Open Spaces Department 2020-2021 - City of London
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Open Spaces Department 2020–2021
Organisational structure The Open Spaces
Department enriches
people’s lives by enhancing
and providing access to
4,500 hectares of diverse
Open Spaces West Ham Park Port Health and Epping Forest Hampstead Culture, Heritage
and City Gardens Committee Environmental and Commons Heath, Highgate and Libraries open space across London
Committee Services Committee Wood and Committee and beyond, including
Committee Queen’s Park
Chairman Committee outstanding heritage assets.
Chairman Chairman Chairman Graeme Chairman Chairman
Oliver Sells Oliver Sells Keith Bottomley Doshi-Smith Anne Fairweather Wendy Hyde
Every year over 24 million people visit our
sites. Our award-winning open spaces
range from the National Nature Reserve
of Burnham Beeches in Buckinghamshire,
Epping Forest – London’s largest open
Colin Buttery space and Hampstead Heath with its
Director of Open Spaces
amazing views, rolling woodlands and
meadows. Also, Keats House Museum,
home of Romantic poet John Keats,
Tower Bridge one of London’s most
iconic landmarks and The Monument
with its 311 steps and 360-degree
panoramic views of London.
Our Cemetery and Crematorium in
East London with its Grade I listed
landscape is one of the largest and
busiest in London. Our parks in
Martin Rodman Gary Burks Paul Thomson Andy Barnard Bob Warnock Chris Earlie Newham (West Ham Park), Brent
Superintendent, Superintendent, Superintendent, Superintendent, Superintendent, Head of Tower
(Queen’s Park) and Camden (Golders
Parks & Gardens Cemetery & Epping Forest The Commons Hampstead Bridge Hill Park) provide facilities for all ages,
Crematorium Heath including playgrounds, sports facilities
and tranquil areas with beautiful
planting. Whilst in the City, our network
of gardens, churchyards, parks, plazas
and highway planting provide areas
of rest for residents, workers and visitors
as well as an important habitat for
Correct as of July 2020 wildlife within the urban landscape.Most of these sites are run as charitable M1 A1 A10 M11 Some key achievements
trusts and have won a range of
prestigious awards including 15 green
in 2019/20
flags, 13 green heritage awards,
M25 A12 Tower Bridge celebrated
Gold in London and Britain in Bloom Epping
Highgate Forest its 125th anniversary
plus Tower Bridge won Visit England’s Wood
M40 on 30 June with a
Gold accolade and received ‘Best
Burnham year-round programme of special
for Bucket List’ at the TripSavvy Editor’s Beeches Hampstead
Heath City of London exhibitions, concerts, tours,
Choice awards for viewing a Bridge Keat’s Cemetery
House competitions and commissioned
lift through the glass Floor. Stoke West Ham
Common Queen’s Park films and publications.
Park
We enhance, protect, conserve and
promote the use and enjoyment of the M4 Farthing Downs, Riddlesdown, Kenley
City Tower Bridge and Cousldon Commons together
open spaces and heritage attractions Gardens and Monument
for public recreation, health and with Croydon’s Happy Valley,
well-being. Providing engaging M2 Hawkhirst Wood and the Sanderstead
Spring
visitor opportunities where people can M3 Park to Whyteleafe Countryside
learn and discover, where nature and West Wickham Area were declared ‘a new
Common National Nature Reserve’.
heritage are understood and valued. Ashtead Riddlesdown M20
Common
Most of our sites include a wide variety Farthing Kenley Various events were held in
of important wildlife habitats, Sites of Downs & Common
Epping Forest as part of
M25 New Hill M26
Special Scientific Interest, Special A3 Coulsdon
Waltham Forest’s London
Common
Areas of Conservation and National Borough of Culture programme.
Nature Reserves.
land management techniques and are people’s lives. Whether its urban Improvement projects at
Our business practices are responsible
at the forefront of reinstating traditional birdwatching, heritage walks, St Bartholomew the Great and
and environmentally sustainable. We
ancient woodland management. poetry sessions at Keats House, an St Dunstan in the West were
use both cutting-edge and traditional
We have also increased the number archaeological dig at Kenley Airfield, completed in the square mile.
of electric vehicles and installed photo experiencing the glass floor and
voltaic panels at many sites. engine rooms at Tower Bridge or West Ham Park’s ‘Wild Schools
admiring the work of our artists in Programme’ attracted 4,540
Hundreds of volunteers give thousands
residence – there is something for visits by local pupils: enhancing
of hours of their time to support our
everyone to explore. teachers understanding of nature to
open spaces and heritage attractions
the curriculum and pupils’ enjoyment
providing ‘added value’ undertaking Proceeds generated by events and
of ‘being outside’.
activity ranging from wildlife surveys, programmes are reinvested back into
tour guides to conservation work and the sites and benefits the community. Following a review of swimming
photography. For example, the profits generated at at Hampstead Heath, Members
Tower Bridge help charitable causes agreed the subsidy level
Our cultural offer and engagement
The South London Downs across London through the City Bridge for swimming at the
with all types of visitors helps to enrich
National Nature Reserve Trust grants programme. Lido and Ponds.Open Spaces Department 2019/20 Director’s local risk
outturn, expenditure by ‘type’
2019/20 Director’s local risk
outturn, income by ‘type’
2019/20 outturn 1% 1% 3%
4%
6%
financial information 2%
16%
33%
11% 23%
Director’s local risk (Gross Gross Net 70%
budget by Division expenditure) income outturn 30%
£ £ £
Epping Forest (4,317,788) 1,448,644 (2,869,143)
Employees Supplies and All grants Cemetery and
Hampstead Heath (6,287,765) 1,876,123 (4,411,642) Premises services Car parking Crematorium
Keats House (317,910) 113,910 (204,000) Transport Third party Sports charges Other customer,
payments and client receipts
Highgate Wood & Queen’s Park (1,032,035) 157,695 (874,339) Visitor admissions
reserve transfers Transfer from
West Ham Park (998,010) 316,316 (681,695) reserves
Burnham Beeches & Stoke Common (811,000) 298,000 (513,000)
City Commons (1,241,000) 176,000 (1,065,000) Historical Open Spaces Department’s local risk
Monument (408,406) 548,495 140,088 expenditure, income and net outturn
Directorate & Learning (962,323) 41,609 (920,715)
28,414
27,941
26,317
Tower Bridge (tourism) (4,908,186) 6,691,105 1,782,918
26,072
24,666
24,144
23,986
Tower Bridge (operations) (1,884,526) 0 (1,884,526)
City Gardens (1,728,775) 547,746 (1,181,029)
Bunhill (116,094) 0 (116,094)
17,597
17,373
16,783
16,380
£000’
15,444
Cemetery & Crematorium (3,400,214) 5,157,686 1,757,472
14,656
13,072
Total local risk (28,414,033) 17,373,329 (11,040,705)
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11,041
11,072
10,344
9,937
Across the Department
9,330
9,222
9,289
Central recharges (7,480,000) 1,571,000 (5,909,000)
City Surveyors (5,496,000) 0 (5,496,000)
Central risk (1,164,000) 1,348,000 184,000
2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20
Total ‘Other Charges’ (14,140,000) 2,919,000 (11,221,000) Year
Grand total (42,554,033) 20,292,329 (22,261,705) Expenditure Income Net Linear (expenditure) Linear (income) Linear (net)You can also read
