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'''Downhills Park''' is a 12 [[hectare]] [[park]] in the [[West Green, London|West Green]] area of [[London Borough of Haringey|Haringey]]. |
'''Downhills Park''' is a 12 [[hectare]] [[park]] in the [[West Green, London|West Green]] area of [[London Borough of Haringey|Haringey]]. |
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It comprises an open recreation space and a managed [[garden]] area that includes a [[rose]] garden, [[tennis]] [[Tennis court|court]]s and basket-ball courts. |
It comprises an open recreation space and a managed [[garden]] area that includes a [[rose]] garden, [[tennis]] [[Tennis court|court]]s and basket-ball courts. The parks once had a bowling-green but this is no longer maintained or serviceable. |
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In 2006 and 2007, it won [[Green Flag award]]s for maintaining excellent standards for public parks<ref name="Haringeyleaflet">[http://www.haringey.gov.uk/downhills_park_leaflet.pdf Haringey Council - Downhills Park leaflet](accessed 30 January 2008)</ref>. |
In 2006 and 2007, it won [[Green Flag award]]s for maintaining excellent standards for public parks<ref name="Haringeyleaflet">[http://www.haringey.gov.uk/downhills_park_leaflet.pdf Haringey Council - Downhills Park leaflet](accessed 30 January 2008)</ref>. |
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Revision as of 23:38, 24 November 2011
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Downhills Park is a 12 hectare park in the West Green area of Haringey.
It comprises an open recreation space and a managed garden area that includes a rose garden, tennis courts and basket-ball courts. The parks once had a bowling-green but this is no longer maintained or serviceable.
In 2006 and 2007, it won Green Flag awards for maintaining excellent standards for public parks[1].
There is also a Sunday League football team named after the park (Downhills Park FC [1]) who play in the Edmonton & District Sunday Football League.
Downhills Park Community Café Downhills Park Community Café is a social enterprise that supports adults with a learning disability into employment[2]. The café was opened in Downhills Park in 2011 by the Haringey Association for Independent Living (HAIL)[3]. The café is run by volunteers, both those with learning disabilities looking to gain new skills and members of the community who are supporting them and the project. The cafe also embodies other ideological elements in e.g. how it makes the food it serves and tries to source ingredients ethically (e.g. seasonal, free-range eggs). The Downhills Park Cafe is one of several social enterprises run by HAIL[4].
References
- Haringey Council - Downhills park (accessed 30 January 2008)
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