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Berkeley Square Gardens

A traditional London Square with a small central shelter, surrounded by London Plane trees which are amongst the oldest to be found in Mayfair, planted in 1789.

The character of the Square is light, open, and airy creating a pleasant shady space with dappled sunlight during summer.

This park has disabled access.

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Cavendish Square Gardens

Cavendish Square Gardens is a formal London Square, laid out on a circular pattern with hedges around the edges of the gardens.

This pleasant peaceful green space with large Plane Trees and grassy areas providing shade for lunch-goers and visitors on summer days.

This park has disabled access.

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Christchurch Gardens, Victoria Street

A small, formal, and attractive London Square set back from busy Victoria Street, containing lawns and mature London Plane trees. Two statues ornament the park, that of Purcell and Suffragettes. Used as a pedestrian thoroughfare to link Victoria Street to St James Park and underground station and by office workers as a place to eat lunch.

This park has disabled access.

Crown Reach

A small peaceful modern landscape space, part of the Thames river walk, and adjacent to Vauxhall Bridge and running alongside Grosvenor Road.

This site consists of terraced grass areas, hard landscaping and tree planting associated with the adjacent residential riverside developments. Seating and river views.

This park has disabled access.

Ebury Square Gardens

This small London Square consists of formal lawns, floral schemes, and ornamental shrubs, bordered by London Plane trees. The Square was opened to the public in 1884 but was originally laid out around 1820. The mature London Planes provide shade away from the bustling surrounding area. A place where residents, tourists, and office workers can relax. Ebury Square is close to Victoria Train and Coach Stations.

The name ‘Ebury’ is thought to stem from an area in the vicinity that was known as "Eia" and is mentioned in the Domesday Book. This name then evolved into ‘Eabery’, and as such Eabery Farm stood on this site before the gardens. In 1676 Eabery Farm became the property of the Grosvenor family.

This park has disabled access and does not allow dogs.

Golden Square Gardens

The Square originally known as Goldring Square is thought to have been laid out according to plans by Sir Christopher Wren, around the year 1670s. The formal square consists of seating, floral displays and shrub and Rose beds and a grass verge.

Four mature Hornbeam trees are a feature of this square, especially during autumn leaf fall.  This busy and popular square was once described by Dickens as a little wilderness of shrubs watched over by a 'mournful statue'

This park has disabled access and does not allow dogs.

Grosvenor Gardens Lower

A formal London Square with paths, lawns, benches, and formal bedding displays close to Victoria Station.

The Garden is a popular place in the summer months.  Even though the space is triangular in shape it achieves a formal and balanced structure in its layout. Mature trees align the space, and a central path runs through the heart of the space.  The entrance facing Victoria Station is marked by a statue of Ferdinand Foch.

Grosvenor Gardens Upper

The gardens consist of ornamental lawns, seasonal floral schemes and shrubs, with a life-sized sculpture of a Lioness chasing a Lesser Kudu in the centre which was commissioned by the Duke of Westminster from the sculptor Jonathan Kenworthy.

This is one of two small triangular gardens located very close to Victoria rail, bus, and coach stations. It is used by office workers to lunch and people arriving in London or transiting from one of the nearby stations. Both Upper and Lower Grosvenor Gardens were named after the Grosvenor family who are landowners in central London. Upper Grosvenor Garden was re-landscaped and opened to the public for the first time in the year 2000.

Hanover Square Gardens

A planted formal square with established hedges surrounding the Square is set in Mayfair just south of Oxford Street.

The Square contains various statues, the most notable being one of William Pitt the Younger (former politician and twice Prime Minister). The bronze statue was created by the great sculptor Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey and has stood at the southern end of the Square since 1831.The first square to be laid out for building was Hanover Square which was started in about 1717 and named after the new king, George I, who was the Elector of Hanover in Germany. Westminster City Council purchased the space in 1997.

This park has disabled access.

Kildare Gardens

An attractive and well laid out London square and small garden surrounded by a quiet residential road of white stucco buildings. A brick path meanders through the site from one entrance to a circular seating feature at the other end and a small informal grass area at the heart of the space. Benches align the path with informal shrub and herbaceous planting.  The space is contained by low neo-Victorian bow-top railings.

This park has disabled access and does not allow dogs.

Leicester Square Gardens

Leicester Square is one London’s best known public squares and hub of entertainment and activity. The Square has a central marble fountain which contains a 19th-century statue of Shakespeare, surrounded by mature London plane trees creating a significant tree canopy overhead.

The Square features a splash water feature and an abundance of floral displays.

This park has disabled access.

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Norfolk Square Gardens

A long-established rectangular London Square, consisting of central lawns, floral displays, and London plane trees. Norfolk Square Gardens provides a quiet space just yards from Paddington Mainline Station.

The Garden Square was acquired by the City Council through compulsory purchase in the late 1980s and opened to the public in autumn of 1990 and is occasionally used by local groups for concerts and other events, particularly throughout the summer months.

This park has disabled access and does not allow dogs.

Porchester Square Gardens

An attractive, traditional London Square containing flower displays, lawns, trees and hedges and a children's play area. Porchester Square is an ideal place to spend lunch or just a  summer’s afternoon calmly reading a book or paper. The main tree species in the Garden are the London Plane (Platanus x hispanica), which define the Square but other trees including the double flowered British Native Cherry  (Prunus avium 'Plena') and red flowered Indian Horse Chestnut (Aesculus indica).

The name Porchester comes from one of the Hampshire estates of the Thistlewaites who with only two or three other families had been chief lessees of the Bishop of London's land in Paddington since before 1750.

Porchester Square was completed between 1855 and 1858 and was one of the last areas of Bayswater to be developed and built.

This park has disabled access.

Soho Square Gardens

This very popular London Square is located at the centre of Soho and provides a small oasis behind Oxford Street. Soho Square dates back to the 1680s in an area of land known previously as Soho fields.

The half-timbered black and white building in the centre was built in 1895 and refurbished in 2009.

This park has disabled access and does not allow dogs.

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St George's Square Gardens

The Square consists of a large area of lawn in the centre, paths and shrubs around the boundary and a separate dog area at one end and is a very pleasant peaceful space to spend a summer’s afternoon.

St George's Square was originally laid out in 1839, consisting of two parallel streets running north to south and by 1843 it had been transformed into a formal square becoming a fully residential square from 1854. Up until 1874 the square had a pier for boats and steamers. The square is at the heart of a series of large grand white stucco buildings developed from 1835 by the Marquess of Westminster who owned the land.

This park has disabled access.

St John's Gardens

This is an attractive formal London Square popular with lunch goers with access from Horseferry Road and stepped access from Page Street. The Gardens are formed around a central fountain and contains numerous large London Plane trees that dominate the space.

This park has disabled access.

Sussex Gardens

This is a formal triangular-shaped London Square, surrounded by busy roads. It contains a Rose garden (one of only a few in Westminster), grass areas and London Plane trees. A major feature in the local area.

This park has disabled access and does not allow dogs.

Talbot Square Gardens

This small relatively formal London Square dominated by large London Planes is a classic London Square. A central lawn and shrubberies on the borders and a resin bonded path around the gardens.

Seating is provided and this is a splendid square to spend some quality time in. Historic style railings surround the perimeter of the square, and a metalwork arch leads onto Sussex Gardens, which maintains  the dignified character of the space.

This park has disabled access and does not allow dogs.

Published: 29 April 2022

Last updated: 27 October 2022