Freeling Street

As part of the wider Cally Liveable Neighbourhood project, Islington Council is transforming streets and public spaces in the Caledonian Ward to create a greener, healthier, and more welcoming borough. Freeling Street East was identified as a key location to form part of a new green corridor of pocket parks and greening measures, connecting residents with community spaces and improving the look and feel of the street.

Meristem Design delivered new rain gardens and planting that help make Freeling Street climate resilient while creating a more inviting place for local people to meet, play, and enjoy.

To transform Freeling Street into a vibrant, vehicle-free public space that improves pedestrian safety, absorbs rainwater through sustainable planting, and contributes to a wider green corridor within The Cally.

The Freeling Street East public realm improvement works include the creation of 100m² rain gardens, Planting of over 700 resilient plants, New trees, planting beds, and mulching. The project is part of a wider contribution to the green corridor vision of The Cally Liveable Neighbourhoods.

Freeling Street has been transformed with rain gardens, new planting, and public realm features that bring resilience, biodiversity, and beauty to the street, while contributing to Islington’s network of liveable neighbourhoods. The scheme combines sustainable drainage with placemaking, providing planting, seating, and greening that supports both climate resilience and community use.

The Freeling Street works are part of Islington’s ambition to create a borough-wide network of liveable neighbourhoods, reducing reliance on cars, tackling air pollution, and creating greener, healthier streets. The new green corridor at Freeling Street supports climate resilience, improves biodiversity, and creates a safer, healthier public space for the community to enjoy.