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1 UNION PARK

The first section of Union Park, a new seven-acre public park in Wembley, northwest London, has opened on the site of a former car park. This southern section, designed by LDA Design, features a play park, paddling pools and an outdoor gym. A large pond stores water run-off from nearby buildings, which is then slowly released into the drainage system,

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