How Acocks Green Looks Now
Here are some photographs showing current street furniture (guard railings) in Acocks Green. We don’t think they’re very attractive!
Here’s the Warwick Road.
Shirley Road
Warwick Road, looking towards the town centre
Junction of Dudley Park Road and Warwick Road
Beware. We have fierce plants in Acocks Green!
A serious safety concern - barriers are known to encourage speeding.
In June 2005 there was a serious accident, in broad daylight, on the zebra crossing here. The car driver was convicted of dangerous driving. He was going much too fast. It has been found that, in busy areas, where guard railings are removed, as part of a properly planned redesign, accident rates go dramatically down. This is thought to be partly because guard railings encourage speeding.
Some More Things which we have noticed recently around Acocks Green centre
Many of our surfaces leave something to be desired ... It is not hard to find examples like this ... How does this look?
Could we get a few more signs in?
Nice buildings? Shame about the clutter? Some other areas manage with far fewer signs, and think about the colours. Do we really need two signs for the Leisure Centre?
Ahem!
Respect for the Area?
Same question as above?
Is it all bad in Acocks Green? We know it is not! If you live or work here you know that it is not. If you don’t know Acocks Green please check out our link to Acocks Green History Society on our home page. In the imges there you will see a lot of reasons for trying to save Acocks Green.
How could Acocks Green centre look instead though? For some ideas please look on our page here.