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Alexandra Park is a public park in the East End of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located in Dennistoun, 2 miles (3 km) east of the city centre. Named after Princess Alexandra of Denmark, it opened in 1870. The highest point of the park gives views north to Ben Lomond and south to the Tinto Hills. The park is generally open from dawn to dusk daily ...
The Alexandra Park and Palace (Public Purposes) Act 1900 (63 & 64 Vict. c. cclix) changed the status of the park from private ownership to a public trust. The first company was set up in the 1850s to build an educational, recreation and events venue to rival south London's Crystal Palace which took the main structure of the Great Exhibition, 1851 from Hyde Park, London.
Alexandra Park is a 60-acre (24 ha) park in Manchester, England, designed by Alexander Gordon Hennell, [1] and opened to the public in 1870. [2] The lodge and gateways are the work of Alfred Darbyshire .
Alexandra Park is a public park located in Hastings, East Sussex in England. Originally named St Andrews Gardens at its opening in 1864, it was then redesigned by Robert Marnock during 1877. [ 1 ] The park grew in a series of increments and now occupies approximately 109 acres (0.44 km 2 ) of the town.
At first a private venture, in 1900, the owners planned to sell it and Alexandra Park for development. A group of neighbouring local authorities managed to acquire it. An Act of Parliament created the Alexandra Palace and Park Trust. The Act required the trustees to maintain the building and park and make them available for the free use and ...
The Park takes its name from Princess Alexandra of Denmark, the wife of the future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom, who performed the official opening in 1870. The park was established in 1866 when the City Improvement Trustees purchased Alexandra Park from Mr Walter Stewart of Haghill under special powers conferred upon them by ...
Alexandra Park is a neighbourhood located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, ... "Topographic Map sheet 30M11". Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. 2006-02-06.
Alexandra Park, Wellington, New Zealand, next to Government House Alexandra Park, former name of the City Oval , South Africa Alexandra Park, Belfast , Northern Ireland, United Kingdom