Forbury Gardens
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Forbury Gardens is a public park in the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. The park is on the site of the outer court of Reading Abbey, which was in front of the Abbey Church. The sit
The Maiwand Lion, with Forbury Hill behind and to the left
Forbury Hill, used as a gun emplacement in the civil war
The Rustic Fountain dates from 1856 and the inauguration of the first gardens.
The Reading Cenotaph, with the Victoria Gates and gardens behind
2020 Reading stabbings
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On the evening of 20 June 2020, a man with a knife attacked people who were socialising in Forbury Gardens in Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom. Three men were killed and three other people were seri
Forbury Gardens
…as Grade II in the English Heritage Register of Historic Parks and Gardens, and are managed by Reading Borough Council. In 2020, they were the site of a terrorist attack in which three people were killed and others injured. Forbury, a suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin, was named after the gardens by early resident William Henry Valpy, who was born in Reading…
Police presence near Forbury Gardens on 21 June
Forbury Gardens bandstand shortly after the gardens re-opened, with flowers previously laid by members of the public and moved here
Flowers on the bandstand in memory of the three victims
The memorial to the victims unveiled in 2023