Crouch End Lib Dem Councillor Ron Aitken has called for Haringey Council’s Environment Department to take action over a green space on Crouch End Hill that has become overgrown and dilapidated. The slope, next to the BT Site and the 91 bus stop, used to provide a welcome respite for travellers on their way up the hill from Crouch End. However in recent years the shrubs have reached out onto the pavement and benches have been vandalized beyond use.

Ron Aitken was contacted by a constituent who wrote:

“This slope is now completely covered in rampant brambles, which have not only covered the open space but are now intruding onto the pavement….another of the benches which used to provide a resting place for the elderly has completely disappeared and the back of the third is broken.”

Cllr Aitken has written to Haringey Environmental Services asking them to act. Ron Aitken comments:

“Haringey must try harder to look after the small green spaces that can make Crouch End such a pleasure to live in. Let’s hope they sort out this site.”