World Car Free Day is on Sunday 22 September. So Ealing Council is giving you the opportunity to close your street to play and socialise. Celebrate with a traffic free play street, free of charge and lots of fun for children and your street community.
Play streets creates traffic-free spaces, spending time outdoors with families and neighbours. This annual event, organized by London Play Streets provides resources for London Play Streets for World Car free day. The first applicants will receive a free play kit. This kit comes with chalk, stickers, high-vis jackets and play ideas to make it a great day. All roads have a chance to win a spacehopper from London Play Streets.
How to Apply
Ealing Council is waiving road closure fees and making the application process quick and easy for a play street on Car free weekend. If you are a street that isn’t a main road, bus route or emergency vehicle route can apply to take part. All you need to do is apply here by midday on Friday 30 August 2024.
A cleaner, greener borough
Travel is part of our ActForEaling’s 10 Steps for a Greener Ealing with more climate positive steps you can take yourself.
Play streets are part of Ealing council’s work to reduce traffic congestion and air pollution, to improve road safety. Choose healthier, more sustainable travel options like walking, wheeling, cycling and public transport.
Councillor Paul Driscoll, the council’s cabinet member for climate action, said:
“I’m so pleased we’re marking Car Free Day across the borough again. It’s a great opportunity for neighbours to get to know each other and experience a day of play in their street, traffic free. It also supports our work towards creating a cleaner and greener borough.”
Also this weekend in the Ealing borough there are other events happening:
- Bond Street in central Ealing will be closed to cars on Sunday 22 September for a street fair.
- In Perivale Empowering Communities: Climate Action Party on 21st September. The event is hosted by one of AcforEaling’s partners, Parents for the Future London.
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