Down Lane Park

Park View Road, N17

Down Lane Park is situated between two roads - Park View Road and Ashley Road - near to Tottenham Hale. It is used regularly by local residents and is a popular cut through to local shops and by commuters using Tottenham Hale Station.

The land where the Park now sits was purchased by the Council in 1900, and was formally known as Lammas land. It was opened on 11 May 1907 by the wife of the then Chairman of the Council, Mrs Garland, and was initially called Down Fields, later having its name changed to Down Lane.

The Park now consists of a large green sports field which accommodates two adult sized football pitches, available for booking during the football season. A new outdoor gym was officially opened in 2012 and is extremely popular with locals.

To the south of the park lies the playground, popular with local children, four tennis courts, a basketball court and the bowling green.

Pay and display parking is available in the car park situated just off Park View Road.

Improvements

Haringey Council has commissioned a landscape architect to formulate a masterplan for Down Lane Park. This will be a landscape improvement plan so local people can input on what they would like to see in the park for the future.

The Parks Service held three informal consultation afternoons in the park in 2010.

The purpose of the consultation was to get park visitors' opinions on how the park might be improved, in particular play provision for children and young people. Adults and young people were asked to complete questionnaires.

64 questionnaires were completed and the results of the park consultation are in attached files section.

Following two public meetings, and in liaison with the 'Friends of Down Lane' group, plans for the new playground were agreed and sufficient funding was secured to develop play within the existing area only.

Funds were also allocated to commence Master planning for the remainder of the park. Football pitches including 5-aside will remain as they are now.

New Playground

The new playground was officially opened on 2 July 2012 by Cllr Nilgun Canver - Cabinet Member for Environment. Facilities include a fenced under 8s zone, a separate over 8s play area, a natural play area with climbing logs and boulders and a mini BMX bike track.

Phase ll - Producing a Master Plan

In order to inform and produce a Master Plan for the rest of Down Lane a questionnaire was sent out to over 4,000 local homes. The results of the survey are contained in the attached files section below. A draft Master Plan is being produced and will be posted on this webpage in due course.

Attached Files