Welcome to Alexandra Park
in North London
Alexandra Park is a delightful mixture of informal
woodland, open grassland, formal gardens and attractions such as the boating
lake, cafés and the pitch-and-putt course. It covers 196 acres around Alexandra Palace in North London.
The Friends of Alexandra Park is a voluntary group that promotes the use of the Park, encourages the conservation of its wildlife and protects the Park from unwanted development.
Friends Upcoming Events
Members' Walk: Women’s football – in the 19th Century Thursday, 4th July 7:30pm to 8:30pm  Meet at the BBC Tower at 7.30pm for a stroll down to Nightingale Lane to consider the possible location of the match, and hopefully enjoy a pleasant evening in the Park. Palace Band in The Grove Sunday, 14th July 2pm to 3:25pm  What can we expect? Contrasting music such as the Radetzky March and I do like to be beside the seaside. So come and sit on grass with a coffee or ice cream and enjoy the music. History Walk Wednesday, 24th July 7pm to 8:30pm  The walk is free and open to all, so if you have neighbours or friends who might enjoy this walk, please pass this on to them. Conservation Work Party Tuesday, 30th July 10am to 12:30pm  That's all that inhabits the meadow, last month this splendid male Emperor Dragonfly was patrolling the area. (photo later after it paused on Rosebay Willowherb) No special skills required; enjoy exercise, plenty of fresh air and good conversation. Please bring secateurs if you have them, but we have extras you can use. We usually work from 10 am to 12.30 pm, but come for as long as you want. Meet at the Butterfly Meadow, if you know it, or at the finger post where the path from North View Road meets the Lower Road, at 10 am. Friends' Recent Events
London Metropolitan Brass  Luckily the temperature was a little lower than the Saturday, but ice creams were still very much a favourite cooling down treat. London Met Brass will be playing again at the Great Fete so make a point of listening to their repertoire. Beginners Tree Walk This Summer Walk made use of the shade as Robyn led us around The Grove inspecting Hornbeams, Beech, Lime, Oak for example and explained some of ways of identifying all these tree species – by leaf shape, leaf feel, bark etc.. A very enjoyable walk and the participants finished it off with cool drinks in the garden – all in all a very pleasant afternoon.  With the growing wild flowers in the meadow, we tried to avoid too much disturbance to the newly growing vegetation. The work progress well as usual and we were to see that many butterflies chose to go with the name of the meadow and grace us with their prescence. We saw Green-veined White (picture), Meadow Brown, Large Skipper, Ringlet, Painted Lady (there has been quite an influence of these migrants this year), Marbled White (a first view for some) and Speckled Wood. Later in the day after the end of the session Comma, Small Heath, Small Skipper and Red Admiral were also seen. Also seen were a few dragonflies, a female black-tailed skimmer and a male Emperor. We are continuing to make a real difference to this area with continually increasing wild flowers and animals. The pictures linked to were taken in the Butterfly Meadow, but all on the same day. Barnet Band  Tunes included medleys of the Beatles (Ob-la-di Ob-la-da, Hey Jude etc.) and songs from the Sound of Music (Climb every mountain, I am 16 going on 17 and the Hills are Alive with the Sound of Music. It was extremely pleasant to just lie on the grass and let the music sink in and the weather played its part as well with warmth and a little sunshine to give us all a proper summery feel. People sat around and kids danced to the notes flowing from under the trees.   We also signed up some new members to keep over membership over 300. Some of the adult visitors tested their skill with a little tree identification quiz as well. A successful afternoon... More pictures from the fete here.  Had a look to see what could be seen from the Rose Garden. Broadwater Farm and buildings in Stratford were all visible with the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium looking dominant to the East from the top of the steps. We moved up to the terrace to get a good look at the protected view of St. Pauls. For all of these buildings, we were very lucky to have Tony with us who brought his Scope (birdwatching  We could see lots of progress on the various new builds visible at Tottenham Hale and on Seven Sisters road with the Altitude development by Hornsey Station looking quite complete. Woodberry Down buildings stand out by the new wetlands area and we spotted the buildings in the Stratford area. Poor visibility made the Canary Wharf area look dull in the gloom. We continued the tour of the horizon with the new buildings in the City and the Elephant and Castle area. Visible on the horizon to the left of the city was the new City North construction going up in Finsbury Park. Other sights seen were the London Eye and the Royal London Hospital. Looking closer to home it is very difficult to spot Crouch End Clock Tower, but thanks again to the Scope... We all adjourned to the Phoenix to warm up and escape the weather surrounded by Madonna fans ready for here interview in the Theatre. The Conservation Volunteers June 2019  The warm weather was a pleasant for the work party this month, but after a while of energetically removing brambles it did cause a little tiredness, luckily the shade at the bottom of the meadow did help. Good progress along the whole bottom section of the meadow leaving the area free for the soft grasses and wild flowers to continue to progress. The next conservation session in the Park will be on Wednesday, 24th July. Meet at 10am. To book or for more information contact David Allen the new BAT East Project Officer, email david.allen@tcv.org.uk or call on Tel: 07917 267 573.
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