Holland Park Roundabout
Update 04 March 2024
This consultation has now closed. Thank you to everyone who responded. We are analysing your feedback and will report back shortly.
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We want to hear your views on this project and how this may impact you.
You have until 3 March 2024 to give us your feedback.
Proposals
We propose to provide a new high-quality Cycleway and improvements for pedestrians. The changes would make streets in the area safer and more pleasant by enabling people to walk and cycle more and drive less.
Please watch the video below to see a fly through of the changes we are proposing:
The changes we would like to make include:
- New two-way protected cycle lane – From the eastern side of Shepherd’s Bush Green and along the southern side of Holland Park Roundabout connecting to Holland Park Avenue. There will be separate low level cycle signals at junctions, new cycle crossings and better connections to other local cycle routes
- New section of priority bus lane - This is on the southside of Shepherd’s Bush Green
- Improvement to the existing toucan crossing - This crossing outside Shepherd’s Bush station across Uxbridge Road and Shepherd’s Bush Green will be, widened, and realigned making it easier to cross
- Sustainable drainage and Greening – We will add more trees and planting where space allows
Why?
We held a consultation about our plans to make it easier to walk and cycle between Shepherd’s Bush Green and Holland Park Roundabout in May 2019. A copy of our Consultation Report is available to download. As a result of the feedback we received to the 2019 consultation, we have updated the proposals. We’d like to know your thoughts about the effects our proposals might have.
Holland Park Roundabout is a high priority location for safety improvements, as part of the Mayor’s Safer Junction Programme.
Our monitoring shows that there have been a significant number of collisions at the roundabout: in the three-year period up to May 2023 there have been 54 collisions in total, in which 59 people were hurt including 14 cyclists and pedestrians, six of them seriously
We’ll continue to work closely with London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (LBHF) to support their long term-vision to transform Shepherd's Bush Green and Uxbridge Road.
How it impacts you
Improvements for cyclists and pedestrians
- A new two-way protected cycle lane from the eastern side of Shepherd’s Bush Green and along the southern side of Holland Park Roundabout connecting to Holland Park Avenue, with separate low level cycle signals at junctions, new cycle crossings and better connections to local cycle routes
- Between Shepherd’s Bush Green and Holland Park Roundabout the two-way protected cycle lane will be in the middle of the road within the central traffic islands. At junctions, cyclists will get their own green traffic signals whilst general traffic is held on a red traffic signal
- The new signal-controlled cycle crossings will allow cyclists to safely cross between the new two-way cycle track on Holland Park Roundabout and Uxbridge Road, Holland Park Avenue, and Holland Road. The locations of the new crossings are marked on the maps we have also published
- The existing toucan crossing outside Shepherd’s Bush station across Uxbridge Road and Shepherd’s Bush Green will be, widened, and realigned making it easier to cross
CGI showing proposed changes to the east side of Holland Park Roundabout
- We will widen the footway in front of the W12 shopping centre to give more space for pedestrians at the toucan crossing
- The existing shared use crossing island on Holland Park Avenue will be widened to give cyclists and pedestrians more space
- We have reviewed cycle parking along the Cycleway and have proposed to increase this where possible. Again, we have marked on the maps we have published where we have proposed additional cycle parking
- The changes will connect into Cycleway 34 to the west across Shepherd’s Bush Green to Wood Lane, and to Cycleway 39 to Kensington High Street. On Holland Park Avenue, cyclists can rejoin the carriageway in Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea after the crossing. We are also working with London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham (LBHF) on a proposed Cycleway between Shepherd’s Bush and Hammersmith making cycling journeys to neighbouring areas easier
- Other changes to allow us to make these improvements include removing the offside ‘flare’ lane on the southern arm of Holland Park Roundabout, and reducing the westbound approach to the roundabout on Holland Park Avenue from three to two traffic lanes
- To provide the protected two-way cycle lane between Shepherd’s Bush Green and Holland Park Roundabout and a priority bus lane for buses turning right from Ariel Way, we will remove one westbound traffic lane on Shepherd’s Bush Green
- Introduce a new 45 metres section of priority bus lane on the westbound side of Shepherd’s Bush Green
- Sustainable drainage and greening – we will add more trees and planting where space allows to provide more shade and reduce local flooding. We have indicated on the maps where the new trees and other planting will be provided
CGI showing proposed changes at Shepherd's Bush GreenYou can find out more about how it may impact traffic and local shops in our Frequently Asked Questions.
Equalities Impact Assessment
Our Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA) identifies:
- The affects these proposals could have on people
- How we propose to minimise any negative impacts
After we’ve considered all comments, the EqIA will be reviewed and may be updated.
We use the EqIA to help us decide if, and how, we should proceed with these proposals.
More Information
We have provided more information to help you respond:
We have also provided CGI visualisations showing what the changes would look like on the street and Frequently Asked Questions about the proposed changes.
We will be holding two drop-in events:
- Wednesday 7 February at W12 Shopping centre, - Shepherd's Bush Green, London W12 8PP (15:00 – 19:00)
- Saturday 17 February at Shepherd's Bush Library - 6 Wood Lane, London W12 7BF (10:00 – 12:00)
This will give you an opportunity to get further information about the proposals and provide your thoughts and feedback, to allow us to consider your views.
If you are unable to make this date and time and would like to discuss the proposals further with us, please get in touch and we can respond to your queries directly.
Accessible Information
We want to make sure everyone is able to take part in our consultations. To help make it accessible to everyone we have provided:
You can translate the information on this page into another language by using the ‘Select language’ button at the bottom of the page
Connecting with London's deaf community on our consultations
To further enhance how we consult with London's deaf community we offer:
- A British Sign Language (BSL) video of our proposals and survey
- A British Sign Language (BSL) consultation conversation service for this consultation. This service will allow the TfL consultation lead to have a two-way BSL translated discussion on any aspect of this consultation with a BSL speaker. To request a BSL consultation conversation please contact us at haveyoursay@tfl.gov.uk and we will be in contact to arrange this at a convenient time
Tell us your views
You can reply by completing our survey, which should take no more than 10 minutes to complete or if you are short on time, you can submit a quick response.
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The closing date for comments is 3 March 2024.
Questions?
You can use our question tool during the consultation period. We will respond your questions as soon as we can.
Or you can ask your question in person at our two drop-in events:
- Wednesday 7 February at W12 Shopping centre, - Shepherd's Bush Green, London W12 8PP (15:00 – 19:00)
- Saturday 17 February at Shepherd's Bush Library - 6 Wood Lane, London W12 7BF (10:00 – 12:00)
This will give you an opportunity to get further information about the proposals and provide your thoughts and feedback, to allow us to consider your views.
If you are unable to make this date and time and would like to discuss the proposals further with us, please get in touch and we can respond to your queries directly.
Next Steps
Update 04 March 2024
This consultation has now closed. Thank you to everyone who responded. We are analysing your feedback and will report back shortly.-update ends-
These proposals are subject to the outcome of our consultation. Once consultation ends on 3 March 2024, we will spend time considering all the responses we receive and will prepare a consultation report.
The report will be available to everyone that takes part in the consultation and a copy will be published on our website.
Get all cars off the road
I support this proposal as more needs to be done to improve safety for cyclists across the roundabout and ultimately to encourage cycling in London.
My only qualm is associated with the potential increase in traffic. I don’t understand why the existing on pavement cycle path must be retained if a new one is being created? Would it not be possible to remove the old cycle path and add a n additional motor vehicle lane, in addition to the cycle lane?
I oppose TFL’s proposals for the following reasons: they will increase congestion on Holland Park Avenue, Holland Road, Holland Park Roundabout; they will displace traffic to neighbouring residential streets creating additional risk to pedestrians using these roads and causing increased pollution to residents; they will damage local businesses on Holland Park Avenue by creating increased traffic; and they are unjustified given the existing cycling infrastructure on the roundabout which supports cycling and any realistic increase.
Wonderful to see better and safer bicycle infrastructure in the area. Will make my life much better.
Yes please - more bikes, bikes & bikes, less fumey cars with single occupancy lazy drivers - thanks
Take the 316 bus , always full, often with the old, less firm, heavily laden and , yes, poor . Ask them how often buses are stuck in traffic now . After the present proposal the able , young and middle classes will have been given precedence. There must be a better fairer way
I think this is an exciting scheme. As a cyclist I have struggled with Shepherds Bush roundabout for years and never know how best to get round it. I think this will make things simpler to understand for vehicular traffic too.
This is a fantastic proposal - as a local resident I welcome this scheme being continued all the way up Holland Park Avenue, Notting Hill Gate, and Bayswater Road
I fully support the proposals. I believe that in this area there is currently excessive priority given to vehicles, and insufficient priority given to pedestrians and cyclists. I believe the proposals will help to shift that balance in a good way.
Genuinely pretty impressed with the design - much better than the Hammersmith Broadway revamp. Cars are relatively lowly impacted - only giving up one lane heading west from Holland Park Avenue. Plus, the current three lanes are very narrow, meaning cars/vans/buses/coaches often use up two lanes already.
Offering up this lane to cyclists will promote safe cycling in a currently hectic junction (~30 collisions with cyclists in the past five years). Cyclists will be not be held up at lots of lights like the Broadway works, meaning they have a pretty smooth passage except for following the same traffic light pattern as the cars.
Understandably this may increase the traffic build up at the entrance of the roundabout from Holland Park Avenue, and the exit to Shepherds Bush. However the potential long term decrease in traffic from increased cycling may combat this. I wonder if the traffic lights could be amended in duration to also reduce traffic build up and car idling?
Work is still needed on the north and west side of Shepherds Bush Green though, including a simple resurface and better lane demarcation.
I fully support the proposal - having cycled many times round Holland Park Roundabout and Shepherds Bush, it was often quite hairy. There is still more that could be done at the other end of the Green, but great to see this end being well and truly sorted.
I cycle around Shepherds Bush Green and through Holland Park nearly every day. I do not consider the current arrangements to be particularly dangerous. I do however much dislike the near-constant traffic jam, which these proposals will exacerbate. I recognise that striking the right balance between amenity and convenience is difficult and is something that will change over time. But at present I see no real case for these proposals. They will surely result in increased pollution and further alienated motorists. The advantages for the cycling community and pedestrians by contrast strike me as relatively slight.
In the light of the following failings I strongly object to the consultation process - and the present scheme.
The consultation is based on a flawed approach:
1. The vital issues are safety and congestion. You must have surveyed and calculated the 'before and after' for these - you give some data for 'before' but, while making general statements that there will be improvements, do not provide us with the corresponding predicted detail. Why not? Public confidence in TfL is low - and saying 'trust us' won't do.
2. The underlying formulation of the survey ' How do you think the scheme will operate in practice?' is subtly misplaced. The question should be wider: 'What do you think of the scheme?'
3. It is obvious this proposal is part of your wider agenda to make a cycleway along Holland Park Avenue - but there is virtually no analysis of this.
Please rethink your approach to the consultation. At present it lets down everyone involved.
Anthony Temple
Traffic is frequently already backed up on approach to roundabout from Holland Park and on South side of the Green. Reducing traffic lanes will only worsen the chaos that already exits, and not just at peak times. A full review of traffic conditions should be undertaken before any such scheme is planned.
I strongly support this. This will improve connectivity for cycling back from central London, as currently it is difficult to work out how the cycle lane links to the shared space cycle lane arriving from the east.
Objection until a full traffic impact study is carried out, results shared with the community and a revised project/consultation taking into account the outcome of the study.
I strongly support this. This is currently quite an intimidating junction for cyclists so I am very happy with the proposals.
As a local resident, I strongly welcome this proposal. I find walking and cycling across this roundabout at the moment really difficult and dangerous, and it has put me off going by foot / bike on many occasions. With these improvements, I'd definitely feel more confident opting for these more environmentally friendly methods! Next, please sort out Holland park avenue and Ken high street! For those worried about more traffic / congestion in the area - just remember there are people like me who will be less likely to get in a car as a result, actually taking traffic away!!
I support this scheme very strongly. It's quite simple but will be utterly transformational for my frequent cycle journeys from Holland Park Ave towards Uxbridge Road/Hammersmith. Thank you for this proposal.
In principle I am favour of the idea (this roundabout is currently a pain to get over whether as a pedestrian or a cyclist) but I think that the traffic modelling information is insufficient to show that it will not lead to unacceptable traffic delays and idling engines. It would have been good to see a wider package of measures to reduce the levels of traffic in this area.