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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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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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KPCC’s Summer of Fun and Food 2022

Summer holiday fun and food for local kids at our Community Centre We are so pleased to be once more working with Shannon and her team to provide loads of fun and food during the summer holidays. Thanks to Tom and Vicki and everyone at Lambeth Council for providing support and funding so that we can do this. Registration is now closed and there is a waiting list. But we hope to do it all again during future school holidays!  

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Holiday Fun and Food 2022 @ KPCC

WATCH OUT FOR DETAILS OF OUR SUMMER SCHEME ON OUR WEBSITE kpccoval.org! Our popular free Holiday Food and Activities are back at our Community Centre this Spring school holidays. Check out http://kpccoval.org/spring-food-and-fun-scheme/ for more information and a link to the registration form.          

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