Victoria Park

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Victoria Park is a large park in the East End of London, within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, and about a mile south of the London Olympic Park, and adjoining the Regent's Canal. At one time it contained a lido, replacing the previous swimming pond. It as also the scene for open-air speeches, similar to Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park.

LGBT history

Gay Days were held in the park in the 1970s and the London Pride festival was held there in 1995.