Freshminster

“I expect that the Connaught Green project, on its own, will have no impact on the volume of traffic running through our high street. This is the single biggest issue facing our declining, cherished high street”. “Without any meaningful change in traffic volume, this proposal appears set to become another “Mound” debacle”. Westminster Council has … Read more

This week, we were shown around Belsize Village and it’s beautiful “Streatery”, and came away feeling totally inspired. We’d arranged to meet Bob Stephenson-Padron OBE. Bob is a truly dapper force of nature. He runs a local business here, and is the co-head of the Belsize Village Business Association. Bob didn’t actually receive his OBE … Read more

Pssstttt. Have you seen how St John’s Wood High Street has been transformed recently? It is the talk of Westminster. We caught up with a local healthy streets campaigner, Suami Rocha, who kindly showed us around the area with one of his three children. We met at this spot below, just off the high street, … Read more

It was fantastic to see our dreams of a parklet on Connaught Street become a reality on Thursday, and things really came to life on Saturday. One local resident took this beautiful photo, above. We love to see the queue for Basque cheesecake snaking outside La Maritxu, and the people sitting on the kerb. Bring … Read more

We’ve been very excited here at Freshminster to see the arrival of a parklet on Connaught Street! It will be in place all day today (Friday), and tomorrow too, so do pop down if you have time. It also happens to be just outside La Maritxu, our very own Viral Basque Cheesecake cafe, and not … Read more

Climate disappointment in Westminster after Councillors drop plans to tackle the traffic in Connaught Village in their reported £1.4 million budget for new plans – despite having a majority support from residents to go ahead … We have been speaking to residents around Connaught Village and have got some disheartening news about the how the … Read more

Last spring, Councillors from Westminster consulted on new plans for Connaught Village, that included reducing Kendal Street to one way traffic, and increasing space for people, like this. Here are some of the positive comments from local residents wrote during the consultation … A consultation that showed 35% more people supported this plan than opposed … Read more

We love Westminster’s Connaught Village, but have been hearing from locals and businesses that footfall isn’t what it should be (unless of course, you want to eat Basque cheesecake!) The main issues we’ve heard about are a constant flow of dangerous through-traffic, and nowhere to sit and relax. The council has developed a long-awaited proposal … Read more

Pssst … DID YOU KNOW that there’s a beautiful and varied shopping street in central London that you might not have visited yet? And that one cafe recently went viral? It’s called Connaught Village, and we had a lovely time exploring it, let us tell you about it. A Basque cheesecake café has recently opened … Read more

Today we went on a Joyriders cycle through Westminster and it was wonderful. This is Asma, who came from Tower Hamlets to join. She told us that she rides with her local Joyriders group every Monday, in all weathers, and that if it doesn’t happen she feels something is missing. Aswell as her Monday rides, … Read more