Raphael Park is a public park in Romford, London Borough of Havering

London Borough of Havering

The London Borough of Havering is a London borough in North East London, England and forms part of Outer London. The principal town in Havering is Romford and the other main communities are Hornchurch, Upminster and Rainham. The borough is mainly characterised by suburban development with large...

. The park is one of a series of parks which stretch northwards from the railway line at Romford.

The name of this park is commonly pronounced by locals as "ray-fel" as opposed to "raff-ahy-al" (as in the name, Raphael).

The southern entrance to Raphael Park is on Main Road in Romford, and the northern entrance is just south of the A12 Eastern Avenue. The western boundary of the park follows the line of Black's Brook, a small stream which has been dammed where the park meets Main Road to form a shallow lake. The park itself is part of the parkland that surrounded Gidea Hall

Gidea Hall

Gidea Hall was a manor house, located in Gidea Park, the historic parish and Royal liberty of Havering-atte-Bower, whose former area today forms the north eastern extremity of Greater London, England....

. Raphael Park contains two ancient Pedunculate Oak

Pedunculate Oak

Quercus robur is commonly known as the Pedunculate Oak or English oak. It is native to most of Europe, and to Anatolia to the Caucasus, and also to parts of North Africa.-Taxonomy:Q...

s recorded by the Woodland Trust. The park is named after Sir Herbert Raphael MP, who gifted it to Romford Urban District

Municipal Borough of Romford

Romford was a local government district in southwest Essex from 1851 to 1965. It was significantly expanded in 1934 and gained the status of municipal borough in 1937...

in 1904.

The Park had its Children's play area remodeled in October 2009. It now has the best in Havering.