The nicest electrical power substation in town!

Situated just off Duke Street, in the Mayfair area of London, sits Brown Hart Gardens, a 10000 square foot, grade II listed public garden on top of an electricity substation. Originally Duke Street Gardens the site was leased by the Duke of Westminster in 1902 to the Westminster electricity Supply Co. who then built a substation on the site but with a raised public garden on top. The Board of the Grosvenor Estate, the owners of the site, were not overly keen on the idea at the time but after "continuing complaints about the nuisance from 'disorderly boys', 'verminous women' and 'tramps'" in the gardens they soon changed their minds! It is also claimed that this is the only place in London where quarrelling is specifically forbidden by law! (perfect place to take the missus perhaps?)