The Queen Mother's Garden, Walmer Castle © Philip Halling cc-by-sa/2.0

2017

TR3750 : The Queen Mother's Garden, Walmer Castle

taken 7 years ago, near to Walmer, Kent, England

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The Queen Mother's Garden, Walmer Castle

A view of Walmer Castle from the Queen Mother's Garden. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was Warden of the Cinque Ports from 1978 until her death in 2002, to celebrate her 95th birthday English Heritage commissioned Penelope Hobhouse to design a garden in the walled garden. The Queen Mother declared, “I have been given many presents before, but never a garden.”

Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Park and Public Gardens Castle: Walmer Primary Subject: Garden other tags: Garden Pond Castle Click a tag, to view other nearby images.

This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Queen Mother [34] · Warden of the Cinque Ports [32] · Queen Mother's Garden [23] · Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother [22] Title Clusters: · The Queen Mother's Garden, Walmer Castle [3] ·

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Grid Square: TR3750, 264 images (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer: Philip Halling (more nearby)
Date Taken: Sunday, 8 October, 2017 (more nearby)
Submitted: Saturday, 14 October, 2017
Subject Location: OSGB36: TR 3776 5005 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:12.0095N 1:24.1183E
Camera Location: OSGB36: TR 3777 5001
View Direction: North-northwest (about 337 degrees)