Guide to the Pleasure Gardens, Festival of Britain, Battersea Park, London
Plan with key to attractions including funfair attractions, restaurants, and miniature railway. This plan forms the centrefold (pages 26 and 27) of a Festival of Britain guide booklet. The Festival Pleasure Gardens were designed as a recreation and entertainment space for the 1951 Festival of Britain, with much of the planting designed by James Gardner. The site featured a new water garden and fountains with popular attractions including a
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About this artwork
- Title: Guide to the Pleasure Gardens, Festival of Britain, Battersea Park, London
- Artist: leslie james gardner
- Year: 1951
- Format: Landscape
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Where to see it: Royal Institute of British Architects
- Main color: Putty
- Color hue: Green to Violet Spectrum

