Victoria Park is a small
park
A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. Urban parks are urban green space, green spaces set aside for recreation inside t ...
in the city of
Aberdeen,
Scotland.
The park has an area of five
hectares and was opened to the public in 1871. It is named after
Queen Victoria. In the center of the park is a
fountain made of fourteen different types of
granite that was presented to the citizens of the city by the Granite Polishers and Master Builders of Aberdeen. A greenhouse and conservatory used to present in the south-east corner of the park, but were demolished in early 2014 as a result of repeated vandalism.
Restoration work on the fountain, which is
category A listed, took place between September 2021 and April 2022. The work allowed the fountain to operate again.
See also
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Green Spaces and Walkways in Aberdeen
References
Parks in Aberdeen
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