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Primrose Hill Locals Slam 'Grotesque' Barriers Stopping New Year's Eve Revellers Watching Fireworks
Closure follows safety concerns after 30,000 gathered last year; crowd-management capacity reduced by police unit closure, says Royal Parks charity.
- On Tuesday, Primrose Hill in Camden was closed and locked from 8pm on December 30 until January 1, with opaque green hoarding and temporary fencing to prevent entry.
- Royal Parks said crowd‑management capacity was 'severely diminished' partly because the Metropolitan Police's Royal Parks Operational Command Unit has closed, and urged people without tickets to make alternative arrangements.
- Neighbours warned the fencing was 'an overreaction' and said the closure will hurt local restaurants and pubs, with some predicting people will climb the barriers. Catherine Usiskin, a resident of more than 40 years, called it 'an overreaction' and said the park 'has never been closed like this.'
- A force spokesperson said the closure was a Royal Parks decision, not police, while Commander Nick John urged people not to gather and Scotland Yard confirmed officers would respond to criminality.
- The Metropolitan Police said 15 officers from the Royal Parks police unit were among over 145 deployed to Primrose Hill last year, a similar level to previous years.
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Outrage at ‘grotesque’ fencing around London park to stop New Year’s Eve revelry
One member of the Primrose Hill Keepers said she had left the area because the hoarding is ‘too grotesque’.
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