List of things named after Elizabeth II explained

This is a list of places, buildings, roads and other things named after Queen Elizabeth II. It is divided by category, and each item's location is noted in the entry.

Awards and commemorative emblems

Former:

• United Kingdom: Queen's Young Leader Award

Geographic locations

Former:

• Guyana: Queen Elizabeth II National Park
• Scotland: Queen Elizabeth Square, Glasgow

Structures

Buildings

Former:

• Hong Kong: Queen Elizabeth II Youth Centre
• New Zealand: QEII Army Memorial Museum, Waiouru
• United Kingdom: Queens Building, Heathrow Airport (built in 1953 and demolished in 2009)
  • Queensland: Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Sports Centre, Brisbane England: QEII Pier, London

Monuments and sculptures

Former:

• Canada: British Columbia: bust in Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, commemorating the royal visit of 1959 had its head completely removed from the body by vandals in February 2021

Roads, highways, bridges and footpaths

• Alderney: Queen Elizabeth II Street
• Australia:
  • Australian Capital Territory: Queen Elizabeth Terrace, Parkes, Canberra
  • New South Wales: Queen Elizabeth Drive, Armidale
  • Norfolk Island: Queen Elizabeth Avenue
• Bahamas: Queen Elizabeth Drive, Marsh Harbour, Abaco Islands
• Brazil:
  • Amazonas: Queen Elizabeth Way (Portuguese: Rua Rainha Elizabeth), Manaus
• British Virgin Islands: Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, between Beef Island and Tortola
• Brunei: Elizabeth II Street (Malay: Jalan Elizabeth Dua), Bandar Seri Begawan
• Canada:
  • Alberta: Princess Elizabeth Avenue, Edmonton
  • Alberta: Queen Elizabeth II Highway, the portion of Alberta Highway 2 between Calgary and Edmonton
    • • Manitoba: Queen Elizabeth Avenue, Erickson Manitoba: Queen Elizabeth Way, Winnipeg, in commemoration of the 2002 Royal Visit.
  • Ontario: Queen Elizabeth Driveway, Ottawa
  • Ontario: Queensway, Highway 417, Ottawa
  • Ontario: [Queen Elizabeth Street, Lively (Greater City of Sudbury) ** Quebec: [https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Rue+%C3%89lisabeth-II,+Ville+de+Qu%C3%A9bec,+QC/@46.8587489,-71.3263252,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x4cb8a2a1c5409f19:0xd4042afc3450c2d2!8m2!3d46.8600034!4d-71.3271835 Rue Élisabeth-II] (Elizabeth II street) in Quebec City.
• Cayman Islands Queens Highway, East End, Grand Cayman Islands
• Ethiopia: Queen Elizabeth II Street, Addis Ababa, to commemorate the Queen's visit in 1965
• Fiji: Queen Elizabeth Drive
• Ghana: Elizabeth II Street, Prestea, Ocidental
• Jersey: L’Avenue de la Reine Elizabeth II
• Malaysia:
  • Perak: Queen's Street (Malay: Jalan Queen), Ipoh
  • Sabah: Queen Elizabeth Street (Malay: Jalan Queen Elizabeth), Kota Kinabalu
• Malta: (Maltese: Triq il-Prinċipessa Eliżabetta – Princess Elizabeth Street), Ta' Xbiex
• Mauritius: Queen Elizabeth II Avenue, Port Louis, Mauritius
• New Zealand: Queen Elizabeth II Drive, State Highway 74, Christchurch
• Nigeria:
  • Queen Elizabeth II Road, Ibadan
  • Queen Elizabeth Street, Abuja
• Poland: Queen Elizabeth Street (Polish: Ulica Królowej Elżbiety), Łańcut, Subcarpathian Voivodeship
• Singapore: Queen Elizabeth II Walk, Singapore, to commemorate the Queen's coronation in 1953
• Sri Lanka:
  • Central Province: Queen Elizabeth Drive, Nuwara Eliya
  • North Central Province: Queen Elizabeth II Street (Jaya Mawatha), Thambuththegama, to commemorate the Queen's visit in 1981
• Uganda: Queen's Way (Central Division, Kampala City) to commemorate the Queen's visit
• Ukraine: Queen Elizabeth Street (Ukrainian: Вулиця Королеви Єлизавети – Vulitsya Korolevy Yelyzavety), Mukachevo, Zakarpattia Oblast
• United Kingdom:
  • England: Golden Jubilee Bridge, London
  • England: Princess Elizabeth Way, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
  • England: Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, part of the Dartford Crossing between Thurrock and Dartford
  • England: Queen Elizabeth Road, Nuneaton, main boundary road for Camp Hill adjoining to Tuttle Hill and Bucks Hill
  • England: Queen Elizabeth Bridge, A322 Windsor By-pass, Windsor
  • England: Queen Elizabeth II Metro Bridge, Tyne and Wear Metro, between Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead
  • England: Queen Elizabeth Walk, Barnes, London, to commemorate the Queen's coronation in 1953^[1]
  • England: Queen Elizabeth Way, Colchester
  • England: Queensway, Birmingham
  • England: Queensway, Stevenage
  • England: Queensway, Stoke-on-Trent
  • England: Elizabeth Avenue, Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, one of several named during her Silver Jubilee^[2]
  • England: Elizabeth Avenue, Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey
  • England: Elizabeth Avenue, Stoke Hill, Exeter
  • England: Elizabeth II Avenue, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
  • England: Elizabeth Road, Purbrook, Hampshire
  • England: Elizabeth Road, Stamford, Lincolnshire
  • England: Elizabeth Way, Hilperton, Wiltshire
  • Northern Ireland: Queen Elizabeth Bridge, Belfast
  • Northern Ireland: Queen Elizabeth Bridge, Enniskillen, built in 1954, across the River Erne
  • Northern Ireland: Queen Elizabeth Road, Enniskillen, road which crosses the above bridge and runs alongside the Erne
• United States:
  • California: Queen Elizabeth Drive, Atwater
  • Texas: Queen Elizabeth Drive, Arlington
  • Washington, D.C.: Queen's Stroll, Ward 7^[3]

Former:

• Iran: Elizabeth II Boulevard (Persian: بلوار الیزابت دوم – Bolvār Elizābet Dovvom), Tehran, named to commemorate the Queen's visit in 1961, renamed Keshavarz Boulevard (Persian: بلوار کشاورز – Bolvār e Keshāvarz) in 1979.^{[4] [5]}

Schools

Former:

• United Kingdom (England): The Queen's Church of England Primary School, Kew, London, reverted to its previous name of The King's Church of England Primary School in 2023 after the Queen's death and her son's succession to the throne as King Charles III.

Other

Former:

• United Kingdom: Class 91 91029 Queen Elizabeth II. The railway locomotive was named by the Queen in person in March 1991. It lost its nameplate in the late 1990s when GNER was founded, was renumbered in 2000, withdrawn in 2020 and finally scrapped the following year
• The Queen Elizabeth II Fields Challenge: a programme run by Fields in Trust aiming to protect outdoor recreational spaces across the UK to create a "grassroots legacy" in celebration of the 2012 Diamond Jubilee

See also

• List of titles and honours of Elizabeth II
• Royal eponyms in Canada

Notes and References

1. Book: Grimwade . Mary . Hailstone . Charles . Highways and Byways of Barnes . Barnes and Mortlake History Society . 1992 . 32.
2. Book: Room, Adrian. Adrian Room. The Street-Names of England. 1992. Paul Watson. 169.
3. Web site: Thousands of Miles from Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth II Will Always be Remembered on One D.C. Street . 9 September 2022 . 9 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220909115338/https://dcist.com/story/22/09/08/queen-elizabeth-ii-commemorated-dc-street-name/ . live .
4. Book: Elliot, Jason. Mirrors of the Unseen: Journeys Through Iran. Picador. 15.
5. Web site: Keshavarz Boulevard – Matchless Tehran Street . Iran Radio Culture . 4 Feb 2013 . 12 September 2013.