St John's Gardens

This Green Flag memorial garden is part of the William Brown Street conservation area in the city centre, and lies adjacent to the magnificent St George’s Hall.

Facilities and attractions

It’s a beautiful place to relax or have a picnic, and escape the hustle and bustle of the city centre. The gardens also have an active park friends group.

Formerly a church and cemetery, the terraced sculpture gardens display  listed monuments from the late Victorian and Edwardian era. They include:

• Alexander Balfour monument, a merchant shipowner.
• Regimental monument, memorial to the King’s Liverpool Regiment.
• William Gladstone monument, who was Prime Minister and born in Rodney Street.
• James Nugent monument, a founder of schools and orphanages.
• Thomas Lester, founder of Kirkdale Industrial School for children of the working classes and of Stanley Hospital.
• Arthur Forwood, merchant and shipowner, Liverpool’s mayor and conservative MP.
• William Rathbone, founder of the district nursing movement and the University of Liverpool.

Opening hours

The garden is open all year, 24 hours a day.

How to get there

There are pedestrian entrances at William Brown Street and St John’s Lane in the city centre.

Other park information

• If you want to find out more about St James Gardens, please contact us.
• If you would like to find out about park ranger events, visit our events calendar.
• Join our parks friends group.