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.
The Friends have recently published a book: A History of Alexandra Park which can be purchased here. Our normal activities include:
More Awards for the Park! The Park has recent won a London in Bloom Award and a Green Flag and Green Heritage Awards. To celebrate the latest awards the BBC Tower was illuminated by green light.
Friends Events in the Park to come All our events at present require pre-booking via email Allyparkn10@gmail.comWalks  We have re-started a limited walks programme in the park with Members' Walks limited to 6 people. Our next one focused on the history of the park will be on 21st November. We are not planning on having our normal members social in December, but there will be a nature-themed Members' Walk. Conservation Work  This picture is a throw-back to 2012 before the area had been opened up significantly and before we had such a profusion of wild life. What's different, August 2020
Pitch and Putt The ten-hole pitch and putt course has re-opened, in summer 2020, under new management. For now, you will need to book in advance. Farmers' Market Alexandra Palace Farmers’ Market is open at its Campsbourne School location. NHS staff and vulnerable people will have priority between 10am-11am. Strict social distancing will be in place. Only two people per household to allow faster access for others too. Dog walking The Park Management are asking dog walkers using the Park to please keep dogs on their leads. This is to support social distancing protocols and ensure owners don't inadvertently breach the two metre guidelines to retrieve their dogs. Litter  Like most parks around the country, Alexandra Park suffered a wave of littering when lockdown began to be eased. Fortunately the John O’Conner team were working throughout lockdown.
Going into the late autumn/winter time, there is less demand for litter picking in the park... .... however, we will continue to support the large number of brilliant volunteers helping to keep the park clean. Anyone wishing to join the volunteer litter pickers, should please Email us.
The Palace has been appealing for donations, because of their almost total loss of income caused by the pandemic, and some of those donations have paid for additional John O’Conner litter clearing staff at the weekends. Please see the Alexandra Palace site if you'd like to help with a donation. Friends' Past Events in the Park
 This session we spotted some fungi including Fragile Brittle Gill and False Chanterelle.  Some of the Friends normal events
Conservation Work Parties
 Talks
 Mostly taking place in the Winter and early Spring the talks focus on Nature (Butterflies, Bees, Birds etc.) with some on history and other subjects that are relevant to the Park.
We have had great talks on Bats, Trees, the New River and the old railway line that used to run up to the Palace.
Coming up when conditions allow will be Stuart Little will presenting elements from his film about the Park and Palace....
This will be great opportunity to see some elements of history from the early days up and until the (second) fire in 1980.
Nature Walks
 Members' Walks  The next walk (when pandemic restrictions permit) is planned to be:
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