Work has started to create a new park on an area of open land just south of the North Circular Road - and local people have been invited to suggest a name.
The new park - currently known as Russell Road Green Space - is partly situated on top of the underground section of the New River which passes beneath the Bowes Road section of the North Circular - slightly to the east of the railway bridge. The land belongs to Thames Water, who are leasing it to Enfield Council. The cost of creating the park will be paid for from the Enfield Residents' Priority Fund.
Not far away, in Myddleton Road, are two more small parks that were created in the recent past on Thames Water land - the Bowes Park Community Garden and an open-air table tennis area.
The competition (with prize) to name the new park is being run by the Bowes Park Community Association - see this page on the BPCA website.
Russell Road Green Space in 2014
