Victoria Embankment Gardens - City of Westminster, London, UK
N 51° 30.467 W 000° 07.286
30U E 699756 N 5710223
The Victoria Embankment Gardens are administered by the City of Westminster Parks Department
Waymark Code: WMRYNV
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/23/2016
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The Victoria Embankment gardens are a lushly landscaped oasis with sevreal small playgrounds, an open-air concert stage, and many gorgeous statues of historic figures. It is a alive with wildlife and people who delight in feeding squirrels. Festivals, markets, picnickers, and music liven up this fantastic park along the north bank of the River Thames.
From the City of Westminster website: (
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Welcome to Victoria Embankment Gardens
This vibrant public park is part of the chain of open spaces along Victoria Embankment, designed by Sir Joseph Bazelgette and opened in 1865.
The park provides a welcome retreat from busy Embankment and bustling Villiers Street and is popular with office workers as a pleasant space to eat lunch and relax. There are grass areas with impressive bedding displays throughout the year. A bandstand has a programme of events throughout the summer and visitors to the gardens can sit in deckchairs to enjoy.
The historical Watergate is in one corner of the park, built in 1626 as an entrance to the Thames for the Duke of Buckingham. The gate is still in its original position, but since its creation the Thames water line has moved and the gate is some 100 metres from the water. There are various statues in the park including that of John Stuart Mill, Lady Henry Somerset statue of girl with begging bowl, William Howard Forster statue, and a memorial to the poet Robert Burns.
Disabled access Bandstand