St Mary’s Churchyard - BALI Awards 2017

Award: BALI National Landscape Award

Category: Hard Landscaping Construction (Non-Domestic) Cost between £300k – £1.5m

The enhancement to St Mary’s Park is the final piece of public realm that completes the holistic vision for this important part of Elephant and Castle. This unified approach to the area will set a benchmark for further regeneration of the Elephant and Castle community.

They key features of the newly enhanced park;

• The park now flows easily into the new public realm to create a unified urban space

• A significant increase in useable green space is a busy city environment

• A new pond with geyser

• Interactive fountain plaza

• High quality paving and street furniture

• Play area

The site is set off a very busy road making logistics of getting materials in and out of site very challenging, especially with other developments going on in the area.

The high quality paving was created using over 300m2 of granite blending three different colours to create the architectural feature. The area has received high praise from the client and public users who now have an attractive and useable space.