Victoria Park, Aberdeen

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Victoria Park
Crocuses in Victoria Park
Crocuses in Victoria Park
Type Public Park
Location Rosemount, Aberdeen, Scotland
Coordinates 57°9′6″N 2°7′21″W / 57.15167, -2.1225Coordinates: 57°9′6″N 2°7′21″W / 57.15167, -2.1225
Size 5 hectares (50,000 m²)
Opened 1871
Operated by Aberdeen City Council
Status Open all year
Victoria Park in Autumn.
Victoria Park in Autumn.
see also Green Spaces and Walkways in Aberdeen.

Victoria Park is a small park in the city of Aberdeen, Scotland.

The park has an area of five hectares and opened to the public in 1871. It is named after Queen Victoria. As well as numerous flower beds there is a conservatory and a greenhouse which is open during the summer months. In the centre of the park is a fountain made of fourteen different types of granite that was presented to the citizens of the city by the Granite Polishers and Master Builders of Aberdeen.