Alexandra Park



         


Alexandra Park is the name of many parks:

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London

A large landscaped park, built on a hill, adjacent to Muswell Hill and North of Crouch End. It is dominated by Alexandra Palace.

An Act of Parliament in 1900 created the Alexandra Palace and Park Trust. The Act required the Trustees to maintain the Palace and Park and make them "available for the free use and recreation of the public forever.

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Glasgow

A park in Dennistoun, 3 miles east of the city centre. To the north is the M8 motorway. Named after Princess Alexandra of Denmark it opened the in 1870.

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Manchester

A park in Oldham, built during the cotton famine in 1865 as an oasis for unemployed workers.

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