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Victoria Tower Gardens were created in 1864-70, following the embankment of the Thames by MBW's Chief Engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette, although Sir Christopher Wren had conceived of a continuous embankment in 1666. The gardens run south from Black Rod Garden and the Houses of Parliament to Lambeth Bridge and were extended c.1914. The layout comprises a central lawn, with perimeter paths, mature trees and shrubberies. Within the gardens are a statue of Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst, Auguste Rodin's Burghers of Calais and the Buxton Memorial Fountain.

Victoria Tower Gardens South run south from Lambeth Bridge and were created in 1864-70, following the embankment of the Thames by Sir Joseph Bazalgette. The landscaping consists of a simple strip of grass with a line of London plane trees along the river, and a linear path with a number of modern benches provided.

Originally part of Tothill Fields, in mediaeval times the area was apparently used for military practice and there were plague pits here. Terraced houses existed in nearby Rochester Row by the 1790s. Vincent Square is named after Dr William Vincent (d.1815), former Dean of Westminster and Master of Westminster School. The centre of the square became a playground for Westminster School in 1810, enclosed by railings in 1842. Westminster School originated as a small charity school provided by Westminster Abbey's Benedictine monks in c.1179. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries the school's continuation was ensured by a statute of Henry VIII of 1540 and it was granted a charter by Elizabeth I in 1560. Set to turf, there are large London plane trees around the perimeter and a lodge in the south corner of c.1920, with stone gate piers, and also a large half-timbered sports pavilion.

Violet Hill Gardens were created in 1952 on the former grounds of a Victorian school. The garden was opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in 1952. The garden was laid out with a playground and a more formal landscaped area with lawn, perimeter planting and path. Among the scattered trees was a Tulip tree, which flowered for the first time in 1970. The garden underwent improvement works in 2008.

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Warwick Square was laid out in 1843 as part of Thomas Cubitt's development of the Pimlico area on land leased from the Grosvenor Estate of the Duke of Westminster. The houses around the square were completed by 1865. From the early C17th until 1815 the area was largely used for market gardening. In recent years the railings, which were removed and replaced by chain-link fencing in the C20th, have been restored, the hoggin paths and rope-edge tiles have been re-instated, and new planting includes species found in Victorian times. Two Victorian mounds have been re-landscaped with timber forts, concealed paths and hiding places to create a redesigned children's play area.

The land was originally part of St James's Park. Wellington Barracks date from 1833-4 although from c.1810 the site was already partly in use by the Guards. The main range was designed by Col. Sir Frederick Smith of the Royal Engineers and architect Philip Hardwick, with later buildings added in the C20th, such as the New Barracks dating from 1979-85. In front of the Royal Military Chapel or Guards' Chapel is a memorial garden laid out in the 1980s and consists of lawn, shrubbery, a fountain and planting in the shape of the Brigade insignia. To the north-west is a bronze statue to Field Marshal The Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891-1969) by James Butler (1985). The modern chapel of the 1960s by Bruce George of George, Trew and Dunn replaced the earlier chapel, which was largely destroyed by a German flying bomb in 1944. The railings of the neighbouring Barracks are C19th.

Westbourne Gardens, roughly triangular in plan, have a dominant terrace at the western base. Originally a private garden, it was acquired by WCC and opened to the public in the C20th. The asphalt paths are a simplified version of the pattern surveyed in 1862, and are possibly original. The garden boundary has recent railings and is planted with lime trees; within the garden there are several notable London plane trees, with shrubs and bedding displays.

Westbourne Terrace is a tree-lined avenue laid out as part of the planned development of Tyburnia for the Bishop of London. Like Sussex Gardens, the individual gardens are narrow, somewhat erratic in quality, but the longitudinal effect of the mature London plane trees and hawthorn is very striking.

Chapter House Garden is opposite the Palace of Westminster and adjacent to part of the Old Palace Yard, one of two courtyards of the medieval palace.

This part of Westminster Abbey is accessible to the visiting public. The Garth or Great Cloister Garden within the old monastic complex is the centrepiece to the fine gothic arcaded cloister and once contained a well. Surrounded by the cloisters, it now largely consists of an area of lawn, which has a diversity of grasses and wildflowers, including species uncommon in central London, and as such is a site of importance for nature conservation. The Little Cloister Garden dates from the C18th and is surrounded by fine metalwork gates and railings. The central area has a lawn bordered with shrubs with a central marble fountain set within a square of turf with stone border.

St Catherine's Garden is a private residential garden within Westminster Abbey Precincts created within the monastic infirmary, which was built in 1154-61 and consisted of St Catherine's Chapel and an aisled nave of 5 bays. The present doorway was added in 1371-2 when the Infirmary Hall was pulled down and the sick and aged monks were given separate rooms around the Little Cloister. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539, St Catherine's Chapel was allowed to fall into ruins and the garden has been laid out on its ruins, overlooked by a statue of St Catherine, set within a niche at first floor level.

The College Garden where medicinal herbs were grown for the monastery since the C11th, remains a private garden of Westminster Abbey although it is accessible to the public. Its name is taken from the old meaning of the word 'college', being a community of clergy. Enclosed by early C14th walls, the garden is ornamented with four weathered statues of the apostles carved in 1686 by Grinling Gibbons and Arnold Quellin that were formerly in the Queen's Chapel in the Palace of Whitehall. The Canon's House in the south-east corner is by J.L. Pearson (1882). Within the garden is a rose garden celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's accession in 1952 and more recently a herb garden was created to celebrate the monks who lived here and the foundation of Westminster School in 1560.