1. Harlow Town Park

7 September 2021

David Allen will be presenting the historic background of Harlow Town Park in the context of the new town movement and the work of Sir Frederick Gibberd and Dame Sylvia Crowe, its development and decline through the 1960s-80s and Allen Scott’s subsequent Heritage Lottery Funded restoration scheme. Alison Fox will talk about how the restored park was received, managed and what community involvement there has been since.

David Allen is a Director of Allen Scott Landscape Architects with over 30 years’ experience in a wide range of design and planning projects. Public park restoration projects include Robert Marnock’s Grosvenor and Hilbert Park, a number of James Pulham restorations notably the largest and first public park installation at Battersea Park, and at Worth Park. Other significant public spaces such as Reculver seafront and distinctive new parks in Lowestoft, Peacehaven and Crawters Brook have also been recognised achievements.

Alison Fox has over 30 years’ experience of working in the public sector in social housing, community participation and regeneration. For the past decade she has worked at Harlow Council and is currently a Regeneration Projects Manager. She was the Project Manager for the HLF funded regeneration of Harlow Town Park. Her role currently involves key regeneration projects across the town and delivering economic development related projects such as supporting skills provision for the residents of the town.