In spring 2025, girls aged 10-18 shared their thoughts and experiences of Rowntree Park in York, and other public parks more broadly. Their voices highlight what makes these spaces feel welcoming - and what could be improved. Part of a local project to raise awareness and improve things.

Enjoyed funally seeing award winning The Avenue in Saffron Walden today. Loved the shingle cladding on some homes. One resident said he loved it.. but there were a lot of leaves! hdawards.org/scheme/the-a...

Was sucked into this M11 portal on a site visit today

its good to see our Danish friends can discuss their future with some propriety amidst so much uncertainty. I remember some of the London debates with Richard Rogers, Nicky Gavron etc before the GLA came back and this kind of forum was excellent www.landskabsarkitekter.dk/Aktuelt/hva-...

Great to attend the launch of the APPG for Access to Nature's new report yesterday, which calls for "new statutory rights for responsible access" to the English countryside. As @andymacnaemp.bsky.social said, "my own view is that we need a default right of access." @righttoroam.bsky.social 1/

Join us this Saturday at the South Square Centre — 1pm for our free Heritage Open Day talk on mapping Bradford's history!

This sad old tunnel is on NCN1 Crab n Winkle route in/out of the city, but you get can fined £100 for cycling through it. Not sure a mural of oysters and steam engines will improve matters news.canterbury.gov.uk/news/main-it...

Favourite walking soundtrack: youtu.be/WYkqLm9cM3Y?...

Antiworld mood youtu.be/N-WaIqS4Hu4?...

I love this approach of using tactical speed reduction measures following any fatal crash. Not just getting back to normal when normal just killed someone. Glad to see being developed (not yet used) in the US. Anyone know of any work like this in the UK? www.emergencystreets.org

Delighted Richmond's town centre will be traffic free on Saturday for a festival: www.centrestagerichmond.co.uk A small step towards a vision of Richmond "where the sounds of birds replace the noise of traffic and clean air and pedestrianised spaces create a peaceful retreat". Do come and enjoy it.

Sadly, the bollards do not appear to have deterred the selfish bastards at all.

"I cycled to school when I was a kid, and we didn't need fancy cycle lanes." Yeah, but there's three times more traffic than there was in 1973.. Twice as many cars as there was in 1982.. ..36% more traffic on urban minor roads than there was in 1994.. ..and cars were *way* smaller, and lighter.

Feeling levelled up. Before and after of public realm works at Canterbury bus station. Some nice buff surface for buses to spill their active hydraulics on, and cycle parking removed at one end. Have footways gained a few cms? Good that those trip hazards are gone tho

If you are in Canterbury on Saturday morning, drop in to the Cathedral to see the Hop Hoodening "a uniquely Kentish celebration of the hops and harvest". Service at 11 am

Bike lockers, such as this one from Fietshangar (#DCEnetwork), are becoming increasingly popular as more people turn to cycling for transport. With concerns about theft and damage from weather conditions, these secure storage options offer cyclists peace of mind. Learn more: buff.ly/GYBk2Xp

𝗜𝗞𝗘𝗔 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗨𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗵𝘁 𝗲𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘁 The “Do-It-Yourself-Delivery” pilot, which has been extended until early October, allows IKEA customers to rent one of two NÜWIEL eTrailers, as well as cargo bikes from Vok Bikes and Freetrailer. Booking is done via an app and the first 2 hrs are free.

Herb and healing garden in Canterbury Cathedral on site of mediaeval monastery dormitory that was built on the columns

Stopped at the Black Prince's Well in Harbledown, tho not for a drink. Edward was supposed to have bathed here for his illnesses on way to Canterbury cathedral

Journey over the bridge of death (oh alright the A2050) though I can never remember as I pass if an African or European swallow is the fastest...

Using this piece by @reallygoodwizard.bsky.social in my introductory lectures for my design students.

There are over 18,000 types of lichen in existence. My personal favourite is ‘village bench lichen’, which devotes its entire existence selflessly to gradually making communal public seating more furry and comfortable.

Heritage Open Days takes place during September. At the PPL there will be a talk and an archive display - more details at: www.heritageopendays.org.uk/whats-on/pri... #HeritageOpenDays #heritageopendays2025

No fewer than half of all trips in Delft are made by bike, a success replicated in cities and towns across the country. But the Dutch blueprint for urban vitality was forged on these streets decades ago, when the strategic decision was made to build a network and to build it as quickly as possible.🧵

If it's not a kissing gate or steps it's friction from a 'No Vehicles' sign on the cycle route NCN1 Whitstable. Sign means 'No vehicles except pedal cycles being pushed by hand'. Surprising to see some doing just that as I snapped

Good to see this Kent initiative. But interesting to compare a single issue active travel business grant to something like Milan's Piazze Aperte programme that invited community submissions for more rounded public space tactical changes and provided professional design support too bit.ly/47e8OM2

Nice oak garottte on NCN1. Has been here a while now and must be quite interesting after dark at the bottom of the hill down from the uni

I don't know about you but I've had about enough of mainstream media & politicians legitimising racist anti-asylum protests that terrorise refugees & communities. I had to push back hard, TWICE on BBC yesterday about supposed "legitimate concerns" www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtkA...

A project funded by @pbotinfo.bsky.social looked at 58 locations before & after speed limit changes and found that the change reduced driving speeds by small but significant amounts—meaningful for #VisionZero given the link to crash severity for vulnerable road users: trec.pdx.edu/news/effect-...

When you find out there is a street named after your great grandfather on the other side of the world... and it's totally underwhelming. Hokitika

Why do we forget that practically everything nowadays is made of oil? 👉 gres.hm/oil-decoloni... Prof Adam Hanieh of @exeter.ac.uk explores oil’s influence on national independence struggles, exposing both the successes and limits of decolonisation... Sponsored by @isrfoundation.bsky.social

New blog! Post-war London Architecture - part 2. Read here: guildhalllibrarynewsletter.wordpress.com/2025/08/15/p...

This suburban road is over the top wide as it served the defunct Canterbury South station (Elham Valley line) so presumably was left for turning carts and vehicles. Closed 1940 tho Station master's house still there

Tetris pruning style

We are so proud of the impact our cycle loan scheme with has been having. Having access to a suitable cycle can be life-changing and the feedback we've received demonstrates just that. Share with your networks to help us get more people cycling and find out more at: wheels4me.co.uk

Inaugurated at the world’s first “Swimmable Cities” summit in May, Rotterdam’s Rijnhaven—once an industrial port on the south bank of the Nieuwe Maas River—is now a designated (free) public swimming area complete with a floating pontoon park; the only legal place to swim outdoors in the city centre.

The city of Bonn is awarding craft businesses a giant cargo bike for one month so they can test whether they can switch to these vehicles. It's a great project. Craft businesses in 🇩🇪 in particular are small, often with only a handful of employees, who cannot afford to experiment with their fleet.

‘We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.’ George Bernard Shaw

📣 We want to hear from you - tell us where in the UK we should be planting 🌱 Tell us in the comments where we should be planting in 2026, and we'll try our best to make it happen 👇

I dont support hanging but site of the Gallows in this historic city is now... car park and bin store. I dont support that either. Maybe some decent public realm wouldn't go amiss

@torquaybell.bsky.social join us for the first ever Torbay #KidicalMass Tuesday 19th August from Paignton Seafront. All welcome for a free, fun, family bike ride! Part of the Children’s Week. Please share with anyone you know who might be interested!

I mean, I don’t know, but if you can’t protest against the deliberate starvation of an entire population of people, what is even the point of calling yourself a democracy?

"Motoring campaigner criticises plans for 20mph limits on all new residential roads in Canterbury district". Alliance if Bull**** Drivers at it again🙄. No evidence, no logic, no qualification in design or safety... We totally need 20mph more than ever in #Canterbury

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Pedestrian Zone but, but, but...

There's a petition by the parent of a 15 year old killed by a dangerous driver calling for tougher sentencing and automatic licence removal in series traffic incidents. You should probably sign and share further. chng.it/z5wjYPzCjL

our local 11C leprosy hospital church that i never knew was hidden through an undercroft up a flight of steps off the old London Rd in Harbledown

Say hello to the Bio Habitat SuDS Planter 🐞🌼 It soaks up rain, boosts biodiversity, and even teaches kids about nature. 🧱 Bee bricks 🦔 Hedgehog home 💦 Watering hole 🌿 Pollinator planting First install = a hit with schoolchildren. A planter with purpose. #SuDS #GreenInfrastructure

One of those classic urban privately owned but public spaces that has not changed in over 70 years. A leftover from post war austerity? No seats, no trees, no nature, no cycle parking.. Space for nature, social and even surface water permeation opportunity that could cost little but give so much

One of the recurring responses in the 2019-20 consultation-fest we had in Stockport was for an active travel route alongside the railway viaduct over the Mersey valley. A pipe dream, I thought at the time. Meanwhile, in France... www.francebleu.fr/infos/transp...