Connecting Hoxton - Liveable Neighbourhoods

Overview

We are committed to creating a fairer, greener, healthier Hackney. Our vision is a borough where people can walk, wheel and shop locally, enjoy welcoming public spaces, and travel on safer, less polluted streets. 

We are investing in Hoxton’s streets and spaces to strengthen connections across Hoxton, with the aim of improving wellbeing, a sense of belonging and reducing social isolation for local people in the area. The Connecting Hoxton project proposes a network of high-quality interventions in and around Hoxton Street to improve social infrastructure, green space and the public realm, with a focus on opportunities for the local community to be involved in the design process. 

Using previous co-design events the vision for Hoxton’s identity has been created, which includes:

• Strengthening Hoxton’s identity and putting community at the heart of development
• A thriving and affordable market street
• Championing organisations and businesses delivering social value in Hoxton
• Cherishing and supporting younger and older people in Hoxton
• Improving the pedestrian experience in Hoxton
• Realising the potential of Hoxton’s green spaces

To support these changes, the Council has been granted £3 million from the Greater London Authority’s Civic Partnership Programme, for which projects are being delivered across Hoxton. 

The changes in this consultation relate to the Council’s plans to contribute towards creating a liveable neighbourhood in Hoxton, by reducing traffic and improving pedestrian and cycle access.

We want your views. These will be taken into account as part of the detailed design process. Please send your response by Sunday 14 September 2025.

Find out more

Come along to one of our drop-in events at Shoreditch Library, to ask questions and learn more

• Thursday 31 July 2025
• Thursday 21 August 2025
• Saturday 6 September 2025

Further details can be found at the bottom of this page.

Help us improve Hoxton

We’re proposing improvements in the Hoxton area to support active, healthy lifestyles, reduce air pollution, and create a more welcoming, people-friendly neighbourhood for the community.

Why are these changes being proposed?

Hoxton is a place with a strong local community and a proud heritage. But we know from engaging with residents that more support is needed, especially to help younger and older people with better footpath connections to local facilities and clear directions and signage to enable people to move around safely and easily.

Hoxton Street is an important shopping street and market venue. However, over 4,000 vehicles use it daily. Most of these vehicles pass through without stopping, and 40% have no connection to the borough at all.

Our plans include more space for people outside key locations such as Shoreditch Library, Hoxton Hall and around Hoxton gardens, new footpaths to better connect the area for pedestrians, and measures to reduce traffic in the area, including preventing vehicles taking shortcuts along key cycle routes. 

Hoxton travel survey

In 2023, we asked residents and businesses in the area to complete a travel survey to help us understand local people’s travel habits and views. More than 400 people responded.

Our aims:

• Make cycling and walking safer and easier in Hoxton and the surrounding area
• Improve journey times for buses and ambulances
• Reduce traffic in the area
• Improve the area as a place to visit and shop, including on market day

Improvement projects

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1. Hoxton Street  

To reduce the number of vehicles using Hoxton Street, Falkirk Street and Crondall Street as a shortcut between Kingsland Road and New North Road, we are proposing a 24-hour bus gate on Hoxton Street between its junctions with Falkirk Street and Crondall Street. This means that most through traffic would not be able to pass through the area. 

2. Traffic management measures on residential streets

To prevent through-traffic from cutting through other parts of this area, we are proposing to introduce new traffic management measures on the following streets:

• Stanway Street: A filter would be installed between Hoxton Street and the entrance to the public toilets, with exemptions for market stallholders using the adjacent storage facility.

• Fanshaw Street:  A filter would be installed outside of the Lion and Lamb pub immediately south of the triangular island. Two way traffic will then be allowed on Fanshaw Street leading up to Hoxton Street.

3. School Streets

To make the area outside local schools safer at pick-up and dropoff times, we’re proposing new traffic restrictions on Hoxton Street outside St Monica’s Catholic Primary School, which would be one of the final schools in Hackney to receive a School Street.

4. Further street improvements

These proposals are an essential first step towards creating a liveable neighbourhood that will make the area more accessible, sustainable and attractive. 

As part of our engagement with local people to develop the Hoxton Community Partnership, we’ve identified other initial locations for further investment, funded through the Greater London Authority’s Civic Partnership grant. The first is to improve connections between Purcell Gardens and the Arden Estate Community Hall. This will include significant amounts of new greenery and improved crossing facilities.

We are also planning pedestrian improvements along Mundy Street to create a more accessible and pleasant space for pedestrians and cyclists.

We want to hear your views on the improvements you would like to see in this area, including where you would like them to be located. Ideas could include play features for children, step-free improvements and seating for accessibility, shade and shelter, cycle bays, flood prevention measures, greening spaces, and more. All suggestions will be assessed and prioritised for feasibility and benefits. 

To read more about Connecting Hoxton and have your say, visit: https://hackney.gov.uk/connectinghoxton

What happens next?

Your views will be taken into account as part of the detailed design process. We will publish the consultation results as well as the decisions made at: consultation.hackney.gov.uk

Subject to this consultation and statutory processes, the Council would aim to begin implementation of the proposals in Autumn 2025.

Accessibility statement

If you require this information in a different format, please see a link to our booklet below, you can also email consultation@hackney.gov.uk. We will consider your request and get back to you in the next five working days.