Alexandra Park was opened in 1888. It is shown with a bandstand, fountain and summer house on an OS map of 1901. It was named in honour of Princess Alexandra (1844-1925), daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark. She married Edward, Prince of Wales and was later his queen consort when he bacame King Edward VII. Alexandra Park Avenue was built c. 1883, when it first appeared unnamed on Ordnance Survey maps. It was first named in 1891 (IHTA xvii, 8).