Lordship Rec

Lordship Recreation Ground, the Rec, is a 26 hectares district park in Tottenham, North London, popular with people of all ages, backgrounds and interests. There's sports and cycling facilities, skateboarding, playground, river channel, lake, woodlands and a community-run Hub/cafe - and the world's first Model Traffic Area (opened in 1938).  In 2022 was declared the world's first Cloud Appreciation Park due to its great vistas, weather station, and historic links with 19th century local resident Luke Howard (the 'namer of clouds'). There is a very strong Friends of Lordship Rec (1400 members), and many other user groups organising activities - together, in partnership with the Council's Parks Service, they co-manage the park and indeed manage various parts of the park and its buildings. The park has been transformed by such community action over the last 20 years. Its now a Site of Importance for Nature Conservation. www.lordshiprec.org.uk   www.lordshiphub.org.uk