St Anne's Churchyard

St Anne's Churchyard
Location	Wardour Street, Soho
Coordinates	51°30′45″N 0°07′56″W / 51.5124°N 0.1323°W / 51.5124; -0.1323Coordinates: 51°30′45″N 0°07′56″W / 51.5124°N 0.1323°W / 51.5124; -0.1323
Operated by	Westminster City Council
Open	All year

St Anne's Churchyard, also known as St Anne’s Gardens, is a public park on Wardour Street in Soho, London. Formerly the churchyard of St Anne's, Soho, it was closed to burials in 1853. It was laid out as a garden by the Metropolitan Public Gardens Association in 1891. It is managed by Westminster City Council and has received the Green Flag Award.^[1]^[2] The gardens contain a memorial to the victims of the 1999 Admiral Duncan pub bombing.

References

Soho and Chinatown

Streets	Berwick Street Brewer Street Broadwick Street Carnaby Street Dean Street Frith Street Ganton Street Great Marlborough Street Great Windmill Street Greek Street Meard Street Old Compton Street St Anne's Court Walker's Court Wardour Street

Parks and open spaces	Golden Square Soho Square St Anne's Churchyard

Theatres	Apollo Theatre Gielgud Theatre London Palladium Palace Theatre Prince Edward Theatre Queen's Theatre Soho Theatre

Pubs	Admiral Duncan Coach and Horses Comptons De Hems French House Pillars of Hercules

Churches	French Protestant Church Notre Dame de France St Anne's Church St Patrick's Church

Industries	Media and post-production

History	Broad Street cholera outbreak Parish of St Anne Parish of St James

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