Leathermarket Gardens & Tyers Estate

Community-Led Urban Regeneration

The regeneration of Leathermarket Gardens and the adjacent Tyers Estate delivers a renewed public landscape for Bermondsey, responding to social change, climate pressures, and the everyday needs of a growing community.

Set within a dense residential context, the project redefines the gardens as an inclusive and legible civic space, strengthening connections between housing, streets, and parkland.

Community-led design, climate-resilient planting, and bespoke wayfinding embed local narratives into the landscape, reinforcing identity while supporting long-term social and ecological value.

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The brief was co-written with the local community, reflecting NOOMA Studio’s approach to collective personal storytelling, where many voices shape a shared sense of place.

Extensive consultation informed inclusive entrances, sociable thresholds, interpretative play and ecological richness, resulting in a series of modest yet transformative interventions that support belonging, imagination, intergenerational use and community authorship of the public realm.

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Co-Designing

the Village Hall
Planter and Paving

Rose Garden Pergola

The reimagined pergola opens views
for safety while functioning as a
sculptural stage-like element, an echo of
NOOMA’s interest in theatre and public
performance, offering a place to pause,
observe and be part of the life of the park.

Playful Identities

Co designing the Community Garden

New accessible entrance to gardens