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Elizabeth II was the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 to 8 September 2022.

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

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Geographic locations

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Princess Elizabeth Land, Australian Antarctic Territory
The Queen Elizabeth Ranges in the Canadian Rockies
View of Queen Elizabeth Park, north of Wellington, New Zealand
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London, England

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Structures

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Buildings

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The Queen Elizabeth II Courts of Law, in Brisbane, Queensland.
The Queen Elizabeth Theatre, in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Elizabeth Gate, an entrance into Kew Gardens
Queen Elizabeth II Court in Winchester, England

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Hospitals and health

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The Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, in Halifax, Nova Scotia
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, in Bridgetown, Barbados

Monuments and sculptures

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Equestrian statue of the Queen on the grounds of the Saskatchewan Legislative Building
Queen speech Bicentennial Bell
  • Australia:
  • Canada:
  • Nigeria:
    • Bronze statue that once stood in front of the Nigerian Parliament building depicting the Queen sitting on the throne by Ben Enwonwu, 1956. It was removed after Nigeria became a republic and now stands at the Deputy High Commissioner's Residence in Lagos
  • Papua New Guinea:
  • United Kingdom:
    • England: bronze bust by Frances Segelman erected at the Bexleyheath Clock Tower, Bexleyheath, Bexley, London, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the queen's coronation
    • England: bronze bust at the Honourable Artillery Company, London
    • England: bronze cast in the Great Hall of Winchester Castle, Winchester, Hampshire
    • England: bronze statue amongst many others, including of Prince Philip's in a sculpture known as “Uniting Two Societies” on the grounds of Ascot Racecourse, Windsor
    • England: head sculpture on the left side of entrance to Chichester Cathedral, West Sussex
    • England: statue in the Garter robes, Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury
    • England: equestrian statue, Windsor Great Park, Windsor
    • England: statue of the Queen in the Order of the Garter robes, Runnymede, Surrey, to mark the 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta
    • England: statue depicting her alongside a mare and its foal in 1977, Newmarket, to honour her 90th birthday
    • England: statue of the Queen in the Order of the Garter robes sitting in a chair in St Andrew's Gardens, Gravesend, Kent
    • England: plaque with relief portrait at Old Town Hall, Richmond, London
    • England: statue by Lydia Karpinska named "The Windsor Lady" - An informal representation of Elizabeth II wearing a head scarf and sitting down on a small bench atop a four-step brick built plinth. She is surrounded by her corgis, Bachelors Acre Park, Windsor
    • England: statue by Caroline Wallace, designed to celebrate the links between the Queen and the Army. It depicts the Queen at Trooping the Colour in 1984 wearing the Grenadier Guards uniform and riding her horse Burmese for the last time, at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Sandhurst, Berkshire
    • England: French limestone statue by Richard Bossons showing the Queen in robes of the Order of the Garter. It is installed above the West Front entrance of York Minster, the largest gothic cathedral in Britain, and pays tribute to the late monarch's life of service and dedication, York
  • United States:
    • Pennsylvania: high relief portrait with Dedication Speech on the Bicentennial Bell Memorial Wall, Philadelphia. The Bicentennial Bell was a gift from the people of Britain presented by the Queen to the people of the United States to celebrate the 1976 United States Bicentennial

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  • 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

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The Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, between Thurrock and Dartford, England
The Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, British Virgin Islands

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  • 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.[7][8]

Schools

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Queen Elizabeth High School in Calgary, Alberta

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  • 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

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QE2 bow name, October 2008
LMS Princess Royal Class 6201 Princess Elizabeth at Castleton East Junction
Class 800 800003 Queen Elizabeth II on test
Queen Elizabeth II rose

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  • 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

References

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  1. ^ "Queen Elizabeth Park".
  2. ^ a b c Gorman, Paul (9 September 2022). "Queen Elizabeth II dies: They even dyed the sheep for her in Canterbury". Stuff. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  3. ^ "DMU Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Leisure Centre". www.dmu.ac.uk.
  4. ^ Grimwade, Mary; Hailstone, Charles (1992). Highways and Byways of Barnes. Barnes and Mortlake History Society. p. 32.
  5. ^ Room, Adrian (1992). The Street-Names of England. Paul Watson. p. 169.
  6. ^ "Thousands of Miles from Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth II Will Always be Remembered on One D.C. Street". Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  7. ^ Elliot, Jason. Mirrors of the Unseen: Journeys Through Iran. Picador. p. 15.
  8. ^ "Keshavarz Boulevard – Matchless Tehran Street". Iran Radio Culture. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  9. ^ "About". Queen Elizabeth II Public School - Chatham. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Queen Elizabeth Scholars". Queen Elizabeth Scholars. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  11. ^ "Honours of Scotland: King Charles to be presented with new sword". BBC. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  12. ^ Allison, George (4 March 2018). "Royal Navy confirm which monarch HMS Queen Elizabeth is named for". UK Defence Journal. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  13. ^ "Queen Elizabeth 2 reopens as a floating hotel in Dubai". Tumblr. 30 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  14. ^ Castella, K. (2012). A World of Cake. Storey Publishing. p. pt463. ISBN 978-1-60342-446-2.
  15. ^ "UK zoo names white rhino 'Queenie' after Elizabeth II". DW. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  16. ^ "Floribunda Roses – Queen Elizabeth II". Grosvenor Garden Centre. Retrieved 23 July 2014.

See also

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