Introduction
Victoria Gardens is a small, well-preserved and popular Victorian urban public park. It was opened in 1897, and has most of its original layout and features intact. These include a fine bandstand and inclined beds used to display carpet bedding designs.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Telephone
01443 336000Website
http://www.cadw.wales.gov.uk/Access contact details
This is a municipal park for general public use.
Directions
The park is in the town centre of Neath, located at the rear of the bus station.
Owners
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
Port Talbot Civic Centre, Port Talbot, SA13 1PJOther Websites
- Features & Designations
Designations
Conservation Area
- Reference: Victoria Gardens
CADW Register of Landscapes Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales
- Reference: PGW(Gm)64(NEP)
- Grade: II
CADW Register of Listed Buildings in Wales
- Reference: bandstand
- Grade: II
CADW Register of Listed Buildings in Wales
- Reference: pedestal and bronze statue of Howell Gwyn
- Grade: II
Features
- Bandstand
- Earliest Date:
- Latest Date:
- Statue
- Description: Statue of Howell Gwyn, moved to its present position in the 1960s.
- Drinking Fountain
- Description: The fountain is said to have originally stood in the old livestock market.
- Earliest Date:
- Key Information
Type
Park
Purpose
Recreational/sport
Principal Building
Parks, Gardens And Urban Spaces
Survival
Extant
Open to the public
Yes
Civil Parish
Neath
- References
References
- CADW, {Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Glamorgan} (Cardiff: CADW, 2000) 122 Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Glamorgan