College Green, London

College Green (aka Abingdon Green,[1] formally known as Abingdon Street Gardens) is a public park in the City of Westminster in Central London.[2] It is east of Westminster Abbey including Westminster Abbey Gardens and across a road from the gardens of the Houses of Parliament.[2] The gardens are not enclosed and are accessible at all times.[2] For many months of 2019, during the Brexit deadlock, it exclusively hosted TV broadcasts and radio and media interviews.

College Green

The park is a common place for television reporters to interview Members of Parliament.[3] Henry Moore's bronze sculpture Knife Edge Two Piece 1962–65 is in the gardens.[2]

The gardens are a roof to a two-storey underground car park constructed from 1963 to 1964.[4] The site was originally a tidally flooded bank of the River Thames separated from the College Garden of Westminster Abbey by a medieval wall with a watergate. Its name refers to the collegiate church of Westminster Abbey, which includes Westminster School.

References
  1. "Regulations or bylaws relating to the use of Abingdon Green (also known as College Green) by members of the public and the media" (PDF). FOI 3071. UK: www.parliament.uk. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  2. "Abingdon Street Gardens". City of Westminster. London. 11 February 2013. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011.
  3. History in the making BBC News, 12 May 2010
  4. Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Administration Committee (18 April 2007). Improving facilities for educational visitors to Parliament: first report of session 2006-07, report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence. The Stationery Office. pp. 79–. ISBN 978-0-215-03355-0. Retrieved 12 February 2013.

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