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Guide to the Pleasure Gardens, Festival of Britain, Battersea Park, London

Artist: E W Fenton and Architect: James Gardner (1907-1995)1951

Royal Institute of British Architects

Royal Institute of British Architects
London, United Kingdom

Plan with key to attractions including funfair attractions, restaurants, and miniature railway. This plan forms the centrefold (pages 26 and 27) of a Festival of Britain guide booklet. The Festival Pleasure Gardens were designed as a recreation and entertainment space for the 1951 Festival of Britain, with much of the planting designed by James Gardner. The site featured a new water garden and fountains with popular attractions including a 'Tree-Walk', the Guinness Festival Clock and a pleasure railway known as the Far Tottering and Oyster Creek Branch Railway.

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  • Title: Guide to the Pleasure Gardens, Festival of Britain, Battersea Park, London
  • Creator: Artist: E W Fenton, Architect: James Gardner (1907-1995)
  • Date Created: 1951
  • Location Created: London, UK
  • Rights: RIBA Collections
  • Medium: Drawing
Royal Institute of British Architects

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