Postman's Park, Public park near St Paul's Cathedral, London, England
Postman's Park is a public park in the City of London, England, near St Paul's Cathedral. The park includes gardens, walkways, and benches spread across several former burial grounds that were combined to create this inner-city space.
The park was established in 1880 and combined several church burial grounds, including St Botolph's Aldersgate, Christ Church Greyfriars, and St Leonard Foster Lane. This creation was part of a municipal movement to convert abandoned burial sites into public green spaces during the Victorian era.
The Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice displays ceramic tablets honoring ordinary people who died while trying to save others. These hand-painted Victorian tiles each carry a person's name and the circumstances of their death, often during everyday accidents in London.
The park lies in the Aldersgate ward and offers entrances from Little Britain, Aldersgate Street, and King Edward Street in central London. Visitors can enter the park during daylight hours and use the benches under mature plane trees for a quiet break.
The raised surface of the park sits above street level because of the historical practice of layering soil over corpses when burial spaces became scarce. In some spots, old gravestones still protrude from the ground and remind visitors of the site's former use.
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