Friends of Queen's Road Estates

The friends group is dedicated to improving biodiversity, conservation and environment of the Queens Road Estates, a series of the social housing developments that run alongside Queen's Road, Richmond (TW10 postcode).

By protecting and improving the quality of the built and natural environment, the group aims to create a better place for both people and wildlife to live.

We will strive to hold London & Quadrant and its contractors to the highest standards with regards to external upkeep, maintenance and repair of the original architecture and design, hard landscaping and planted areas. We cannot help with individual residents' problems with the landlord, but may be able to signpost where to find help. We will engage on a macro level with issues that affect all residents, for instance window/door replacements or street lighting .

We are in talks with Habitats and Heritage and LBRUT about boosting biodiversity in some of the neglected areas of our green spaces. This will take shape as a Wildlife Corridor that will run, like a ribbon, from Grove Gardens in the north to the Amenity Land in the south. Thanks again to Habitars and Heritage, in September we had a consultation with Bluescapes, an offshoot of the Wetlands Centre in Barnes, about making a  Rain Garden behind Hobart Place in order to reduce the risk of flooding.

The group was started  by a small number of residents of Queens Road Estates Phase One. As well as houses and gardens, this are includes hard landscaping, communal planting and an open space, known as the Amenity Land. Phase One, which is also in a Conservation Area, is Historic England Grade-2 listed.

We have been joined by some residents of Queens Road Estates Phase Two, which has a similar mix of houses and gardens, hard landscaping and communal spaces, including two squares. Phase Two is not currently in a Conservation Area but we hope to change this. 

We would welcome residents from Queens Road Estates Phase Three and Kingsmead if they would be interested in extended the group's acitivities.

As well as residents of the Queen's Road Estates, we welcome members who live in neighbouring streets, those who are interested in the history, architecture, ecology and community of the area, and those who wish to support us.

Our Coming Soon page https://e-voice.org.uk/foqre/news/ details some of the things we would love to achieve, but as the group grows so will the list.

If you want to talk to us about the group, drop us an email at friendsofqueensroadestates@gmail.com. Better still JOIN us to help make it happen https://e-voice.org.uk/foqre/join/