G. P. Manners, the Bath city architect, designed a tapering triangular stone obelisk, about 33 feet (10 m) tall.

[6] The Botanical Gardens were formed in the north-west area of the park in 1887 and contain one of the finest collections of plants on limestone in the West Country.

[7] Royal Victoria Park is known for hosting events, such as Vintage FunFair, a carnival with hot-air balloons and rides.

[11] In 2007 a programme of reconstruction and restoration was undertaken by Bath and North East Somerset Council and supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

This included the renovation of two Medici lion statues on plinths each side of the Queen's Gate entrance to the park, replacing the original iron armatures inside the limbs, returning them to their bronze colour, and giving each a gilt ball under its front paw.

The original gates were removed, along with all the railings around the park, as part of a Second World War national scrap metal campaign.