Policy information sourced from Enfield Core Strategy 2010-2025

12 VISITORS AND TOURISM

The Council will enhance Enfield’s visitor and tourism potential by:

  • Supporting proposals for a wide range of visitor accommodation such as hotels, bed and breakfast accommodation and self catering facilities. Such accommodation should be located in the town centres of Enfield Town, Edmonton Green, Palmers Green, Southgate and Angel Edmonton and other locations with good public transport access;
  • Supporting visitor accommodation in the Upper Lee Valley when accompanied by proposals to improve public transport accessibility;
  • Supporting the development and refurbishment of the Borough’s conference facilities including the ground floor of Thomas Hardy House in Enfield Town, Millfield Arts Centre and Forty Hall;
  • Seeking to retain and improve tourist attractions, and access to them, within the Borough, such as the emerging travel plan for the Forty Hall and Estate development project (project due for completion in 2012/13);
  • Continuing to work with the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority to help develop its Park Development Framework, and with other partners such as British Waterways, and Thames Water to identify the priority mix of additional recreation and leisure facilities in the east of the Borough, particularly at Ponders End, Pickett’s Lock and Meridian Water, and encourage more visitors to the Lee Valley Regional Park;
  • Encouraging new tourist attractions which are supported by appropriate infrastructure;
  • Seeking to improve and promote wheelchair access to visitor accommodation and tourist attractions, which will also provide better access to facilities for families, children and older people - the Millfield Arts Centre and Forty Hall and Estate development projects will significantly improve accessibility at those venues; and
  • Working with partners to ensure the maximum opportunities and benefits arising from the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics Games and its Legacy Transformation, in accordance with the aims and objectives of the Council’s Olympics Working Group.

For more information please see the Core Strategy 2010-2025