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Once again, the park has won a Green Flag Award for 2016/17 (although sadly, our flag pole has since been vandalised and the flag stolen). This year, the park was also given an ‘Outstanding’ rating by the ‘In Your Neighbourhood’ … read more

We were very sad to hear of the death in August of John Toplis, one of the regular Friends volunteers. Amongst other activities, John planted a lot of spring bulbs, and these will provide a beautiful seasonal reminder of his … read more

Many of the benches in the park are sponsored by people who want to remember loved ones. The majority of these benches display a memorial plaque with a personal dedication inscribed. Alexandra Park Friends fully support this practice and if … read more

Beautiful weather, and a good time was had by all. See the pictures on the Events page.

This was held at the Bowls Club on June 9th. For full details, see the Friends tab.

Volunteers both young and not-so-young turned out on Saturday 2nd April to scatter wild flower seeds on freshly prepared flower beds and to plant spring bulbs along the cliff path. A selection of wild flower seeds were provided by BANES, … read more

With the aim of preventing future damage to the park entrance pillars by large vehicles, the council has installed sacrificial bollards.

Regular users of the park were very sad to see that one of the trees adjacent to the allotments had been burnt down. We don’t know whether this was deliberate vandalism or carelessness, but either way, the result is the … read more

There are now 14 in the trees of the park and they are proving popular with avian inhabitants. Tits, wrens, sparrows, and many other birds are common visitors. Park volunteer Andrew Lawrence writes, “We put up the first five a … read more

BANES has recently conducted an environmental survey of Alexandra Park. Parks Project Manager Paul Pearce writes: The UK has lost around 90% of its wildlife-rich grassland since the Second World War and this has led to huge declines in bees, … read more