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Commonwealth Park is a 9,000 m2 modern urban park in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It has been described as having "British character but with a distinct Mediterranean feel".

Construction
Government Minister for Health and Environment, Dr. John Cortes announced the groundbreaking of Commonwealth Park in September 2012.

The first trees, evergreen Magnolias from Italy, were planted on 22 November 2013.

Most of the 3000 m3 of soil required for planting trees and shrubs at the park was largely recycled from local waste building material and from the excavation of the site of the old Theatre Royal.

The park was officially inaugurated and open to the public on 12 June 2014.