Danetree Primary School in Ewell is set to benefit from a School Street from May 2026, to reduce air pollution and improve road safety during the busiest times of the day.
Danetree Road, Danetree Close, Oakhurst Road and a portion of Chessington Road will be open to pedestrians, cyclists and wheelers only during 8:00am to 9:00am and 2.30pm to 3.45pm, Monday to Friday, school term time only, with exemptions available for residents, carers, school transport, and blue badge holders accessing the school.
This follows the successful roll out of the county’s first school street at Farnham Heath End School in April 2025, which has already seen a 62 per cent reduction in cars entering and exiting the road. In a school week prior to the scheme being introduced there were 1,227 vehicles turning in or out of Bullers Road at school drop off and pick up times, compared to 470 vehicles once the scheme was underway.
Potters Gate Church of England Primary School in Farnham was the second school to recently benefit from our School Streets Programme.
Matt Furniss, Cabinet Member for Highways, Transport and Economic Growth said, “By restricting motor vehicle access during peak times of the day, we can create safer, healthier, and more pleasant environments for everyone walking, cycling and scooting to school.
I’m delighted with the positive results we have already seen in Farnham and am pleased we are able to roll the scheme out further.
School Streets are a key part of our overall programme to improve road safety, promote more sustainable school travel and reduce air pollution around schools. We’re investing £3m to improve road safety and encourage more walking, cycling and wheeling. We’re also continuing to deliver Feet First walking training and Bikeability cycling training to provide lifelong road safety skills for Surrey’s school children.”
For more information about School Streets in Surrey, visit the website.
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