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Here are some clips from old OS maps which show the area was 'rough pasture' in 1869, and had become Avenue Gardens by 1895. A larger scale map for 1912 shows that the paths are already there as now, so I should think the landscaping was deliberate rather than the remains of something there before. You can see maps like these (view a bit restricted) on the National Library of Scotland website https://maps.nls.uk/os/.
You're right, Ralph. So it was carefully landscaped from the start! Amazing. I guess the Palace Gates railway didn't exist in 1869.
Here's the Palace Gates railway Walk Guide (it was the 'Great Eastern' railway!).
http://www.haringeyfriendsofparks.org.uk/railway_walk.php
Which is Avenue Gardens?, is it by the boating lake?. It looks more like on the way to AP station.
Yes, it's opposite the station, with St. Michael's terrace running alongside. Lovely and idiosyncratic bit of greenspace, with all its peculiar bumps - presumably old buildings? Something to do with the railway that ran through here from Palace Gates station?
Thanks. It was/is part of Wood Green Common so I don't think it has ever been built upon. It might be from the embankment on the railway which was on the east side.
Ah, ok. But the mounds do seem very lumpy, and not continuous enough to be an embankment?!
Do you know any more about the film?
It's likely it's an advert for Lloyds Bank.