Victoria Park, Cardiff Victoria Park, Cardiff Victoria Park is a public park in the Canton district of Cardiff in south Wales at Cowbridge Road East. As its name suggests, it is a traditional Victorian era park named after Queen Victoria and has retained much of its original charm. The park was created as a municipal recreation ground by Cardiff City Council through a city charter between 1897 and 1898 to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee marking her record sixty years on the throne. The park is located on the a small part of the extensive traditional Canton Cross common lands that had originally
Diamond Jubilee State Coach private initiative with some help from the Australian government in form of a $250,000 (£138,000) grant. The coach weighs 2.75 tons and is and . Like the Australian State Coach, the Diamond Jubilee State Coach has electric windows, heating and hydraulic stabilisers. Diamond Jubilee State Coach The Diamond Jubilee State Coach (initially known as the State Coach Britannia) is an enclosed, six-horse-drawn carriage that was made to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II's 80th birthday, but completion was delayed for nearly 8 years. Eventually, it became a commemoration for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. The coach was used for the first time at