The Triangles (Tennyson Ave-Haughton Road-Crichton Ave south)

Two triangles of unadopted CYC housing land. For the past 12 months they have been cleared, tidied up by local residents, and ‘good will’ intervention from CYC and, on 2.6.25, GoodGym (https://www.cyclestreets.net/location/216039/)

Residents can remember them being formal parks. There are rose bushes https://www.cyclestreets.net/location/216053 and at least one fruit tree in them.

There are two paths that pass through them link. One links Crichton Avenue southside steps and Tennyson Avenue (https://www.cyclestreets.net/location/216057/). The other links Crichton Avenue southside steps and Haughton Road https://www.cyclestreets.net/location/216060/. The paths and steps (https://www.cyclestreets.net/location/216056/) are critical links to/from residential areas and the hospital, a local primary school and the universities – for pupils, staff, students and outpatients, for example.

Care of the Triangles is key to keeping the paths usable, safe and safe-feeling. When left unattended the vegetation in the Triangles:

• prevents access for clearing, litter picking and removal of fly-tipping https://www.cyclestreets.net/location/216049;
• grows through the railings and obstructs the paths.

The paths are currently inaccessible to people in mobility scooters of which there are many in the immediate area. The Tennyson Avenue entrance is bounded by hedges on residential properties https://www.cyclestreets.net/location/216055. It is very narrow even when these are cut back. There is no dropped kerb. There is no restriction on parking at that end. Motor vehicles block the entrance to/exit from the Tennyson Avenue path but also hide it from people who might look for it.

There is no room on the paths to turn round if someone in a mobility scooter wanted to visit. This limits who can visit, care about and enjoy these two unexpected spaces.

At a time people are paving over front yards the Triangles are an important plant habitat and staging post for pollinators.