Longer Term Environmental Improvements

34. Newport Street

* Attractive small-scale street with variety of rendered and stone cottages;

* Important vista towards All Saints Church spire should be conserved;

* Street would benefit from resurfacing to reflect its historic setting, for example with the use of stone or high quality concrete setts;

* Important to enhance street for pedestrians, either widening pavements or providing a shared surface.

35. Victoria Street

* Victorian semis and terraces with gaps in street frontage for car parking/private yards;

* Attractive vista towards Ryde Methodist Church with mature tree in the foreground should be conserved;

* Poor quality pavements with mixture of slabs and concrete surfacing. Mixture of boundary walls lack visual harmony;

* Street dominated by parked cars;

* Opportunity to widen footways in places, restricting parking and providing opportunities for street tree planting;

* Footways should be resurfaced with pre-cast concrete slabs.

36. Garfield Road

* Commercial street leading to High Street, with converted houses, a filling station and Ryde Methodist Church;

* Opportunity to enhance paving, using either natural stone or pre-cast concrete paving quality concrete flags and setts. Particular attention should be paid to the setting of the Methodist Church, a local landmark building.

37. Lind Street/ Market Street

* Regency terrace on southern side of Lind Street and Town Hall/Ryde Theatre on northern side contribute to the grand scale and formal character of the street;

* Historic character warrants a high quality public realm treatment, with limestone or quality concrete flags;

* Potential to widen pavements and provide street trees, reducing domination of parked cars.

38. St Thomas Street (southern end)

* Attractive side street with variety of historic properties facing on to St Thomas’ Church gardens;

* Opportunities for enhancing historic character of street with use of natural stone or pre-cast concrete paving;

* Narrow width of pavements and carriageway mean street would benefit from a shared-use surface.

39. George Street

* Wide street with variety of historic villas, many now with commercial uses, but no retail outlets;

* Attractive long views towards The Solent to the north should be protected;

* Scale of street would accommodate widening of footpaths to allow for planting of medium sized street trees such as Norway Maple (Acerplatanoides);

* Especially important to enhance environment at St.Thomas Street.