Victoria Tower Gardens - Sightseeing, Monuments, Parks & Gardens

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Victoria Tower Gardens

Millbank, London, SW1P 3JA

The small park, next to the Victoria Tower end of The Houses of Parliament, offers a peaceful change from the bustling crowds outside Parliament, and even noisier rabble within.

The park contains a bronze sculpture made by Rodin in 1895 of The Burghers of Calais (the residents of Calais in France who surrendered to Edward III in 1347, during the Hundred Year's War between Britain and France).

There is also a statue of Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928), the British suffragette, whose efforts finally won women the right to vote.

Looking across the river from here you can see Lambeth Palace and The Museum of Garden History.

Television companies often use both this park and the grass area across the road near The Jewel Tower, where they interview politicians. The grassy area is known variously as College Green, Abingdon Green and St Stephens Green. No official name seems to exist.

Nearest Underground (Tube) Station: Westminster.