Memorial Garden
A small area in Westgate Gardens commemorates all those from the UK and the Commonwealth who fought in Burma in 1941-5 and Italy in 1943-5, and who were awarded the Burma Star or Italy Star medals. During the Burma Campaign British forces were pushed back to the Indian border by the Japanese, and were unable to strike back and regain a foothold in Burma until early 1944. Following their successful conquest of Sicily in 1943, the Allies were able to use the island as a springboard for the invasion of mainland Italy, and then on into Greece and Yugoslavia, but at a cost of 300,000 killed, missing or wounded.
Education programs
Available related education programs include river and bat walks, archaeological digs, and forest school activities for children and adults.
Read moreTree Trail
We are currently working on reviving and then extending the 'Westgate Parks Tree Trail'. This will have QR codes on the tree labels to link to pages on this website to deliver the texts. Check back for further news and announcements to when this project will be made live.
Help the Westgate Friends
We urgently need new volunteers to help maintain the physic garden, assist with collecting litter and also need new trustees – and funds to keep up our activities.
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