Queens Park Brighton
Situated to the east of the town centre. Queens Park is unique in retaining a large water feature in the form of a man made lake.
The Queens Park is home to many species of trees of significant age and has several large and mature individual Huntingdon Elms.
The Queens Park is home to many species of trees of significant age and has several large and mature individual Huntingdon Elms.
Photographs by Laine Whitington June 2016
Huntindon Elm, Ulmus x hollandica. A hybrid Elm raised in England in 1746, possibly from Elm seed collected from a Ulmus hollandica hybrid by nurserymen Wood and Ingram at nearby Hitchingbrook Park. . A fine Avenue of Huntingdon Elms grow in the entrance drive to Portslade Cemetery in Victoria Road but they do not have the impact of the individuals in Queens Park.
