Description
Jubilee Gardens is the green lawn on London's South Bank between the London Eye and the Thames: a handy place to sit on the grass, let children loose or wait for a turn on the wheel, with the Houses of Parliament across the river.
The park was redesigned by the Dutch landscape architects West 8 for the 2012 Olympics: gentle grassy hills, flower beds, around 80 trees, benches and a children's playground. It is one of the busiest green spaces in central London, with millions of visitors a year.
Look for the International Brigades memorial by Ian Walters, unveiled in 1985 for the British volunteers who fought and died in the Spanish Civil War.
The ground itself has a story. In 1951 it held the Dome of Discovery, then the largest dome in the world, built for the Festival of Britain. Later it became an air terminal with a heliport, then a car park, until it opened as a park in 1977 for Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee.
The park was redesigned by the Dutch landscape architects West 8 for the 2012 Olympics: gentle grassy hills, flower beds, around 80 trees, benches and a children's playground. It is one of the busiest green spaces in central London, with millions of visitors a year.
Look for the International Brigades memorial by Ian Walters, unveiled in 1985 for the British volunteers who fought and died in the Spanish Civil War.
The ground itself has a story. In 1951 it held the Dome of Discovery, then the largest dome in the world, built for the Festival of Britain. Later it became an air terminal with a heliport, then a car park, until it opened as a park in 1977 for Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee.