A former burial ground became these gardens in 1886; located on both sides of Paddington Street, with formal gardens, lawns, flower and rose beds, shrubs, statues and monuments.
There are many trees, including cherries, laburnum and hawthorns. Principal is the London Plane, a tree widely planted in Victorian London. The statue of the Orderly boy by Donato Baraglia of Milan (1849-1930) was placed here in 1943.