Eagle Brewery Wharf
We are proud to be working in partnership with Kingston First, the town centre’s business improvement district, to transform Eagle Brewery Wharf on Kingston’s riverside into a place where everyone can unwind, enjoy and connect with nature.
Construction works to start at Eagle Brewery Wharf
Works to create a new play trail, accessible public seating, new lighting and metal railings along the riverfront, as well as plant new trees will commence in February 2025. The space will reopen this summer, ready for everyone to experience the exciting new riverfront offer.
The Council’s Planning Committee approved the planning application last year, and since then we have developed the design in more detail for construction and appointed a landscape specialist contractor, Blakedown Landscapes. The transformation of Eagle Brewery Wharf is an exciting opportunity to revamp a key riverside space, improving Kingston’s green spaces, and celebrating the site’s heritage.
Thank you to all of those that gave their views on the proposals throughout the design process. Engagement with local residents, businesses, and community groups throughout 2023 revealed a shared enthusiasm for improving the space, and we gathered the community’s input on seating, riverfront treatment, and amenities, ensuring the final proposal reflects local needs and aspirations.
Designed proposals for Eagle Brewery Wharf
Improved seating along the riverside
Improved planting and greenery across the site
Wide range of activities offered
The ambition for Eagle Brewery Wharf is to create a well-loved, inclusive and activated space in a key riverside location in Kingston. The proposals build on the natural setting by maximising greenery and biodiversity and connecting the site with the river. There is also a great opportunity to enhance Eagle Brewery Wharf’s distinctive character by reflecting its rich history and heritage in its design.
This initiative is part of Kingston town’s public realm strategy; Reimagining Kingston Town Centre’s Streets and Spaces which was completed in collaboration with Kingston First, Kingston Council, Kingston University and the GLA. The strategy sets out a blueprint for how public spaces could be invested in to improve the experience of Kingston, encourage more people to move around all parts of the town and ensure that the town’s culture, heritage and riverside assets continue to be developed. It also feeds into the work currently underway which looks at how we shape the future of the town centre and surrounding area; A Plan for Kingston Town Centre Area.
The Eagle Brewery Wharf project is part of the council’s wider heritage-led ‘Transform Kingston’ regeneration programme, which looks to reinvigorate and reshape the town centre to make it even better for residents, local businesses, students and visitors.
These significant public realm improvements are an extension of the work being done to reduce anti-social behaviour on the Eagle Brewery Wharf site. In the last few years, the council has put a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) in place to give them and the local police power to regulate activities in the area, as well as partnered more closely with establishments along the riverside to increase people’s enjoyment of the space.
