Alexandra Road Park — Attraction in London

Designed in the late 1960s by Neave Brown, Royal Gold Medal awardee of the Royal Institute of British Architects and completed in 1978, this iconic location has gained Grade Two Listed Status for Architectural Merit. A key to its fascinating appeal lies in its unpretentious site cast pollution stained reinforced concrete futuristic appearance, relieved intermittently by various balcony offerings of plant greenery. Occasional trees give natural aesthetic relief to a central path which reflects eerily like a red river under late evening London lights. Imaginatively created soft surface bespoke playgrounds offer colourful stimuli and a welcome retreat from the over riding greyness for...

a favourit of mine. I used to walk my late lamented dog there. i am immediately aware there is a pleasant flow of positive energy flowing through the estate. I believe it was designed by Neave Brown, a rare example of successful social housing designed & planned with exceptional skill & sensitivity. it works and should become in my opinion a bench mark, a text book guide to architecture students, it addresses and solves most problems creating a well tempered built environment fit for use, concrete detailing at its finest. Le Corbusier would have been proud to call it his own. absolutely...

There are four little playgrounds close to each other, one is for playing ball, second one for kids up to 8 they say but our 4yrs daughter found it fun the third one is with 3 types of swings and can be found fence by fence with the 4th one. Nice and clean. The bigger kids playground can be improved with a bin. We found parking space for free in Sunday and. The greatest thing for hot summer days is the most interesting playground from all this is in a blessed...