National Garden Festival
Gateshead



The National Garden Festivals were part of the cultural regeneration of large areas of derelict land during the 1980s and early 1990s. Five were held in total - one every two years, each in a different town or city - after the idea was pushed by the Conservative environment secretary Michael Heseltine in 1980. 

Liverpool 1984. Now a mix of housing, derelict sites (some intended for house building as of 2013), and a section of parkland renovated to restore public access in the early 2010s.
Stoke 1986. Now mostly maturing garden parkland, with some retail and offices.
Glasgow 1988. Now a Science Centre and a digital media village on the banks of the Clyde
Gateshead, 1990. Now a housing estate.
Ebbw Vale 1992. Now mostly housing, in parkland and woodland.



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