List of things named after Elizabeth II

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

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
Elizabeth II is the current monarch of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms.

Awards and commemorative emblems

Geographic locations
Princess Elizabeth Land, Australian Antarctic Territory
The Queen Elizabeth Ranges in the Canadian Rockies
View of Queen Elizabeth Park, north of Wellington, New Zealand
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London, England

Structures

Buildings
The Queen Elizabeth II Courts of Law, in Brisbane, Queensland.
The Queen Elizabeth Theatre, in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Elizabeth Gate, an entrance into Kew Gardens.
Queen Elizabeth II Court in Winchester, England.

Former:

  • New Zealand: QEII Army Memorial Museum, Waiouru
  • United Kingdom: Queens Building, Heathrow Airport (built in 1953 and demolished in 2009)

Hospitals and health
The Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, in Bridgetown, Barbados.

Monuments & Sculptures
Equestrian statue of the Queen on the grounds of the Saskatchewan Legislative Building.
Queen speech Bicentennial Bell

Former:

  • Nigeria: Bronze statue that once stood in front of the Nigerian Parliament building depicting the Queen sitting on the throne by Ben Enwonwu, 1956. It was removed after Nigeria became a republic and now stands at the Deputy High Commissioner's Residence in Lagos

Roads, highways, bridges and footpaths
The Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, between Thurrock and Dartford, England.
The Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, British Virgin Islands

Former:

  • 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.[4][5]

Schools
Queen Elizabeth High School in Calgary, Alberta
Queen Elizabeth Secondary School in Surrey, British Columbia

Note: Queen Elizabeth Secondary School, Surrey, British Columbia was named after Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Other
QE2 bow name, October 2008
LMS Princess Royal Class 6201 Princess Elizabeth at Castleton East Junction
Class 800 800003 Queen Elizabeth II on test
Queen Elizabeth II rose

References
  1. "DMU Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Leisure Centre". www.dmu.ac.uk.
  2. Grimwade, Mary; Hailstone, Charles (1992). Highways and Byways of Barnes. Barnes and Mortlake History Society. p. 32.
  3. Room, Adrian (1992). The Street-Names of England. Paul Watson. p. 169.
  4. Elliot, Jason. Mirrors of the Unseen: Journeys Through Iran. Picador. p. 15.
  5. "Keshavarz Boulevard - Matchless Tehran Street". Iran Radio Culture. 4 Feb 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  6. https://www.lkdsb.net/school/queenelizabethc/Pages/default.aspx
  7. https://www.lkdsb.net/school/queenelizabethc/Pages/default.aspx
  8. Allison, George (4 March 2018). "Royal Navy confirm which monarch HMS Queen Elizabeth is named for". UK Defence Journal. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  9. "Queen Elizabeth 2 reopens as a floating hotel in Dubai". Maritime History Author Chris Frame. 30 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  10. "Bust of HM Queen Elizabeth II situated just inside queen's room starboard side was originally qeii's image". Dreamstime. 30 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  11. Castella, K. (2012). A World of Cake. Storey Publishing. p. pt463. ISBN 978-1-60342-446-2.
  12. "Floribunda Roses - Queen Elizabeth II". Grosvenor Garden Centre. Retrieved 23 July 2014.

See also
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