Welcome to the website of the Alexandra and Ainsworth Tenants and Residents Association (TRA). This site is updated by people living on the estate and we are constantly adding information and images.
The Alexandra and Ainsworth Estate is a unique place to live. It is made up of the striking Grade II* listed buildings frequently referred to as Rowley Way, but correctly known as Alexandra Road. The Grade II* listing includes another row of concrete town houses on the Ainsworth side of the park. The concrete buildings were all designed by architect Neave Brown in the late 1960s.
The red brick blocks, built in the postwar period, make up the Ainsworth side of the Estate. Together we are the Alexandra and Ainsworth Estate. At the heart of our estate is the Alexandra Road Park, restored a few years ago with the help of a successful Heritage Lottery Fund bid, with match funding from Camden. Our original park landscape architect was Janet Jack.
The TRA and the wider community are very active. There are a range of activities in our tenants hall including tai chi, coffee mornings and judo classes. Across the wider estate we keep our own bees, hold a dawn chorus walk, organise summer events including our recent hugely successful Estate Fun Day held on the 2nd June for the Jubilee celebrations. We also arrange an annual free firework display. We team up with SHAK (South Hampstead and Kilburn Community Partnership) and SHELL (South Hampstead Education and Life-long Learning Centre) to promote their range of local activities, such as the gardening club.
We hope this site is of interest both to the people who live here and to the many visitors from all over world who visit us. We have a gallery page and a history page which we will be adding to over the coming months, as well as a page that lists some of the films, tv series and videos that have been filmed here using the estate as a backdrop including the Kingman and The Sweeney.
If you live on the Estate and have ideas about what you would like to have on this site, or if you would like to contribute please email us at info@alexandraandainsworth.org
Grade II* listed building
Did you know? Only 5.5% of listed buildings are Grade II* by Historic England‘ .
Buildings of architectural importance are sometimes ‘listed’ which gives them legal protection from being altered by their owners.