Urban Eye is a London based charity which has been regenerating run-down parts of the inner city in London

London

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 through imaginative design solutions, creative architectural lighting and public art since 1998. The charity has a strong record of forming partnerships with stakeholders (Transport for London

Transport for London

Transport for London is the local government body responsible for most aspects of the transport system in Greater London in England. Its role is to implement the transport strategy and to manage transport services across London...

, Metronet

Metronet

Metronet Rail was one of two companies in a public-private partnership with London Underground.Metronet was responsible for the maintenance, renewal, and upgrade of the infrastructure on nine London Underground lines from 2003 to 2008. This included track, trains, signals, civil work and stations...

, Highways Agency

Highways Agency

The Highways Agency is an executive agency, part of the Department for Transport in England. It has responsibility for managing the core road network in England...

, Land Securities and Kensington Housing Trust

Kensington Housing Trust

Kensington Housing Trust is a charitable housing association established in 1926 which operates in West London. The Housing Association currently maintains and owns around 2,500 homes in and around Kensington. The main offices of the organisation are based on Portobello Road, London.-External...

), public and private organisations (BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

, BT Group

BT Group

BT Group plc is a global telecommunications services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is one of the largest telecommunications services companies in the world and has operations in more than 170 countries. Through its BT Global Services division it is a major supplier of...

), and local authorities (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is a central London borough of Royal borough status. After the City of Westminster, it is the wealthiest borough in England....

, Westminster City Council

Westminster City Council

Westminster City Council is the local authority for the City of Westminster in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council and is entitled to be known as a city council, which is a rare distinction in the United Kingdom. The city is divided into 20 wards, each electing three councillors...

, Suffolk County Council

Suffolk County Council

Suffolk County Council is the administrative authority for the county of Suffolk, England. It is run by 72 elected county councillors representing 63 divisions...

, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham

London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham

The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham is a London borough in West London, and forms part of Inner London. Traversed by the east-west main roads of the A4 Great West Road and the A40 Westway, many international corporations have offices in the borough....

) to tackle regeneration schemes in run-down sites in the city.

Successful projects include transformational works at prominent London locations, including Portobello Road

Portobello Road

Portobello Road is a street in the Notting Hill district of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in west London, England. It runs almost the length of Notting Hill from south to north, roughly parallel with Ladbroke Grove. On Saturdays it is home to Portobello Road Market, one of London's...

 & Ladbroke Grove

Ladbroke Grove

Ladbroke Grove is a road in west London, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is also sometimes the name given informally to the immediate area surrounding the road. Running from Notting Hill in the south to Kensal Green in the north, it is located in North Kensington and straddles...

 London Underground

London Underground

The London Underground is a rapid transit system serving a large part of Greater London and some parts of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex in England...

 bridges, sections of the desolate underside of the Westway (London)

Westway (London)

The Westway is a long elevated dual carriageway section of the A40 route in west London running from Paddington to North Kensington. The road was constructed between 1964 and 1970 to relieve congestion at Shepherd's Bush caused by traffic from Western Avenue struggling to enter central London on...

  and other neglected urban sites such as pedestrian bridges and graffiti-prone buildings and utilities.

Projects aim to reduce fear of crime and anti-social behaviour and create a more positive identity for an area, providing a lasting legacy for residents and visitors to enjoy. Where possible projects involve local people directly in the creative process. Projects carried out with schools such as Fox Primary School

Fox Primary School

Fox Primary School is a primary school for boys and girls of age 4 to 11 years, in the Kensington district of London.It is located in [Edge Street], off Kensington Church Street near the junction with Notting Hill Gate....

, resident groups, youth projects, and special needs authorities (The Ashley School) increase ownership and help generate respect for the local environment.

In 2008 Urban Eye changed its name from Westway Project .