Borough wide 20mph speed limit

Dulwich Wood Park 20mph

Road improvements have been made on Dulwich Wood Park and College Road to reduce motor vehicle speeds, and make cycling and crossing the street safer, as part of Southwark’s 20mph Review. 

Scheme objectives

Average speeds on Dulwich Wood Park were almost 8mph above the limit, with many vehicles regularly exceeding 30mph.

We have a duty to make any adjustments necessary to ensure that the law is being upheld and to look after our residents’ safety.

Following consultation with local residents and community groups, the following improvements have been made to Dulwich Wood Park (DWP) and College Road:

• addition of a west bound mandatory cycle lane
• raised pedestrian crossing west of the mini roundabout at DWP and Kingswood Drive
• widening of the existing east bound mandatory cycle lane, east of the mini roundabout at DWP and Kingswood Drive
• raised zebra crossing opposite St Margaret Clitherow Church Hall
• eastbound stepped cycle track through the Farquhar Road junction with DWP to Lymer Avenue
• westbound mandatory cycle lane through the Farquhar Road junction with DWP
• widening of central median islands through the Farquhar Road junction with DWP
• raise the existing pedestrian crossing location east of the Farquhar Road junction with DWP
• Farquhar Road junction narrowing with pedestrian and cycling improvements
• removal of an existing traffic island and installation of a raised table between Farquhar Road and Wickers Oake
• raised zebra crossing between Wickers Oake and Lymer Avenue
• eastbound mandatory cycle lane from Wickers Oake to College Road
• raised table on College Road

 See the plan for works below:

• DWP improvement plans ^{(PDF, 4.8mb)}
• DWP construction area plan ^{(PDF, 1.2mb)}

Programme

Works were completed in October 2020.

Consultation summary

From February to March 2018, we asked local residents to comment on the proposed plans and if they had observed any incidents or dangerous situations in Dulwich Wood Park. 77% of those who responded answered ‘yes’ to regularly/occasionally.

Following feedback from the community on the proposal, changes were made to support safer crossing locations where residents have identified a need.

Page last updated: 28 February 2023