Agreed that it would be useful to have a crossing there - although might also make it easier for the bagsnatcher...

I suspect TFL would tell us pedestrians that we should use the crossing on London Road, walk up the other side of the hill and then use the crossing at the top of the hill to walk back down again if we want to be safe.

There are so many 'old-style' pedestrian unfriendly junctions around where the walker ends up spending time crammed onto traffic islands with fumes all around them or which have a ridiculously long 'wait for green man' time where users get frustrated and end up risking dodging traffic to get across.

I do appreciate that road users don't like getting stuck in jams either - and don't have the option of dodging pedestrians if in a hurry. But given that most councils etc are trying to reduce speeds currently in residential areas, surely having more crossings that drivers have to look out for, wouldn't really create more jams and might make things safer? Note that I'm not suggesting zebra crossings which can cause havoc on busy crossings with one car getting through at a time.