CYCLISTS and residents have met to discuss safety improvements at a key junction in Forest Hill town centre.

The meeting was organised by London Assembly member Darren Johnson on Wednesday.

Forest Hill Society chairman Michael Abrahams said: "We strongly support any action to help make this junction more friendly to pedestrians.

"The junction is difficult to cross and is a major crossing for users of the town centre, interchange to bus services and visitors to the Horniman Museum - often with large groups of children.

"The existing pedestrian refuge outside the station is inadequate for the number of pedestrians held there for a long time, and it is not always clear to pedestrians when it is safe to cross.

"Furthermore, the corner of William Hill sticks out into the pavement, making it extremely narrow for pedestrians to go down Dartmouth Road.