Battersea

What you said

People

• Street-drinking on Battersea High Street at night makes area feel unsafe

• Winstanley and York Road estate is prone to loitering by drug dealers, drug users and homeless people 

• There is a network of drug dealers on Shaftesbury Estate

• Estates in Battersea generally do not feel safe for women walking alone at night

• Men congregate at Charlotte Despard Avenue in the night, making women feel unsafe

• Drug dealers operate on Livingstone Walk, making area feel unsafe

• Need more community facilities and low-cost activitiesy

Economy

• More night life is awaited

• Portuguese café (Santacruzense) near the Patmore estate is well used, affordable and open late

• New Covent Garden Flower market late night / early morning café and flower market underused by locals

Transport

• Walking and wayfinding
  • The pedestrian crossing lights switch off late at night making it difficult to cross the road
  • Thames footpath feels unsafe at night
  • Battersea Park gate near Albert Bridge to be left open at night to encourage walking through the park to Battersea Power Station
• Public transport

  • A new and regular bus service required from Vauxhall to Clapham Junction which stops at Battersea Power Station tube

  • Need for more 344 buses at night (not necessarily all the way to Liverpool Street) as service is always full since new underground stops have been introduced

What we recommend:

• Work with police to increase presence in crime hotspots and remind groups of men about impact on women

• Work with police to increase presence in crime hotspots and remind groups of men about impact on women

• Consider lighting interventions in dark areas such as Battersea Park Road and Ganley Road

• Consider creative interventions and greening on problematic roads and underpasses such as Stewart’s Road

• Increase activity on Thames footpath at night

• Introduce more night time uses and activities with local community in mind

• Promote underused night time café at New Covent Garden Market

• Discuss night time walking routes with the Parks Team

• Work with TfL to improve connectivity by bus in light of new underground stops