Jubilee Gardens achieves Green Flag Award for fifth year running

Jubilee Gardens celebrates Green Flag Award 2025 win

Jubilee Gardens on London’s South Bank has once again been recognised as one of the country’s best parks, after receiving the coveted Green Flag Award for the fifth year in a row.

The international quality mark for parks and green spaces celebrates the very best public spaces in the UK and around the world. This recognition reflects the continued hard work and dedication of everyone involved in caring for Jubilee Gardens – from the Jubilee Gardens Trust, the local charity responsible for the site, to the management and maintenance teams who keep it looking its best every day.

Paul Todd MBE, Green Flag Award Scheme Manager, said:

“Congratulations to everyone involved in Jubilee Gardens who have worked tirelessly to ensure that it achieves the high standards required for the Green Flag Award.

“Quality parks and green spaces like Jubilee Gardens make the country a healthier place to live and work, and a stronger place to invest.

“Crucially, Jubilee Gardens is a vital green space for communities on London’s South Bank to enjoy nature, and during the ongoing cost of living crisis it remains a free and safe place for families to socialise – offering real physical and mental health benefits.”

The Green Flag Award scheme, managed by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy under licence from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, recognises and rewards well-managed parks and green spaces, setting the benchmark for quality across the UK and internationally.

Jubilee Gardens Trust is proud to receive this accolade for the fifth consecutive year – a reflection of the ongoing commitment to keep this much-loved green space beautiful, safe and welcoming for all.

A full list of Green Flag Award-winning parks and green spaces is available here. Find out about the history of Jubilee Gardens and the Jubilee Gardens Trust which manages the space on London’s South Bank.

Annual International Brigade commemoration held in Jubilee Gardens

On 5 July 2025, hundreds gathered at the International Brigade memorial in London’s Jubilee Gardens for the annual commemoration, honoring the 2,500 volunteers from Britain and Ireland who fought fascism in Spain from 1936–39. The event, set beside the iconic sculpture by Ian Walters, brought together speakers, music, and wreath-laying to remember the Brigaders’ courage and legacy.

Speakers included Gawain Little, General Secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions, and Meirian Jump, Director of the Marx Memorial Library in London – and a granddaughter of one the British volunteers.

Meirian Jump, Director of the Marx Memorial Library and granddaughter of an International Brigades volunteer next to the International Brigade memorial in Jubilee Gardens © 2025 Andrew Wiard.

 Jim Jump, Chair of International Brigades Memorial Trust, said the story of the men and women who travelled to Spain to fight ‘is one of anti-fascism, of international solidarity and of men and women whose blood, in the words of Spanish poet Rafael Alberti, could sing across frontiers.’

Wreaths were laid by organisations and individuals including the Spanish embassy, the Basque Children’s Association UK, IB Cymru, Oxford International Brigade Memorial Committee, train drivers’ union Aslef, Marx Memorial Library, Communist Party of Britain and the London branch of the PCE Spanish Communist Party. Music was provided by Maddy Carty. The gathering closed with a collective singing of The Internationale, reaffirming the enduring spirit of anti-fascism and international solidarity.

For more information on the International Brigade Memorial Trust and the memorial sculpture in Jubilee Gardens click here.

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