Queen's Lawn Explained

The Queen's Lawn is a green lawned area situated at the centre of Imperial College London's South Kensington campus,[1] next to the Queen's Tower and immediately to the north of Imperial College Road. It provides an open space of 1,600 sq metres, and is surrounded by the Abdus Salam Library, and the Sherfield administration, Chemistry, and Skempton buildings.[2] It is often the site of college events, including student bands, fairs, and balls, as well as student activism.[3] [4] [5]

In April 2006, the Imperial College student newspaper Felix reported that the college was seeking permission of Westminster City Council to develop part of the lawn into a three-storey modular building, however this has not come to pass.[6] A weekly farmer's market is held on Tuesdays,[7] and Queen's Lawn was also the site of a world record attempt for the largest jelly mosaic.[8]

A diagonal path was built across the lawn in 2021.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hobhouse . Hermione . The Crystal Palace and the Great Exhibition: Science, Art and Productive Industry: The History of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 . 5 March 2002 . A&C Black . 978-0-8264-7841-2 . 397 . 19 February 2021 . en.
  2. Web site: South Kensington Campus Map . Imperial College London . 25 September 2019.
  3. News: Black tie for Summer Ball . 25 September 2019 . . 16 February 2012.
  4. Web site: Pallister . Katy . Having a Ball . Imperial College Student Blog . Imperial College London . 25 September 2019.
  5. News: Imperial students call for VC Alice Gast to resign after she admits to bullying claims . 19 February 2021 . . 14 December 2020.
  6. Web site: College seek planning permission for three storey modular building on Queen's Lawn . . UK . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061015131028/http://www.felixonline.co.uk/v2/article.php?id=3053 . 15 October 2006 .
  7. Web site: South Kensington (Tuesdays) Farmers' Market . www.lfm.org.uk . London Farmers' Markets . 19 February 2021.
  8. News: 5 Guinness World Records only S'poreans are capable of setting that will make you go 'Whut?' . 19 February 2021 . mothership.sg . en.
  9. Web site: 2021-11-25 . Imperial unveils revitalised green space at the heart of campus Imperial News Imperial College London . 2023-11-17 . Imperial News . en.

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