War Memorial Shelters

War Memorial Shelters
The southernmost War Memorial Shelter, 2016
Interactive map of the War Memorial Shelters area
General information
LocationKensington Gardens, London, England
Coordinates51°30′21″N 0°11′09″W / 51.505927°N 0.185755°W / 51.505927; -0.185755
Design and construction
Known forBuilt by the Silver Thimble Fund to commemorate the Great War

The War Memorial Shelters are two Grade II listed commemorative shelters in Kensington Gardens, London, about 100m apart, and about 140m east of Kensington Palace, built in about 1919 by the Silver Thimble Fund, to commemorate the Great War, and the soldiers and sailors who fought.[1]

The seating inside them was removed in 2013, and they were listed in 2014.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Historic England. "War Memorial Shelters (1420382)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 September 2016.

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51°30′21″N 0°11′09″W / 51.505927°N 0.185755°W / 51.505927; -0.185755


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