Raphael Park
Raphael Park is a public park in Romford, London Borough of Havering, one of a series of parks stretching northwards from the railway line at Romford.
The name of this park is commonly pronounced by locals as "ray-fel" as opposed to "raff-ahy-al" (as in the name, Raphael).
The southern entrance to Raphael Park is on Main Road in Romford, and the northern entrance is just south of the A12 Eastern Avenue. The western boundary of the park follows the line of Black's Brook, a small stream that has been dammed where the park meets Main Road to form a lake 12–20 foot deep. The park itself is part of the parkland that surrounded Gidea Hall. Raphael Park contains two ancient Pedunculate Oaks recorded by the Woodland Trust.[1] The park is named after Sir Herbert Raphael MP, who gave it to Romford Urban District in 1904.[2]
The park had its children's play area remodeled in October 2009.
References
- ↑ The Woodland Trust | Recording | Tree details
- ↑ Mills, A., Dictionary of London Place Names, (2001), Oxford