Freedom Park

Freedom Park is a memorial and leisure park area in the middle of downtown in , which was formerly Her Majesty's Broad Street Prison.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: park in Nigeria
  • Also known as: “Freedom park”, “Freedom park create”, and “Freedom Park Lagos”
  • Address: 1 Hospital Road, Broad Street, Lagos
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Holy Cross Cathedral and St. Nicholas Hospital, Lagos.

Church
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is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Lagos, , and is the seat of the Archdiocese of Lagos. The Gothic style building was constructed in 1939, when the region was still administered as an apostolic vicariate, and thus was only elevated to the status of cathedral in 1950. is situated 120 metres north of Freedom Park.

Hospital
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St. Nicholas Hospital is a private hospital located in in , . It was founded in 1968 by Moses Majekodunmi. The hospital is in a building of the same name located at 57 Campbell Street near Catholic Mission Street. is situated 130 metres east of Freedom Park.

Hospital
General Hospital, Lagos, is the oldest hospital in Nigeria. is situated 170 metres south of Freedom Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lagos Island and Ijora.

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is an island and district in Lagos, containing a central business district. The island is characterized by high-rise buildings and businesses. The island is home to many of the city's largest wholesale marketplaces, and to some important sites.

is a small district in . The area used to be a swampy and water-logged area before the reclamation of land and further reconstruction was done on it to make it the of today, which is now an industrial estate.

Freedom Park

Latitude
6.44894° or 6° 26′ 56″ north
Longitude
3.39655° or 3° 23′ 48″ east
Open location code
6FR5C9XW+HJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 363761802
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Wiki­data ID
Q25203190
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Yoruba—“Freedom Park” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “布罗德街监狱”
  • Chinese: “自由公园”
  • Chinese: “自由公園”
  • French: “Freedom Park”
  • Hausa: “Filin ‘Yanci na Legas”
  • Hausa: “Freedom Park (Lagos)”
  • Hausa: “Freedom Park”
  • Hausa: “Freedom shakatawa halitta”
  • Igbo: “Freedom Park Lagos”
  • Igbo: “Freedom Park”
  • Swahili: “Hifadhi ya Uhuru (Lagos)”
  • Swahili: “Hifadhi ya Uhuru”
  • Yoruba: “Freedom pack(ti Ìpinlè Èkó)”
  • Yoruba: “Freedom Park”
  • “Freedom Park”
  • “Freedom park create”
  • “Freedom Park Lagos”

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Highlights include Lagos Island Maternity Hospital and The First Baptist Church.

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