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Tel: 01623 750214 Email: [email protected] High quality metal railings, gates & pedestrian guardrail. Visit www.alpharail.co.uk to view more projects Alpha House, Urban Road, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. NG17 8AP ALPHA RAIL MANUFACTURERS BESPOKE ARCHWAY FOR FELIXSTOWE PARK Alpha Rail Sales Director, Phil Ball Metal railings, gates and pedestrian guardrail manufacturers Alpha Rail has supplied a bespoke archway for Martello Park in Felixstowe. Architectural metalwork specialists Alpha Rail has been appointed to supply a bespoke decorative archway for Martello Park in Felixstowe. that are present around Felixstowe, which helped to maintain local history and heritage. Martello Park is a newly created leisure and recreation space between the Martello Park housing development and the Felixstowe seafront. The area runs from Sea Road to Manor Terrace. Commenting, Simon Walker, Suffolk Coastal Norse Property Services Manager said: Suffolk Coastal District Council wanted to further enhance this public park space to add a new Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) compliant public toilet block, additional play equipment, and a new entrance arch to provide identity to the main access from the existing seafront. Alpha Rail’s work included interpreting the drawings into a working design and the provision of 3D representations. The company then manufactured and installed a decorative metal archway with coloured lettering. The arch was powder coated blue with green highlighted areas. The top of the archway also featured grey squares with two small windows to resemble the military forts “Alpha Rail provided a very straight forward and professional service from start to finish. Fabrication was managed in a timely fashion and flexibility offered in agreeing an installation date. The completed installation provided an entrance archway that was very much as envisaged from the conceptual drawings and provided the park entrance with the identity we anticipated.” Established in 1985, Alpha Rail is one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of metal railings, gates, archways and other bespoke architectural metalwork. www.alpharail.co.uk Landscape & Urban Design Issue 16 45