Victoria Gardens, Neath

The Victoria Gardens are a Grade II registered park in the town centre of Neath, Wales. The park was opened for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee on 22 June 1897 and officially re-opened as Victoria Gardens on 30 June 1898. It has been described as "a quintessential Victorian urban public park" and has most of its original layout and features intact, including a bandstand, a bronze statue of Howell Gwyn, Gorsedd stones,and inclined flowers beds displayingcarpet bedding designs.