Brackenbury's Bicycle Parklet Wins Innovation Award

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As council looks for other locations to install similar community spaces

Hammersmith's unusual bicycle parklet has won Best Innovation at the Healthy Streets Awards 2017, an event which aims to promote healthier communities.

The parklet, outside Brackenbury Deli in Brackenbury Village, has a planted wooden seating area where the local community can gather and incorporates bicycle parking hoops.

As well as providing a community space, the parklet also helps to attract and retain customers for surrounding businesses.

The parklet was provided and installed in April by bicycle storage specialists Cyclehoop and very quickly achieved the council’s aim of bringing residents, shop owners and visitors together in an area where public seating is scarce.

The modular design can be dismantled and reassembled at another location if needed.

"This parklet was meant to be temporary, but has proved so popular I don’t think residents will let us move it," says Cllr Wesley Harcourt, H&F Cabinet Member for Environment, Transport & Residents' Services.

"We’re already now exploring other locations in the borough where we can install similar designs."

The parklet successfully fended off strong competition from 22 other local authorities and organisations in the hotly-contested Best Innovation category.

October 13, 2017