ABSTRACT
Most greens attracted children because they contained unusual features or special possibilities for play—like "the sewer," "the volcano," model aeroplanes, banks and bushes. Little Park was located across the street from one end of Tunstall Park, covered just under two acres and was bounded on two sides by roads. Mown-grass areas were larger than 'fronts,' with visual characteristics that fell somewhere between parks and rough ground. The school grounds were well used because of their central location in the neighbourhood. Most greens were not so rigidly controlled and in fact one of the main advantages was their openness and accessibility. They were commonplace throughout Stevenage, where much of the public landscape consisted of large tidily-mown lawns. The Dip was Bedwell's most interesting green: a large, neatly mown, grassy bowl, fifteen-to-eighteen feet deep, 200 feet across, and encircled by rows of standard Stevenage sycamores.
