South Leytonstone Low Traffic Neighbourhood Scheme
Waltham Forest Council is committed to creating people friendly streets and neighbourhoods that actively encourage walking, cycling and using public transport. That’s why we’ve spent the past 18 months developing and submitting funding bids to the Transport for London (TfL) Liveable Neighbourhoods programme for improvements in South Leytonstone, as well as Forest Gate and Maryland in partnership with the London Borough of Newham (LBN).
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, there is an even more urgent need to improve London’s streets for walking and cycling, to reduce pressure on our road and public transport networks. With London’s public transport capacity currently significantly reduced, millions of journeys a day need to be completed by other modes of transport. If these are replaced by car journeys, streets will become heavily congested, air quality will reduce, and road danger will increase. In some places we are already seeing traffic levels increase above pre Covid-19 levels.
We partnered up with LBN to introduce an experimental Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) in August 2020 in the Forest Gate, Maryland and South Leytonstone areas. This area is referred to as Area 1 and Area 2 and is bounded by Crownfield Road, Cann Hall Road, Dames Road, Woodgrange Road, Forest Lane, Leytonstone Road and Leyton Road.
We have now extending this scheme further in South Leytonstone into the areas bounded by Ferndale Road, Montague Road, Harrow Road, Cann Hall Road, Crownfield Road, High Road Leyton, the A12 and Cathall Road (which we are referring to as Area 3 and Area 4).
About the project
Get your neighbours involved
The more people involved, the better the needs of the whole community will be reflected.
Share the project with people you know locally.
News
Take part in the latest LTN survey
On 21 July we launched a new survey to help us understand what a possible permanent scheme could look like as well as what additional measures local people feel are needed should future funding become
Keep sharing your views on the LTN
Since launching the LTN scheme in October 2020 we have been collecting feedback from local people via our map-based survey on Commonplace. Between October 2020 and July 2021 780 people shared their vi
Update on the LTN in Area 3 and Area 4
Last week (9th and 10th June 2021) an update leaflet was delivered to all households in Areas 3 and Areas 4, north of Crownfield Road and Cann Hall Road.If you've not received the leaflet or haven
Changes to Hollydown Way/ North Birkbeck Road modal filter
The modal filter installed in October 2020 at Hollydown Way/ North Birkbeck Road was created using a lockable central bollard and planters in the road. A lockable central bollard helps prevent motoris

Adopt-a-planter in E11
Between May and June we’ll be replanting the planters scattered across the South Leytonstone area and are looking for green fingered locals to get involved.If you live near to one of the modal filter
Dr Bike comes to South Leytonstone
On Saturday 24 April we held a Dr Bike FREE bike maintenance session at the Montague Road modal filter to help get local people’s bikes ready for the warmer months ahead.Our Dr Bike events offer the p
Help us get more feedback
We’re now four months into the LTN scheme in South Leytonstone and we’d like to thank everyone living, working and traveling in the area for your patience while the scheme has been bedding in.So far o
Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) Update
It’s been six weeks since the launch of the Area 3 and Area 4 LTN scheme and four weeks since the 11 new modal filters were installed across the area. We’ve already had a great response, with over 500
Work underway to install modal filters
As part of the Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) in South Leytonstone, which launched on 8 October 2020, work is currently underway installing modal filters at 11 locations in the area.The work will tak
Meet the team

The London Borough of Waltham Forest will use the comments received on this website to review the experimental Low Traffic Neighbourhood, make any changes if needed, and consider a possible permanent scheme in the future.
News
Take part in the latest LTN survey
On 21 July we launched a new survey to help us understand what a possible permanent scheme could look like as well as what additional measures local people feel are needed should future funding become
Keep sharing your views on the LTN
Since launching the LTN scheme in October 2020 we have been collecting feedback from local people via our map-based survey on Commonplace. Between October 2020 and July 2021 780 people shared their vi
Update on the LTN in Area 3 and Area 4
Last week (9th and 10th June 2021) an update leaflet was delivered to all households in Areas 3 and Areas 4, north of Crownfield Road and Cann Hall Road.If you've not received the leaflet or haven
Changes to Hollydown Way/ North Birkbeck Road modal filter
The modal filter installed in October 2020 at Hollydown Way/ North Birkbeck Road was created using a lockable central bollard and planters in the road. A lockable central bollard helps prevent motoris

Adopt-a-planter in E11
Between May and June we’ll be replanting the planters scattered across the South Leytonstone area and are looking for green fingered locals to get involved.If you live near to one of the modal filter
Dr Bike comes to South Leytonstone
On Saturday 24 April we held a Dr Bike FREE bike maintenance session at the Montague Road modal filter to help get local people’s bikes ready for the warmer months ahead.Our Dr Bike events offer the p
Help us get more feedback
We’re now four months into the LTN scheme in South Leytonstone and we’d like to thank everyone living, working and traveling in the area for your patience while the scheme has been bedding in.So far o
Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) Update
It’s been six weeks since the launch of the Area 3 and Area 4 LTN scheme and four weeks since the 11 new modal filters were installed across the area. We’ve already had a great response, with over 500
Work underway to install modal filters
As part of the Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) in South Leytonstone, which launched on 8 October 2020, work is currently underway installing modal filters at 11 locations in the area.The work will tak
Team
This team is responsible for engaging and acting on your views and opinions. You may see them around the area interviewing residents and at community events.

The London Borough of Waltham Forest will use the comments received on this website to review the experimental Low Traffic Neighbourhood, make any changes if needed, and consider a possible permanent scheme in the future.
