List of things named after Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II was the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 to 8 September 2022.

This is a list of places, buildings, roads and other things named after Queen Elizabeth II. It is divided by category, and each item's location is noted in the entry.

Awards and commemorative emblems

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Geographic locations

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Structures

Buildings

Elizabeth Gate, an entrance into Kew Gardens
Queen Elizabeth II Court in Winchester, England

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Hospitals and health

Monuments and sculptures

Equestrian statue of the Queen on the grounds of the Saskatchewan Legislative Building
Queen speech Bicentennial Bell

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  • Canada: British Columbia: bust in Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, commemorating the royal visit of 1959 had its head completely removed from the body by vandals in February 2021

Roads, highways, bridges and footpaths

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  • Iran: Elizabeth II Boulevard (Persian: بلوار الیزابت دوم – Bolvār Elizābet Dovvom), Tehran, named to commemorate the Queen's visit in 1961, renamed Keshavarz Boulevard (Persian: بلوار کشاورز – Bolvār e Keshāvarz) in 1979.

Schools

Other

QE2 bow name, October 2008

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  • United Kingdom: Class 91 91029 Queen Elizabeth II. The railway locomotive was named by the Queen in person in March 1991. It lost its nameplate in the late 1990s when GNER was founded, was renumbered in 2000, withdrawn in 2020 and finally scrapped the following year
  • The Queen Elizabeth II Fields Challenge: a programme run by Fields in Trust aiming to protect outdoor recreational spaces across the UK to create a "grassroots legacy" in celebration of the 2012 Diamond Jubilee

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