Garden at Buckingham Palace is a large private park attached to the London residence of the monarch . It is situated at the rear ( west ) of Buckingham Palace , occupying a site in the City of Westminster , and has two-and-a-half miles of gravel paths . Its area is bounded by Constitution Hill to the north , Hyde Park Corner to the west , Grosvenor Place to the south-west , and the Royal Mews , Queen 's Gallery , and Buckingham Palace itself to the south and east . The gardens are Grade II Unlike the nearby Royal Parks of London , Buckingham Palace Garden is not usually open to the public . However , when the palace is open during August and September , visitors have access to part of the garden , which forms the exit , via a gift shop in a marquee , at the end of the tour . The garden is where the Queen 's garden parties are held . In June 2002 she invited the public into the garden for entertainment for the first time during her reign . As part of her Golden Jubilee Weekend thousands of Britons were invited to apply for tickets to Party at the Palace where the guitarist Brian May of the band Queen performed his '' God Save the Queen '' guitar solo on top of Buckingham Palace . This concert was preceded the previous evening by a Prom at the Palace . During the Queen 's 80th birthday celebrations in 2006 the garden was the scene of Children 's Party at the Palace
Prom at the Palace
Prom at the Palace
Garden at Buckingham Palace