Who is the Queen Elizabeth Country Park named after?
In April 1976, the visitor centre was opened by Queen Elizabeth II and the park was named in her honour.
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In 1966 Hampshire County Council purchased Butser Hill with the aim of creating a new Country Park, Queen Elizabeth Country Park was formally opened by Her Majesty the Queen in 1976.
Queen Elizabeth Country Park is Hampshire's largest country park. Located at the western end of the South Downs National Park, the park spans over 2000 acres and is dominated by three hills, the chalk downland of Butser and the beautiful woodlands of Holt and War Down.
However, the park isn't named after Queen Elizabeth I. Instead, it's named after Queen Elizabeth II's mother, Queen Elizabeth. Married to King George VI, she was officially raised to the title of Queen consort, or Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
Whether explored on a leisurely river cruise or in a safari vehicle, the park now boasts four of the Big Five, with steadily increasing populations of lion, elephant and leopard, as well as great herds of buffalo.
Design. The park was designed by the EDAW Consortium (including EDAW, Allies and Morrison and Buro Happold), working with Arup and WS Atkins. Detailed landscape architecture was by LDA Design in conjunction with Hargreaves Associates.
Queen Elizabeth National Park is a lion conservation unit and hence lions are a key attraction in the park. The park has over 250 of the large cats in both the northern and southern sector.
Though the Palace is generally not open to the public, during summer you can visit its State Apartments (admission charge) and see the Queen's large garden and collection of artwork. You can however see the Changing of the Guard for free at 11.30 am every morning during summer and every second morning during winter.
The area is known for its wildlife, including Cape buffaloes, hippopotami, crocodiles, elephants, leopards, lions and chimpanzees. Its elephant population was recently reported as over 5000 individuals. This gives QEPA by far the largest elephant population in Uganda.
Accommodation prices are budgeted depending on the type of accommodation where you want to stay for example prices for luxury lodges in the park start from $190 and the prices are charged per person per night, prices for mid-range lodges range from $ 90 to $185 per night and prices for budget lodges range from $50 to ...