Alexandra Park is an

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, leafy residential

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in the north of

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. The area was developed for serviceman and their families in the

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years following

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. Notable institutions located in Alexandra Park are: The

National Botanic Garden (Zimbabwe) National Botanic Garden of Zimbabwe is situated about 4 km North of Harare City Centre in the suburb of Alexandra Park. It also houses the National Herbarium of Zimbabwe. The gardens have an area of almost 7 square kilometres. It was initia ...

and National Herbarium; the National Parks and Wildlife services of Zimbabwe; the

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; St George's College (private secondary boys school); Alexandra Park Primary School; Hartmann House (private boys primary school); and the Embassy of

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History

The suburb of Alex Park was originally set-up to address housing shortages after

; the government of the time promised servicemen plots of half acre land once the war was over and Alexandra Park was one of the suburbs in which this land was allocated. Many of the street names reflect significant places or people involved in World War II such as

Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1 ...

Avenue,

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Road. Alexandra Park includes the following roads and streets: Churchill Avenue, Borrowdale Road; Sam Nujoma Street (formerly Second Street); Sandringham Drive; Kirkwood Road; Maasdorp Avenue; Earls Road; Arundel Road; Fleetwood Road; Normandy Road, Dunkirk Drive; Carlisle Drive; Clairwood Road;

History

See also