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A home zone (or play street) is a living street (or group of streets) as implemented in the United Kingdom, which are designed primarily to meet the needs of pedestrians, cyclists, children and residents and where the speeds and dominance of cars is reduced.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 29 relations: Bishop of Stepney, Car, City of Salford, Cycling, Dead end street, Ernest Marples, Gateshead, Hansard, Highway Act 1835, Leslie Hore-Belisha, Living street, Manchester, Middlesex, Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, Pedestrian, Reported Road Casualties Great Britain, Road traffic safety, Rounders, Shared space, Shilling, Staiths South Bank, Street game, Taverner John Miller, Traffic calming, Transport Act 2000, Trevor Huddleston, United Kingdom, Woonerf, Zebra crossing.

  2. Children's street culture
  3. Cycling infrastructure in the United Kingdom
  4. Living streets
  5. Transport in the United Kingdom
  6. Types of streets

Bishop of Stepney

The Bishop of Stepney is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of London, in the Province of Canterbury, England.

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Car

A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels.

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City of Salford

Salford, also known as the City of Salford, is a metropolitan borough with city status in Greater Manchester, England.

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Cycling

Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other type of cycle.

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Dead end street

A dead end, also known as a cul-de-sac, or a no through road or no exit road, is a street with only one combined inlet and outlet. Home zone and dead end street are types of streets.

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Ernest Marples

Alfred Ernest Marples, Baron Marples, (9 December 1907 – 6 July 1978) was a British Conservative politician who served as Postmaster General (1957–1959) and Minister of Transport (1959–1964).

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Gateshead

Gateshead is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England.

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Hansard

Hansard is the transcripts of parliamentary debates in Britain and many Commonwealth countries.

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Highway Act 1835

The Highway Act 1835 (5 & 6 Will. 4. c. 50) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Leslie Hore-Belisha

Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha, PC (Isaac Leslie Belisha; 7 September 1893 – 16 February 1957) was a British Liberal, then National Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) and Cabinet Minister.

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Living street

A living street is a street designed with the interests of pedestrians and cyclists in mind by providing enriching and experiential spaces. Home zone and living street are living streets and types of streets.

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Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, which had a population of 552,000 at the 2021 census.

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Middlesex

Middlesex (abbreviation: Middx) is a historic county in southeast England.

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Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor

Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor, (19 May 1879 – 2 May 1964) was an American-born British politician who was the first woman seated as a Member of Parliament (MP), serving from 1919 to 1945.

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Pedestrian

A pedestrian is a person traveling on foot, whether walking or running.

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Reported Road Casualties Great Britain

Reported Road Casualties Great Britain (RRCGB), formerly Road Casualties Great Britain (RCGB) and before that Road Accidents Great Britain (RAGB), is the official statistical publication of the UK Department for Transport (DfT) on traffic casualties, fatalities and related road safety data.

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Road traffic safety

Road traffic safety refers to the methods and measures used to prevent road users from being killed or seriously injured.

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Rounders

Rounders is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams.

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Shared space is an urban design approach that minimises the segregation between modes of road user. Home zone and Shared space are types of streets.

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Shilling

The shilling is a historical coin, and the name of a unit of modern currencies formerly used in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, other British Commonwealth countries and Ireland, where they were generally equivalent to 12 pence or one-twentieth of a pound before being phased out during the 1960s and 1970s.

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Staiths South Bank

Staiths South Bank is a housing development in Gateshead, England, designed in collaboration with fashion designers Wayne and Gerardine Hemingway (known for their Red or Dead fashion label).

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Street game

A street game or street sport is a sport or game that is played on city streets rather than a prepared field.

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Taverner John Miller

Taverner John Miller (1804 – 27 March 1867) was an English businessman and Conservative Party politician.

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Traffic calming

Traffic calming uses physical design and other measures to improve safety for motorists, car drivers, pedestrians and cyclists.

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Transport Act 2000

The Transport Act 2000 (c. 38) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Trevor Huddleston

Ernest Urban Trevor Huddleston (15 June 191320 April 1998) was an English Anglican bishop.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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Woonerf

A woonerf is a living street, as originally implemented in the Netherlands and in Flanders (Belgium). Home zone and woonerf are living streets and types of streets.

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Zebra crossing

A zebra crossing (British English) or a marked crosswalk (American English) is a pedestrian crossing marked with white stripes (zebra markings).

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See also

Children's street culture

Cycling infrastructure in the United Kingdom

Living streets

Transport in the United Kingdom

Types of streets

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_zone

Also known as Norfolk Quiet Lanes, Play Street, Quiet Lane.