Jubilee Gardens is a
public park
An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a city park, municipal park (North America), public park, public open space, or municipal gardens (United Kingdom, UK), is a park or botanical garden in cities, densely populated suburbia and oth ...
on the
South Bank in the
London Borough of Lambeth. Created in 1977 to mark the
Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II, the site was formerly used for the
Dome of Discovery and the adjacent
Skylon during the
Festival of Britain in 1951. A multimillion-pound redevelopment of the park was completed in May 2012, just before the
Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II and the
2012 Summer Olympics
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, in order to transform it from a state of grassland to a mature looking park with trees and hills. The re-developed Gardens were designed by Dutch landscape architects
West 8.
Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, her death in 2022. ...
reopened the gardens in October 2012.
The park is the site of a memorial to the casualties of the
International Brigades
The International Brigades () were soldiers recruited and organized by the Communist International to assist the Popular Front (Spain), Popular Front government of the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War. The International Bri ...
of the
Spanish Civil War
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, especially the
British Battalion which took very heavy casualties. There is also a paving stone at the foot of the
flagpole in memory of
John Dimmer (
VC) a
WWI hero.
The park's neighbours are the
London Eye, the
Shell Centre,
County Hall and the
River Thames
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.
Gallery
File:International brigade memorial.02.JPG, International Brigades Memorial with LCC building. Stays for the London Eye can also be seen.
File:Paving stone in memory of John Dimmer.jpg, Commemorative plaque in memory of John Dimmer
File:London Eye from Jubilee gardens.JPG, London Eye and LCC building from the middle of Jubilee Gardens, in its former state as grassland.
File:Internationa brigade memorial.03.JPG, International Brigades Memorial with London Eye in the background.
File:Jubilee Gardens.JPG, View of Jubilee Gardens before redevelopment, with Hungerford Bridge in background.
See also
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Parks and open spaces in London
References
External links
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Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Lambeth
Parks and open spaces on the River Thames
History of the London Borough of Lambeth
Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II
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