Sawyers Hall Lane - Healthy School Street

We introduced the first phase of a healthy school street on Sawyers Hall Lane in 2023 - details can be found here. We recently received additional funding which will allow us to make additional improvements and have engaged the local school communities to help us understand what further measures could be implemented.

These include:

  • The completion of temporary to permanent footway widening and bollards
  • Cutback of vegetation
  • Safer tactile crossing points
  • Raised table (ie a raised section of the road)
  • Creating and or continuing a School Travel Plan with our coordinator Nick Hill.
  • Active Travel Pledges. We recommend getting pupils to sign these each year.
  • Park and Stride options. We have agreement from Doddinghurst Church in progress and we will update you if any further locations are viable.
  • Car Sharing
  • Sustainable travel route maps.
  • Bikeability Training for pupils (please note Infant schools are not included).
  • Pedestrian Training Road Safety Course.
  • Educational Materials. (see attached and can you link to the Anti-idling campaign on the Air Quality website: What can I do? | Essex Air)
  • We are seeking to employ more Enforcement Officers to patrol school streets and enforce current restrictions and encourage considerate parking behaviours
The footway widening between Argyll Court and Highland Avenue started on the 12th of August. The raised table scheme is scheduled for construction during 26th October 2024 – 3rd November 2024. This will only be completed over a few nights that fall within this window. To avoid the heavy school traffic that occurs during the school term and is to be undertaken at night to alleviate the impact a road closure would have on Hopefield Animal Sanctuary.

Attached on the right of the page (laptop) or towards the bottom of the page (phone/tablet) are recent photos of the upgrades at Sawyers Hall Lane. These include the footway widening, vegetation clearance, pencil bollards and pedestrian guard railing.


We introduced the first phase of a healthy school street on Sawyers Hall Lane in 2023 - details can be found here. We recently received additional funding which will allow us to make additional improvements and have engaged the local school communities to help us understand what further measures could be implemented.

These include:

  • The completion of temporary to permanent footway widening and bollards
  • Cutback of vegetation
  • Safer tactile crossing points
  • Raised table (ie a raised section of the road)
  • Creating and or continuing a School Travel Plan with our coordinator Nick Hill.
  • Active Travel Pledges. We recommend getting pupils to sign these each year.
  • Park and Stride options. We have agreement from Doddinghurst Church in progress and we will update you if any further locations are viable.
  • Car Sharing
  • Sustainable travel route maps.
  • Bikeability Training for pupils (please note Infant schools are not included).
  • Pedestrian Training Road Safety Course.
  • Educational Materials. (see attached and can you link to the Anti-idling campaign on the Air Quality website: What can I do? | Essex Air)
  • We are seeking to employ more Enforcement Officers to patrol school streets and enforce current restrictions and encourage considerate parking behaviours
The footway widening between Argyll Court and Highland Avenue started on the 12th of August. The raised table scheme is scheduled for construction during 26th October 2024 – 3rd November 2024. This will only be completed over a few nights that fall within this window. To avoid the heavy school traffic that occurs during the school term and is to be undertaken at night to alleviate the impact a road closure would have on Hopefield Animal Sanctuary.

Attached on the right of the page (laptop) or towards the bottom of the page (phone/tablet) are recent photos of the upgrades at Sawyers Hall Lane. These include the footway widening, vegetation clearance, pencil bollards and pedestrian guard railing.


Page last updated: 03 Oct 2024, 04:08 PM