London’s Pocket Parks: Alfred Place Gardens, WC1

This is a new linear pocket park in central London that was until a few months ago an unremarkable road used mainly for parking and deliveries. The road runs parallel to Tottenham Court Road between the Building Centre and the Eisenhower Centre, and what had been a rather ordinary back road is now a bright pocket park.About half the width of the road has been taken over by a series of planted zones, ranging from mini lawns to play areas to flower beds. Sweeping around them are loads of benches t