Wales Park

The Royal Palace Park, commonly known as Wales Park is a small park on top a small hill in the heart of the city of Kandy, that overlooks Kandy Lake and most of the city. Established by King Sri Vikrama Rajasinha of Sri Lanka it has been renamed as the Wales Park in honor of the Prince of Wales by the British.

In the park is a Japanese field gun which was captured by the British 14th Army in Burma during World War II and presented to the city of Kandy by Lord Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander - South East Asia Theatre.

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Landmarks in Kandy

Note: this includes landmarks in Kandy and its fringe areas

City Precincts	Kandy CBD Royal Palace of Kandy University of Peradeniya

Shopping	Kandy City Centre Kandy Municipal Market Royal Mall Torrington Shopping Complex

Entertainment	Bradby Shield Encounter Carlton 7's Dharmaraja–Kingswood Cricket Encounter Esala Mangallaya Esala Perahera Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7's Trinity-Antonian Cricket Encounter

Public Galleries	British Garrison Cemetery D.S. Senanayake Memorial Public Library Kandy Garden Club Kandy Museum National Museum of Kandy Relic of the tooth of the Buddha Temple of the Tooth Museum The Tea Museum

Institutions	2nd Volunteer Battalion Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment Asgiriya Maha Vihara Buddhist Publication Society District Secretariat, Kandy General Post Office Institute of Fundamental Studies Kandyan Art Association & Cultural Centre Kandy Court Complex Kandy Municipal Council Malwatte Maha Vihara Mayor of Kandy List of schools in Kandy Teaching Hospital Kandy

Structures	Bahirawakanda temple Bogambara Prison Degaldoruwa Raja Maha Vihara Kandy Clock Tower Kandy Post Office Kandy Town Hall The Kandy House Natha Devale, Kandy Old Kandy Post office President's Pavilion Queen's Hotel, Kandy Sri Dalada Maligawa St. Paul's Church, Kandy

Sports Stadia	Asgiriya Stadium Bogambara Stadium Dharmaraja College Ground Nittawela Rugby Stadium Pallekele International Cricket Stadium Victoria Golf & Country Resort

Parks/Spaces	Athur's seat British Garrison Cemetery Central Highlands of Sri Lanka Dorwin reservoir E. L. Senanayake Children's Park George E. De Silva Park Kandy Garrison Cemetery Kandy Lake Hanthana Mountain Range Alagalla Mountain Range Knuckles mountain range Mahaweli River Royal Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya Udawatta Kele Sanctuary Wales Park

Transport	Asgiriya Railway Station D.S. Senanayake Veediya Kandy Bus Station Kandy Railway Station Katugastota Railway Station Mahiyawa Railway Station Sangaraja Mawatha Sarasavi Uyana Railway Station Sirimavo Bandaranaike Mawatha Sri Dalada Veediya William Gopallawa Mawatha Yatinuwara Veediya

See also Events in Kandy

Kingdom of Kandy topics

History	Founding Sinhalese–Portuguese War Kandyan Treaty of 1638 An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon Treaty of Batticaloa Kandyan Wars Uva Rebellion Matale Rebellion Kandyan Convention

Monarchs	House of Siri Sanga Bo House of Dinajara Nayaks of Kandy

The King's Council	Adigar Dissava Rate Mahatmaya Diyawadana Nilame Basnayaka Nilame

Society	Kandyan castes system

People	Weliwita Sri Saranankara Thero Ehelepola Nilame Gajaman Nona Galagoda Adikaram Gongalegoda Banda John D'Oyly Joseph Vaz Keppetipola Disawe Pilimatalavuva Puran Appu Robert Brownrigg Wariyapola Sri Sumangala

Culture	Esala Perahera Esala Mangallaya Relic of the tooth of the Buddha Jewellery Dance

Landmarks	Temple of the Tooth Royal Palace Natha Devale Kandy House Udawatta Kele Sanctuary Wace Park Botanical Garden of Peradeniya Kandy Lake Bogoda Wooden Bridge Walauwa