List of things named after Elizabeth II
This is a list of places, buildings, roads and other things named after Queen Elizabeth II. It is divided by category, though each item's location is noted in the entry.
Awards and commemorative emblems
- Australia:
- New South Wales: Queen Elizabeth Stakes (ATC), Randwick Racecourse, Sydney
- Victoria: Queen Elizabeth Stakes (VRC), Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne
- Canada: Princess Elizabeth Stakes, Queen's Medal for Champion Shot
- Commonwealth of Nations: Queen's Young Leader Award
- Hong Kong: Queen Elizabeth II Cup, Sha Tin Racecourse, Sha Tin District
- Japan: Queen Elizabeth II Cup (Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup until 2012), Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto
- New Zealand: Queen's Service Order
- United Kingdom: Elizabeth Cross
- United Kingdom: Queen's Awards for Enterprise
- United Kingdom: Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion
- United Kingdom: Queen's Award for Equestrianism
- United Kingdom: Queen's Award for Forestry
- United Kingdom: Queen's Award for Voluntary Service
- United Kingdom: Queen's Gallantry Medal (also bestowed on Commonwealth citizens)
- United Kingdom: Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry (also bestowed on Commonwealth citizens)
- United Kingdom: Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design
- United Kingdom: Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award
- United Kingdom: Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
- United Kingdom: The Queen's Medal for Music
- England: Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup
- England: Princess Elizabeth Stakes
- England: Queen Elizabeth II Stakes
- United States of America:
Geographic locations
The Queen Elizabeth Ranges in the Canadian Rockies
View of Queen Elizabeth Park, north of Wellington, New Zealand
- Australia:
- Australian Antarctic Territory: Princess Elizabeth Land
- New South Wales: Queen Elizabeth Park, Concord, New South Wales.
- New South Wales: Queen Elizabeth Lookout, Echo Point (lookout), Katoomba, New South Wales.
- Tasmania: Elizabeth Town
- Northern Territory: Princess Elizabeth Mine, an abandoned mine situated about 1260 km south-southeast of Darwin
- Norfolk Island: Queen Elizabeth Lookout, Kingston
- Queensland: Queen Elizabeth Mine, an abandoned beryllium mine about 1560 km west-northwest of Brisbane
- South Australia: City of Elizabeth
- Belize: Queen Elizabeth II Park, Orange Walk Town, Orange Walk District, Belize
- British Antarctic Territory: Queen Elizabeth Land
- Canada:
- Alberta: Queen Elizabeth Provincial Park
- Alberta: Queen Elizabeth Ranges
- Alberta: Coronation Park, Edmonton
- Alberta: Queen Elizabeth Park, Edmonton
- British Columbia: Queen Elizabeth Ranges
- Manitoba: Queen Elizabeth II Gardens, Winnipeg
- New Brunswick: Coronation Park, Bathurst, New Brunswick
- New Brunswick: Queen Elizabeth II Park, Miramichi, New Brunswick
- Northwest Territories: Queen Elizabeth Islands
- Nova Scotia: Queen Elizabeth Park, Glace Bay
- Nunavut: Queen Elizabeth Islands
- Ontario: Golden Jubilee Greenway, Markham
- Ontario: Golden Jubilee Park, Haliburton
- Ontario: Golden Jubilee Park, Hamilton
- Ontario: Queen Elizabeth II Gardens, Upper Canada Village, South Dundas
- Ontario: Queen Elizabeth II Gardens, Jackson Park, Windsor
- Ontario: Queen Elizabeth II Rose Garden, Grange Park, Toronto
- Ontario: Queen Elizabeth II Rose Garden, Queen's Park, Toronto
- Ontario: Queen Elizabeth II Wildlands Provincial Park
- Quebec: Parc Reine Elizabeth II, La Pocatière
- Quebec: Place Reine Elizabeth II, Trois-Rivières
- Quebec: Rue Élisabeth-II (Elizabeth II street) in Quebec City.
- Saskatchewan: Queen Elizabeth Court, Regina
- Saskatchewan: Queen's Golden Jubilee Rose Garden, Moose Jaw
- Cayman Islands: Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park, Grand Cayman Island
- Chile: Villa Reina Isabel II - Macul, Santiago, Santiago Province, Chile
- France: Marché aux fleurs Reine-Elizabeth-II, Paris
- New Zealand: Queen Elizabeth Park
- New Zealand: Queen Elizabeth Range, Ross Dependency
- New Zealand: Queen Elizabeth II Square, Auckland, New Zealand
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Port Elizabeth, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Singapore: Queenstown, Singapore
- Solomon Islands: Queen Elizabeth National Park, Honiara The park was established on the occasion of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953
- South Africa: Queensburgh, its original name was Malvern, but it was changed in 1953 to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's coronation
- Uganda: Queen Elizabeth National Park
- United Kingdom:
- England: Queen Elizabeth Country Park
- England: Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Country Park, Ashington, Northumberland
- England: Queen's Gardens, Croydon
- England: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, East London
- Scotland: Queen Elizabeth Forest Park Trossachs
- United States of America:
- California: Lake Elizabeth (Fremont, California) (unofficial) a man-made lake named when it and the surrounding Central Park were dedicated to then Fremont's sister city, Elizabeth, South Australia which, in turn, was named after Queen Elizabeth II, who visited the city in 1963.
- New York: Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden, New York City The Queen Elizabeth II September 11 Garden in Lower Manhattan’s Hanover Square commemorates the enduring friendship and unity between the British, the Commonwealth and the United States of America and its people.
- Zimbabwe: Princess Elizabeth Island, Zambezi River, Zimbabwe
Structures
Buildings
Elizabeth Gate, an entrance into Kew Gardens.
The former Queens Building at Heathrow Airport.
- Australia:
- Queensland: Queen Elizabeth II Courts of Law, Brisbane
- Queensland: Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Sports Centre, Brisbane (former)
- Victoria: Queen Elizabeth Centre, Ballarat
- Bahamas: Queen Elizabeth Sports Center, Nassau, Bahamas
- Canada:
- Alberta: Queen Elizabeth II Planetarium, Edmonton
- Alberta: Queen Elizabeth Pool / Queen E Pool, Edmonton
- British Columbia: Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver
- Manitoba: Queen Elizabeth II Music Building, Brandon University, Brandon
- Newfoundland and Labrador: Queen Elizabeth II Library, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland
- Ontario: Queen Elizabeth Building, Exhibition Place, Toronto
- Quebec: Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal
- Saskatchewan: Queen Elizabeth Power Station, Regina
- Saskatchewan: Queen Elizabeth II Court, Regina
- Fiji: Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Nabua
- Hong Kong: Queen Elizabeth Stadium
- New Zealand: Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch
- New Zealand: Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre & Memorial Hall, Tauranga
- New Zealand: QEII Army Memorial Museum, Waiouru
- Nigeria: Queen Elizabeth II Hall University of Ibadan, Ibadan
- Sierra Leone: Queen Elizabeth II Quay Freetown, Sierra Leone
- South Africa: Princess Elizabeth Graving Dock, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Trinidad and Tobago: Princess Elizabeth Center, Woodbrook, Port of Spain
- United Kingdom:
- England: Elizabeth Tower, Palace of Westminster, London (formerly the Clock Tower housing Big Ben)
- England: The Queen's Terminal, London Heathrow (also known as Terminal 2)
- England: Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch, London
- England: Queen Elizabeth II Law Courts, Liverpool
- England: Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London
- England: Queen Elizabeth II Great Court, London
- England: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
- England: Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London
- England: QEII Pier, London
- England: Queen Elizabeth II Dock, Eastham, Merseyside
- England: Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir, Molesey, Surrey
- England: Queen Elizabeth II Hall, Oldham
- England: Elizabeth Gate, the main entrance into Kew Gardens, London (formerly the Main Gate)
- England: The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Leisure Centre, Leicester[1]
- England: The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Pavilion café, Queens Park, Bolton
- Jersey: Elizabeth Harbour and Terminal, St Helier
- Scotland: Queen's Gallery, Edinburgh
Former:
- United Kingdom: Queens Building, Heathrow Airport (built in 1953 and demolished in 2009)
Hospitals and health
- Australia:
- New South Wales: Queen Elizabeth II Rehabilitation Centre, Camperdown, New South Wales
- South Australia: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide
- Queensland: Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, Brisbane
- Western Australia: Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia
- Barbados: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Bridgetown
- Canada:
- Alberta: Queen Elizabeth Hospital (Edmonton), Edmonton
- Alberta: Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Grande Prairie
- Manitoba: Princess Elizabeth Hospital, Winnipeg
- Nova Scotia: Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax
- Ontario: Princess Elizabeth Wing, Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, Orillia
- Ontario: Toronto Rehabilitation Hospital - Queen Elizabeth Centre
- Prince Edward Island: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Charlottetown
- Québec: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Montréal
- Chile: Centro de Salud Familiar Reina Isabel II, Valparaíso, Chile
- Guernsey: The Princess Elizabeth Hospital, Guernsey
- Hong Kong: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong
- Lesotho: Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Maseru
- Malaysia: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu
- Malawi: Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre
- Mauritius: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Rodrigues Island
- Singapore: Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Orchard Road, Singapore
- United Kingdom:
- England: Golden Jubilee Wing, King's College Hospital
- England: Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre, Exeter
- England: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
- England: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn
- England: Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Welwyn Garden City
- England: Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham
- Scotland: Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow
Monuments
Equestrian statue of the Queen on the grounds of the Saskatchewan Legislative Building.
Queen speech Bicentennial Bell
- Australia:
- Australian Capital Territory: Statue, Parliament House, Canberra
- Queensland: The only statue in the world of Queen Elizabeth II holding a handbag Spring Hill, Brisbane
- Canada:
- British Columbia: Bust of Queen Elizabeth II in Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, commemorating the royal visit of 1959
- Manitoba: Statue, Government House, Winnipeg commemorating The Queen’s address to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba during its provincial centennial in 1970
- Ontario: Statue, Parliament Hill, Ottawa
- Saskatchewan: Statue of Queen Elizabeth II on her horse Burmese at Saskatchewan Legislative Building, Regina
- United Kingdom:
- England: Head sculpture on left side of entrance to Chichester Cathedral, West Sussex
- England: Statue in the Garter robes, Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury
- England: Equestrian statue, Windsor Great Park, Windsor
- England: Statue of the Queen in the Order of the Garter robes, Runnymede, Surrey, to mark the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta
- England: Statue depicting her alongside a mare and its foal in 1977, Newmarket, to honour her 90th birthday
- England: Statue of the Queen in the Order of the Garter robes sitting in a chair in St Andrew's Gardens, Gravesend, Kent
- United States:
- Pennsylvania: High relief portrait with Dedication Speech on the Bicentennial Bell Memorial Wall, Philadelphia. The Bicentennial Bell was a gift from the people of Britain presented by Her Majesty the Queen to the people of the United States to celebrate the 1976 United States Bicentennial
Roads, highways, bridges and paths
- Australia:
- New South Wales: Queen Elizabeth Drive, Armidale
- Norfolk Island: Queen Elizabeth Avenue
- Bahamas: Queen Elizabeth Drive, Marsh Harbour, Abaco Islands
- Brazil:
- Amazonas: Rua Rainha Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth Way), Manaus
- British Virgin Islands: Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, between Beef Island and Tortola
- Brunei: Jalan Elizabeth Dua (Elizabeth II Street), Bandar Seri Begawan
- Canada:
- Alberta: Princess Elizabeth Avenue, Edmonton
- Alberta: Queen Elizabeth II Highway, the portion of Alberta Highway 2 between Calgary and Edmonton
- Alberta: Queen Elizabeth Park Road, Edmonton
- Ontario: Queen Elizabeth Driveway, Ottawa
- Ontario: Queensway, Highway 417, Ottawa
- Quebec: Rue Élisabeth-II, Quebec City
- Cayman Islands Queens Highway, East End, Grand Cayman Islands
- Ethiopia: Queen Elizabeth II Street, Addis Ababa, to commemorate the Queen's visit in 1965
- Ghana: Elizabeth II Street, Prestea, Ocidental
- Malaysia:
- Sabah Jalan Queen Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth Street), Kota Kinabalu
- Perak: Jalan Queen (Queen's Street), Ipoh
- Mauritius: Queen Elizabeth II Avenue, Port Louis, Mauritius
- New Zealand: Queen Elizabeth II Drive, State Highway 74, Christchurch
- Nigeria: Queen Elizabeth II Road, Ibadan
- Poland: Ulica Królowej Elżbiety (Queen Elizabeth Street), Łańcut, Subcarpathian Voivodeship
- Singapore: Queen Elizabeth II Walk, Singapore, to commemorate the Queen's coronation in 1953
- Sri Lanka: Queen Elizabeth II Street (Jaya Mawatha), Thambuththegama, to commemorate the Queen's visit in 1981
- Uganda: Queens Way (Central Division, Kampala City) to commemorate the Queen's visit
- Ukraine: Улица Королевы Елизаветы (Queen Elizabeth Street), Mukachevo, Zakarpattia Oblast
- United Kingdom:
- England: Golden Jubilee Bridge, London
- England: Princess Elizabeth Way, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
- England: Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, A282 road, between Thurrock and Dartford
- England: Queen Elizabeth Road, Nuneaton, main boundary road for Camp Hill adjoining to Tuttle Hill and Bucks Hill
- England: Queen Elizabeth Bridge, A322 Windsor By-pass, Windsor
- England: Queen Elizabeth II Metro Bridge, Tyne and Wear Metro, between Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead
- England: Queen Elizabeth Walk, Barnes, London, to commemorate the Queen's coronation in 1953[2]
- England: Queensway, Birmingham
- England: Queensway, Stevenage
- England: Elizabeth Way, Hilperton, Wiltshire
- England: Elizabeth Avenue, Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey
- Northern Ireland: Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, Belfast
- Northern Ireland: Queen Elizabeth Bridge, Enniskillen, built in 1954, across the River Erne
- Northern Ireland: Queen Elizabeth Road, Enniskillen, road which crosses the above bridge and runs alongside the Erne
- United States:
Former:
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- Australia:
- Victoria: Princess Elizabeth Junior School For Deaf Children Burwood, Victoria
- Canada:
- Alberta: Queen Elizabeth High School, Calgary
- Alberta: Queen Elizabeth High School, Edmonton
- Manitoba: Princess Elizabeth High School, Shilo, Manitoba
- New Brunswick: Princess Elizabeth School Saint John, New Brunswick
- Ontario: Princess Elizabeth School, Brantford
- Ontario: Princess Elizabeth School, London
- Ontario: Princess Elizabeth Senior Elementary School, Niagara Falls
- Ontario: Princess Elizabeth School Orangeville
- Ontario: Princess Elizabeth Public School, Welland
- Ontario: Queen Elizabeth District High School, Sioux Lookout, Ontario
- Ontario: Queen Elizabeth II School, Sarnia
- Ontario: Queen Elizabeth Middle School, Mississauga
- Ontario: Queen Elizabeth Public School (Trenton), Trenton
- Ontario: Queen Elizabeth Public School, Oshawa
- Ontario: Queen Elizabeth Public School, Ottawa
- Quebec: École Primaire Princess Elizabeth, Magog, Quebec
- Quebec: Princess Elizabeth High School, Magog, Quebec
- Hong Kong: Queen Elizabeth School, Hong Kong
- Isle of Man: Queen Elizabeth II High School, Peel, Isle of Man
- Jamaica: The Queen's School, Kingston, Jamaica
- Malaysia:
- Johor: Queen Elizabeth School for The Blind
- Johor: SK Princess Elizabeth Primary School
- Mauritius: Queen Elizabeth College, Mauritius
- New Zealand: Queen Elizabeth College, Palmerston North,
- Nigeria: Queen Elizabeth Secondary School, Ilorin
- Singapore: Princess Elizabeth Primary School, Singapore
- Trinidad and Tobago: Princess Elizabeth Special School, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
- United Kingdom:
- England: Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, Oxfordshire
- England: Queen Elizabeth College, University of London, London
- England: Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee School, West Sussex
- England: The Queen's Church of England Primary School, Kew, London
- Wales: Queen Elizabeth High School, Carmarthen
- Zimbabwe: Queen Elizabeth Girls High School, Harare
Other
LMS Princess Royal Class 6201 Princess Elizabeth at Castleton East Junction
- Australia:
- Western Australia: Elizabeth Quay, Perth
- Canada:
- Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships: Also known as the Queen Elizabeth Scholars Program. Canadian based global education program led by the Rideau Hall Foundation, Universities Canada and the Community Foundations of Canada. By 2022, 3,000 QE Scholars will be awarded
- British Columbia: The proposed Queen Elizabeth II Observatory on Mount Kobau in British Columbia. Later renamed the Mount Kobau National Observatory, and the 3.81 m main telescope was named in her honor
- Nova Scotia: Queen Elizabeth II Walkway at Halifax Public Gardens
- Quebec: The Queen Elizabeth II Suite at the Fairmont le Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City
- France: Esplanade Élisabeth II, Biarritz
- Sri Lanka: Queen Elizabeth Quay, Colombo harbour, Sri Lanka - to commemorate the Queen's visit in 1954
- United Kingdom:
- LMS Princess Royal Class 6201 Princess Elizabeth, one of the LMS Princess Royal Class of steam locomotives
- Class 91 91029 Queen Elizabeth II (former)
- Class 800 800003 Queen Elizabeth II
- England: Coronation Capsule, one of the capsules on the London Eye, London
- England: London Underground's Jubilee line
- England: Crossrail's Elizabeth line
- England: The Vintners' Bell "Elizabeth", the largest (and lowest-sounding) of the eight Royal Jubilee Bells used at the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant and now installed in the church of St James Garlickhythe in the City of London
- Scotland: Queen Elizabeth II Canal, Grangemouth
- Note that HMS Queen Elizabeth, a Royal Navy aircraft carrier, is actually named in honour of an earlier HMS Queen Elizabeth, which in turn was named after Elizabeth I,[5] although many sources talk of the carrier as the "namesake" of the current Queen
- United States: Queens' Bedroom, The White House, part of a guest suite of rooms that includes the Queens' Sitting Room., named after the many royal guests it has hosted, including the Queen. On the wall hangs an 18th-century painting with a mirror presented to President Harry S. Truman by then Princess Elizabeth in the name of her father, George VI, during her visit to Washington, D.C. in 1951
- Queen Elizabeth cake[6]
- Coronation chicken
- Queen Elizabeth II rose, a pink floribunda rose developed in the Coronation year and named after the Queen[7]
- The Queen's Commonwealth Canopy (QCC) - an initiative begun in 2015 as a network of forest conservation programs throughout the Commonwealth of Nations. As of 2016, 16 countries had become involved, with the remainder expected to join by 2018
- The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition - the world's oldest schools' international writing competition, managed by The Royal Commonwealth Society since 1883
- The Queen's Commonwealth Trust - a platform which funds and connects young leaders who are working hard to change the world
References
- ↑ "DMU Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Leisure Centre". www.dmu.ac.uk.
- ↑ Grimwade, Mary; Hailstone, Charles (1992). Highways and Byways of Barnes. Barnes and Mortlake History Society. p. 32.
- ↑ Elliot, Jason. Mirrors of the Unseen: Journeys Through Iran. Picador. p. 15.
- ↑ "Keshavarz Boulevard - Matchless Tehran Street". Iran Radio Culture. 4 Feb 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ↑ Allison, George (4 March 2018). "Royal Navy confirm which monarch HMS Queen Elizabeth is named for". UK Defence Journal. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ↑ Castella, K. (2012). A World of Cake. Storey Publishing. p. pt463. ISBN 978-1-60342-446-2.
- ↑ "Floribunda Roses - Queen Elizabeth II". Grosvenor Garden Centre. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
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