Victoria Garden

In 1997 a new garden in the centre of Farnham, designed by the Surrey Gardens Trust, was opened on the site of a derelict swimming pool which had been built to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897.

The arched entrance designed by local architect, Harold Falkner, was restored. This was the result of collaboration between the Surrey Gardens Trust, the Farnham Swimming Baths Trust, the Friends of the Victoria Garden and Waverley Borough Council.

The garden was designed to be easy to maintain and to appeal to all ages. It is maintained by the Friends of the Victoria Garden and is regularly used by local play groups, office workers eating their lunch and the elderly from adjacent sheltered housing.

This civic trust Green Pennant winner provides a tranquil and serene picturesque garden on the site of an old open-air swimming pool. A wonderful place to enjoy a spot of lunch and escape the husle and bustle of the town centre. A human scale chessboard is part of the attraction as is a magnificent sculpture of a small shivering boy.

Victoria Garden
Brightwells Road
Farnham

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