Castle Road visitors: positive and negative impacts

Summary

• Visitors like that the temporary road closure made Castle Road a more pleasant place to visit (89%) and a safer route for walking (88%)
• The reduced levels of vehicles in the area (77%) was also a popular positive impact of the closure
• Visitors reporting a negative impact disliked the parking issues caused by the closure (62%)
• Access to properties of friends and family was cited by over half of visitors (54%) as a negative impact

Base: Visitors reporting a positive impact (760)

This chart shows that Castle Road being a more pleasant place to visit (89%) and it being a safer walking route (88%) were the most popular positive impacts reported by visitors.

Base: Visitors reporting a negative impact (148)

This chart shows that the most widely reported negative impacts of the road closure for visitors were parking issues (62%) and access issues to friend/ family’s property (54%). No other negative impacts were selected by a majority.