This beautiful Regency garden surrounds the Royal Pavilion, providing visitors and locals a green haven in the heart of the city.
This beautiful Regency garden surrounds the Royal Pavilion, providing visitors and locals a green haven in the heart of the city.
The gardens are maintained under strict organic guidelines by a team of volunteers lead by the head gardener at the Royal Pavilion. This ‘nature assisted’ form of management promotes and supports bio-diversity within the gardens. The varied plant life attracts an amazing collection of butterflies, birds and bees.
The gardens are regularly used as a venue for musicians and entertainers during the summer months.
Always open.
Open March to November
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Beautiful Pavilion gardens surround the magnificent Royal Pavilion providing visitors and locals with a green haven in the heart of the city.
The gardens and Royal Pavilion were designed by the architect John Nash as Royal pleasure grounds. The Pavilion Gardens were not opened to the public until the Royal Pavilion had been sold to the town in 1850. A range of bylaws were applied to visitors to prohibit smoking, intoxication, begging, games, and ‘ragged or offensive attire’.
The gardens have been restored as closely as possible to the original Regency vision of John Nash. The gardens design features an informal planting style inspired by nature. The gardens are planted with a mix of native, Chinese and Indian plant species, with lawns and beds of mixed shrubs and floral plants crossed by curving paths.
Between 1 May 2018 and 29 June 2018, residents and visitors were invited to help shape the future of the historic Royal Pavilion Garden by participating in a survey. Over 1,300 people participated and their responses will feed into the draft conservation and management plan and funding bids for improving the space.
You can find these toilets at the end of Prince's Place, on the south side of the park.
The gardens are accessible throughout and laid out mostly on the flat, the outdoor café is accessible.
Only on-street parking is available, the nearest designated accessible bays are on the Old Steine.
An accessible toilet is available next to the Prince's Place entrance.