About the project

An Active Neighbourhood is a place where the movement, health and safety of people is prioritised over cars.

It’s simply about creating safe, attractive space for people to spend time chatting or for children to play, typically using planters or bollards on some streets to stop through access. The changes also make it easier to get around on foot and by bike.

By purposefully removing ‘rat running’ through traffic on some routes in your local area, we can reduce any negative impact of this on the local neighbourhood and put residents back at the centre of their communities.

All these things can have dramatic positive effects on air pollution, congestion, residents’ health and wellbeing, and safety on residential streets.

This is also about stopping people using residential roads as a cut-through. Residents will still be able to access their homes by car and emergency vehicles will still be able to drive onto the street.

Have your say on how you want your Active Neighbourhood to be.

This map shows the project area, which is located between Belmont Road, Moss Bank Way, Shoreswood and Moss Lea. To learn more about how the area was chosen, visit the project background page.

Active Neighbourhoods aim to.....

What are the benefits of Active Neighbourhoods?

Active Neighbourhoods enable the residents of that area to use their neighbourhood to walk, cycle or scoot, as well as catch up with friends or play outside safely. They can contribute to increased retail spend in local shops, more positive health and wellbeing, reduce traffic and improve air quality.

You can read more about their benefits on our Frequently Asked Questions page.

Photos by Jessy Earl, John Bewley, Mark Radford, John Bewley, Jonathan Bewley, Healthy streets for Harrow, Colin Hattersley, Sustrans