Tour de Crouch End
More Covid transport news Tfl are pedalling furiously to stay ahead of the emergency, despite most of the staff being on furlough. On Friday, new guidance intended for Borough engineers landed – with much to say about cycling and walking
Continue ReadingCrouch End awaiting delivery – town centre retail survey December 2019
The survey is one of our ongoing exercises, this time detailing the end-December 2019 composition of the Crouch End contiguous shopping centre – that is to say all 301 retail units comprising some 40,000 square metres of floorspace (plus 27
Continue ReadingA breath of fresh air in the High Street? – and a possible Policy Approach
We published on this site not long since a blog setting out a rate of shop closures in Crouch End greatly increased when compared to recent years. Despite the short time that has passed we have since then seen Heirloom
Continue ReadingCrouch End retail in the Doldrums? – January to May 2019
Retail Survey For the past few years, the Forum has conducted a retail survey looking at openings, closures and the balance of types of business in our well sized district centre. The most recent was in December 2018 with the
Continue ReadingCrouch End reaches peak bean – Town centre retail survey December 2018
Back to one of our ongoing assessments, an annual retail survey of Crouch End town centre (see 2017 here, and 2016 here). Topical too, as few weeks go by without a newspaper article proclaiming the death of the High Street.
Continue ReadingCrouch End, North London’s premier nightspot
In the current panic over the future of the High Street, one theme often emerges – retail is on the way out (particularly the comparison shopping variety) and should they want to survive and prosper High Streets must become centres for
Continue ReadingHornsey Town Hall Arts Centre gets in touch – launches consultation, audience survey
News from the new operators of Hornsey Town Hall. The arts operators, Time+Space Co, are set to launch a consultation to enable residents to have their say in how the Town Hall and Arts Centre will be used come 2020/2021. We
Continue ReadingPizzas, pooches and pedicures – a Crouch End retail survey part 2, December 2017
A year ago the Forum conducted a retail survey of Crouch End town centre (click here). Concerned about potential headwinds and future viability, we thought setting a baseline would be useful. So, a year on, how do things look? Well,
Continue ReadingHornsey Town Hall planning application submitted
You wait ages for a planning application, and then four come at once. FEC, or Crouch End (FEC) as the project company is known, have submitted planning for the largest, and most important, development to hit Crouch End in decades.
Continue ReadingCrouch End Post Office franchised
The franchising of the Crown Post Office on Topsfield Parade appears to have entered the final stages with an announcement of the retail operator. The change over is given as November. The branch will continue to be run from the
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