbourhoods, improved air quality, traffic reduction, increased cycling and walking, and safer streets are all admirable. Sadly, the way they are implementing them is not. Major traffic-heavy roads encircle Oval cricket ground and Kennington Park Estate, but it is the quiet streets within that circle which are now subject to wide-ranging controls. The pollution, noise and poor air quality from the major roads will continue unabated. With school streets at either end denying access for two hours a day, large planters taking up half the width of the narrow streets and new double yellow lines, residents’ lives are being severely disrupted. There is only one narrow access road into most of the Estate. Large…

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