List of things named after Elizabeth II

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Elizabeth II is the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms since 6 February 1952.

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

Awards and commemorative emblems[]

Geographic locations[]

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
  • Australia:
    • Australian Antarctic Territory: Princess Elizabeth Land
    • New South Wales: Queen Elizabeth Park, Concord, New South Wales.
    • New South Wales: Queen Elizabeth Lookout, Echo Point (lookout), Katoomba, New South Wales.
    • Tasmania: Elizabeth Town
    • Northern Territory: Princess Elizabeth Mine, an abandoned mine situated about 1260 km south-southeast of Darwin
    • Norfolk Island: Queen Elizabeth Lookout, Kingston
    • Queensland: Queen Elizabeth Mine, an abandoned beryllium mine about 1560 km west-northwest of Brisbane
    • South Australia: City of Elizabeth
  • Belize: Queen Elizabeth II Park, Orange Walk Town, Orange Walk District, Belize
  • British Antarctic Territory: Queen Elizabeth Land
  • Canada:
    • Alberta: Queen Elizabeth Provincial Park
    • Alberta: Queen Elizabeth Ranges
    • Alberta: Coronation Park, Edmonton
    • Alberta: Queen Elizabeth Park, Edmonton
    • British Columbia: Queen Elizabeth Ranges
    • Manitoba: Queen Elizabeth II Gardens, Winnipeg
    • New Brunswick: Coronation Park, Bathurst, New Brunswick
    • New Brunswick: Queen Elizabeth II Park, Miramichi, New Brunswick
    • Northwest Territories: Queen Elizabeth Islands
    • Nova Scotia: Queen Elizabeth Park, Glace Bay
    • Nunavut: Queen Elizabeth Islands
    • Ontario: Golden Jubilee Greenway, Markham
    • Ontario: Golden Jubilee Park, Haliburton
    • Ontario: Golden Jubilee Park, Hamilton
    • Ontario: Queen Elizabeth II Gardens, Upper Canada Village, South Dundas
    • Ontario: Queen Elizabeth II Gardens, Jackson Park, Windsor
    • Ontario: Queen Elizabeth II Rose Garden, Grange Park, Toronto
    • Ontario: Queen Elizabeth II Rose Garden, Queen's Park, Toronto
    • Ontario: Queen Elizabeth II Wildlands Provincial Park
    • Quebec: Queen Elizabeth II Park (French: Parc Reine Elizabeth II), La Pocatière
    • Quebec: Queen Elizabeth II Square (French: Place Reine Elizabeth II), Trois-Rivières
    • Saskatchewan: Queen Elizabeth Court, Regina
    • Saskatchewan: Queen's Golden Jubilee Rose Garden, Moose Jaw
    • Saskatchewan: The Queen Elizabeth II Gardens in front of the Saskatchewan Legislative Building, Regina
  • Cayman Islands: Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park, Grand Cayman Island
  • Chile: Villa Reina Isabel II – Macul, Santiago, Santiago Province, Chile
  • France:  [fr], Paris
  • New Zealand: Queen Elizabeth Park
  • New Zealand: Queen Elizabeth Range, Ross Dependency
  • New Zealand: Queen Elizabeth II Square, Auckland, New Zealand
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Port Elizabeth, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Singapore: Queenstown, Singapore
  • Solomon Islands: Queen Elizabeth National Park, Honiara The park was established on the occasion of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953
  • South Africa: Queensburgh, its original name was Malvern, but it was changed in 1953 to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's coronation
  • Uganda: Queen Elizabeth National Park
  • United Kingdom:
  • United States of America:
    • California: Lake Elizabeth (Fremont, California) (unofficial) a man-made lake named when it and the surrounding Central Park were dedicated to then Fremont's sister city, Elizabeth, South Australia which, in turn, was named after Queen Elizabeth II, who visited the city in 1963
    • Illinois: Queen's Landing, Chicago The place got its name in July 1959 when Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip sailed down the newly opened St. Lawrence Seaway and stopped in Chicago aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia
    • New York: Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden, New York City The Queen Elizabeth II September 11 Garden in Lower Manhattan's Hanover Square commemorates the enduring friendship and unity between the British, the Commonwealth and the United States of America and its people
  • Zimbabwe: Princess Elizabeth Island, Zambezi River

Structures[]

Buildings[]

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.
  • Australia:
  • Bahamas: Queen Elizabeth Sports Center, Nassau, Bahamas
  • Canada:
    • Alberta: Queen Elizabeth II Planetarium, Edmonton
    • Alberta: Queen Elizabeth Pool / Queen E Pool, Edmonton
    • British Columbia: Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver
    • Manitoba: Queen Elizabeth II Music Building, Brandon University, Brandon
    • Newfoundland and Labrador: Queen Elizabeth II Library, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland
    • Ontario: Queen Elizabeth Building, Exhibition Place, Toronto
    • Quebec: Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal
    • Saskatchewan: Queen Elizabeth Power Station, Regina
    • Saskatchewan: Queen Elizabeth II Court, Regina
  • Fiji: Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Nabua
  • Ghana: Queen Elizabeth II Hall, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (KNUST), Kumasi
  • Hong Kong: Queen Elizabeth Stadium
  • New Zealand: Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch
  • New Zealand: Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre & Memorial Hall, Tauranga
  • Nigeria: Queen Elizabeth II Hall University of Ibadan, Ibadan
  • Sierra Leone: Queen Elizabeth II Quay Freetown, Sierra Leone
  • South Africa: Princess Elizabeth Graving Dock, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  • Trinidad and Tobago: Princess Elizabeth Centre, Woodbrook, Port of Spain
  • United Kingdom:

Former:

  • New Zealand: QEII Army Memorial Museum, Waiouru
  • United Kingdom: Queens Building, Heathrow Airport (built in 1953 and demolished in 2009)

Hospitals and health[]

The Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, in Bridgetown, Barbados.
  • Australia:
  • Barbados: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Bridgetown
  • Canada:
    • Alberta: Queen Elizabeth Hospital (Edmonton), Edmonton
    • Alberta: Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Grande Prairie
    • Manitoba: Princess Elizabeth Hospital, Winnipeg
    • Nova Scotia: Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax
    • Ontario: Princess Elizabeth Wing, Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, Orillia
    • Ontario: Toronto Rehabilitation Hospital – Queen Elizabeth Centre
    • Prince Edward Island: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Charlottetown
    • Québec: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Montréal
  • Chile: Centro de Salud Familiar Reina Isabel II, Valparaíso, Chile
  • Guernsey: The Princess Elizabeth Hospital, Guernsey
  • Hong Kong: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong
  • Lesotho: Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Maseru
  • Malaysia: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu
  • Malawi: Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre
  • Mauritius: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Rodrigues Island
  • Singapore: Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Orchard Road, Singapore
  • United Kingdom:

Monuments & Sculptures[]

Equestrian statue of the Queen on the grounds of the Saskatchewan Legislative Building.
Queen speech Bicentennial Bell
  • Australia:
    • Australian Capital Territory: statue, Parliament House, Canberra
    • Queensland: statue of Queen Elizabeth II holding a handbag, Spring Hill, Brisbane
    • South Australia: statue by sculptor Robert Hannaford at Government House in Adelaide
  • Canada:
    • British Columbia: bust in Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, commemorating the royal visit of 1959
    • Manitoba: Statue, Government House, Winnipeg commemorating The Queen's address to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba during its provincial centennial in 1970
    • Ontario: Statue, Parliament Hill, Ottawa
    • Saskatchewan: Statue of Queen Elizabeth II on her horse Burmese in front of Saskatchewan Legislative Building, Regina
  • Papua New Guinea: portrait bust of a young crowned Queen Elizabeth II, Port Moresby
  • United Kingdom:
    • 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 the 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
  • 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 Her Majesty the Queen to the people of the United States to celebrate the 1976 United States Bicentennial

Former:

  • 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

Roads, highways, bridges and footpaths[]

The Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, between Thurrock and Dartford, England.
The Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, British Virgin Islands
  • 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:
  • Cayman Islands Queens Highway, East End, Grand Cayman Islands
  • Ethiopia: Queen Elizabeth II Street, Addis Ababa, to commemorate the Queen's visit in 1965
  • Ghana: Elizabeth II Street, Prestea, Ocidental
  • Malaysia:
    • Perak: Queen's Street (Malay: Jalan Queen), Ipoh
    • Sabah: Queen Elizabeth Street (Malay: Jalan Queen Elizabeth), Kota Kinabalu
  • Mauritius: Queen Elizabeth II Avenue, Port Louis, Mauritius
  • New Zealand: Queen Elizabeth II Drive, State Highway 74, Christchurch
  • Nigeria:
  • 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[2]
    • 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[3]
    • England: Elizabeth Avenue, Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey
    • 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 II 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

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[]

Queen Elizabeth High School in Calgary, Alberta
Queen Elizabeth Secondary School in Surrey, British Columbia
  • Australia:
    • Victoria: Princess Elizabeth Junior School For Deaf Children Burwood, Victoria
  • Canada:
    • Alberta: Queen Elizabeth High School, Calgary
    • Alberta: Queen Elizabeth High School, Edmonton
    • Manitoba: Princess Elizabeth High School, Shilo, Manitoba
    • New Brunswick: Princess Elizabeth School Saint John, New Brunswick
    • Newfoundland and Labrador: Queen Elizabeth Regional High School
    • Ontario: Princess Elizabeth School, Brantford
    • Ontario: Princess Elizabeth School, London
    • Ontario: Princess Elizabeth Senior Elementary School, Niagara Falls
    • Ontario: Princess Elizabeth School Orangeville
    • Ontario: Princess Elizabeth Public School, Welland
    • Ontario: Queen Elizabeth District High School, Sioux Lookout, Ontario
    • Ontario: Queen Elizabeth II School, Sarnia
    • Ontario: Queen Elizabeth II School, Chatham[6][7]
    • Ontario: Queen Elizabeth Middle School, Mississauga
    • Ontario: Queen Elizabeth Public School (Trenton), Trenton
    • Ontario: Queen Elizabeth Public School, Oshawa
    • Ontario: Queen Elizabeth Public School, Ottawa
    • Quebec: École Primaire Princess Elizabeth, Magog, Quebec
    • Quebec: Princess Elizabeth High School, Magog, Quebec
  • Hong Kong: Queen Elizabeth School, Hong Kong
  • Isle of Man: Queen Elizabeth II High School, Peel, Isle of Man
  • Jamaica: The Queen's School, Kingston, Jamaica
  • Malaysia:
    • Johor: Queen Elizabeth School for The Blind
    • Johor: SK Princess Elizabeth Primary School
  • Mauritius: Queen Elizabeth College, Mauritius
  • Mexico:
    • Distrito Federal: Queen Elizabeth School, Mexico City
    • Mexico: Colegio Reina Elizabeth, Tlalnepantla
    • Querétaro: Colegio Reina Elizabeth, Santiago de Querétaro
    • Veracruz: Colegio Queen Elizabeth, Veracruz
  • New Zealand: Queen Elizabeth College, Palmerston North,
  • Nigeria: Queen Elizabeth Secondary School, Ilorin
  • Singapore: Princess Elizabeth Primary School, Singapore
  • Trinidad and Tobago: Princess Elizabeth Special School, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
  • United Kingdom:
    • England: Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, Oxfordshire
    • England: Queen Elizabeth College, University of London, London
    • England: Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee School, West Sussex
    • England: The Queen's Church of England Primary School, Kew, London
    • Wales: Queen Elizabeth High School, Carmarthen
  • Zimbabwe: Queen Elizabeth Girls High School, Harare

Note: Queen Elizabeth Secondary School, Surrey, British Columbia was named after Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Other[]

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
  • Australia:
    • Western Australia: Elizabeth Quay, Perth
  • Canada:
    • Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships: Also known as the Queen Elizabeth Scholars Program. Canadian based global education program led by the Rideau Hall Foundation, Universities Canada and the Community Foundations of Canada. By 2022, 3,000 QE Scholars will be awarded
    • British Columbia: The proposed Queen Elizabeth II Observatory on Mount Kobau in British Columbia. Later renamed the Mount Kobau National Observatory, and the 3.81 m main telescope was named in her honour
    • Nova Scotia: Queen Elizabeth II Walkway at Halifax Public Gardens
    • Quebec: The Queen Elizabeth II Suite at the Fairmont le Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City
  • France: Esplanade Élisabeth II, Biarritz
  • New Zealand: Taiora QEII Recreation and Sport Centre, Christchurch
  • Sri Lanka: Queen Elizabeth Quay, Colombo Harbour, Sri Lanka – to commemorate the Queen's visit in 1954
  • United Kingdom:
    • LMS Princess Royal Class 6201 Princess Elizabeth, one of the LMS Princess Royal Class of steam locomotives
    • Class 800 800003 Queen Elizabeth II
    • England: Coronation Capsule, one of the capsules on the London Eye, London
    • England: London Underground's Jubilee line
    • England: Crossrail's Elizabeth line
    • England: Queen Elizabeth II Centre at Thomas Coram Foundation for Children
    • England: South Bank Center's Queen Elizabeth Hall Roof Garden, Lambeth, London
    • England: The Vintners' Bell "Elizabeth", the largest (and lowest-sounding) of the eight Royal Jubilee Bells used at the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant and now installed in the church of St James Garlickhythe in the City of London
    • Scotland: Queen Elizabeth II Canal, Grangemouth
    • Note that HMS Queen Elizabeth, a Royal Navy aircraft carrier, is actually named in honour of an earlier HMS Queen Elizabeth, which in turn was named after Elizabeth I,[8] although many sources talk of the carrier as the "namesake" of the current Queen
  • United States: Queens' Bedroom, The White House, part of a guest suite of rooms that includes the Queens' Sitting Room, named after the many royal guests it has hosted, including the Queen. On the wall hangs an 18th-century painting with a mirror presented to President Harry S. Truman by then Princess Elizabeth on behalf of her father, George VI, during her visit to Washington, D.C. in 1951
  • Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) - a retired ocean liner originally built for the Cunard Line, which operated by Cunard as both a transatlantic liner and a cruise ship from 1969 to 2008 (except during the Falklands War, when she served as a troopship). Since 18 April 2018, she has been operating as a floating hotel in Dubai.[9]
  • Note: Queen Elizabeth 2 was in fact named after Queen Elizabeth II. The irrefutable evidence is that the gilded bust that stands in the ship's queen's room depicts the queen, not her mother.[10]
  • Queen Elizabeth cake[11]
  • Coronation chicken
  • Queen Elizabeth II rose, a pink floribunda rose developed in the Coronation year and named after the Queen[12]
  • The Queen's Commonwealth Canopy (QCC) – an initiative begun in 2015 as a network of forest conservation programs throughout the Commonwealth of Nations

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.

References[]

  1. ^ "DMU Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Leisure Centre". www.dmu.ac.uk.
  2. ^ Grimwade, Mary; Hailstone, Charles (1992). Highways and Byways of Barnes. Barnes and Mortlake History Society. p. 32.
  3. ^ Room, Adrian (1992). The Street-Names of England. Paul Watson. p. 169.
  4. ^ Elliot, Jason. Mirrors of the Unseen: Journeys Through Iran. Picador. p. 15.
  5. ^ "Keshavarz Boulevard - Matchless Tehran Street". Iran Radio Culture. 4 Feb 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  6. ^ "Queen Elizabeth II Public School - Chatham - Queen Elizabeth II Public School - Chatham".
  7. ^ https://www.lkdsb.net/school/queenelizabethc/Pages/default.aspx[verification needed]
  8. ^ Allison, George (4 March 2018). "Royal Navy confirm which monarch HMS Queen Elizabeth is named for". UK Defence Journal. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  9. ^ "Queen Elizabeth 2 reopens as a floating hotel in Dubai". Maritime History Author Chris Frame. 30 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Bust of HM Queen Elizabeth II situated just inside queen's room starboard side was originally qeii's image". Dreamstime. 30 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  11. ^ Castella, K. (2012). A World of Cake. Storey Publishing. p. pt463. ISBN 978-1-60342-446-2.
  12. ^ "Floribunda Roses - Queen Elizabeth II". Grosvenor Garden Centre. Retrieved 23 July 2014.

See also[]

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