In 2013, Alexandra Park was declared a Local Nature Reserve and is also a Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade 1. There is also a pub, ice rink, palm court, and a panoramic view of central London. The Great Hall and West Hall are typically used for exhibitions, music concerts, and conferences, operated by the trading arm of the charitable trust that owns the building and park on behalf of the public. Alexandra Palace became a listed building in 1996, at the instigation of the Hornsey Historical Society.Ī planned commercial development of the building into a mixed leisure complex including a hotel, replacement ice-skating rink, cinema, ten-pin bowling alley and exhibition centre, encountered opposition from public groups and was blocked by the High Court in 2007. The theatre and stage structure is on English Heritage's Buildings at Risk register. The original Victorian theatre with its stage machinery also survives and as of 2019, is back in use.
The original studios 'A' and 'B' still survive in the southeast wing with their producers' galleries and are used for exhibiting original historical television equipment. Although other facilities soon superseded it after the war, Alexandra Palace continued to be used by the BBC for many years and its radio and television mast is still in use. The broadcasting system was the 405-line monochrome analogue television – the first fully electronic television system to be used in regular broadcasting. In 1936, it became the home of the BBC's first regular public television service. In 1935, the trustees leased part of the palace to the BBC for use as the production and transmission centre for their new television service. The present trustee is the London Borough of Haringey, whose coat of arms shows lightning bolts depicting the Palace's pioneering role in the development of television. The Act required the Trustees to maintain the Palace and Park and make them available for the free use and recreation of the public forever. An Act of Parliament created the Alexandra Palace and Park Trust.
A group of neighbouring local authorities managed to acquire it. Īt first a private venture, in 1900, the owners planned to sell it and Alexandra Park for development. Intended as "The People's Palace" and referred to as " Ally Pally", its purpose was to serve as a public centre of recreation, education and entertainment North London's counterpart to the Crystal Palace in South London. Originally built by John Johnson and Alfred Meeson, it opened in 1873 but following a fire two weeks after its opening, was rebuilt by Johnson. It is built on the site of Tottenham Wood and the later Tottenham Wood Farm. Alexandra Palace is a Grade II listed entertainment and sports venue in London, situated between Wood Green and Muswell Hill in the London Borough of Haringey.
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