An Exceptional Public Square

Too often new stadiums are surrounded by empty, dead space and that would not be right in Tottenham. As part of the open space surrounding the stadium, we have designed a new public square to provide something truly special for local people.

• The new public square will be managed by the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation with a programme of events and activities to ensure this becomes a focus for community life.
• The location, size and design of the public square will provide a high quality asset for the borough, for example hosting street markets, musical performances and a temporary ice rink in Winter.
• Foundation events will include dance festivals, talent competitions, drama workshops and temporary sports facilities like beach volleyball, boxing training and other sports.
• Community events will include workshops, health screening units, blood donations, aerobics sessions and organised family picnic days, used by a wide range of organisations.
• The public square runs from the High Road right through to Worcester Avenue, on a raised podium accessed by stairs from four different locations, with lift access also provided for.
• The square connects directly to the general concourse level of the new stadium, ensuring this acts as a home fans zone on match days as well as adding to the allure of the space on non match days.
• The public will be able to go right up to the stadium facade in each corner to glimpse the pitch itself.
• Within the public square two permanent kiosk pavilions will be provided, each of which will contain a food and beverage outlet, ticket collection point and cash machines. The west pavilion will also include a stair and lift link down to the Club shop and museum.

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An Improved Setting on Tottenham High Road

The continuity of buildings on the High Road will be retained with a new high quality environment including a courtyard setting for the refurbished historic buildings to the South, and new trees, gates and structures in front of the stadium linking with the existing terrace of buildings to the North by Northumberland Park.

• All four buildings to be retained in the South will be refurbished inside and out to bring them back to their former glory, with the removal of inappropriate modern additions such as external staircases and rear extensions as well as the removal of the in-fill buildings between them.
• The original White Hart public house (now ‘Valentinos') will once again become a pub.
• The Red House - the Club's historic headquarters - will host a new coffee shop on the ground floor with the old Club Board Room above incorporated into museum activities.
• The Tottenham and Edmonton Dispensary building and the Grade II listed Warmington House will be retained for Club use, mainly as offices.
• The four buildings will stand together on the High Road forming a new high quality courtyard setting at their rear.
• The courtyard is created by the raised podium hosting the new public square, framed by stairs to the North of Valentinos and to the South of Warmington House, with lifts in each corner as well.
• Behind the buildings and located underneath the raised public square will be the entrance to the new Club shop and museum as well as a new café with outdoor seating.
• This courtyard will also be the setting for public art including the famous Bill Nicholson Gates, which will be placed where the existing Bill Nicholson Way is located, and the ‘Cockerel on the Ball' Clock and ‘Golden Cockerel' statue also within the public realm.
• With a pub, coffee shop, café, public art, Club shop, museum and office space all included, this courtyard will become the centre of a vibrant new part of the High Road.
• A second raised podium is also included between the stadium and the supermarket, allowing fans to walk all the way round the stadium and connecting the High Road with Worcester Avenue on either side.