Use what3words to find CALM & Netflix’s ‘Benches of Hope’
In recent months, new wooden benches have been installed in public spaces across the UK. They are the works of suicide prevention charity CALM and Netflix, inspired by its hit series, After Life. To make the ‘Benches of Hope’ easy to find, what3words has found the what3words address for each bench location.
About the benches
25 benches have been donated to local councils around the UK and given new homes in local parks and public gardens. The benches aim to raise awareness that many people are struggling with loss and to remind members of the public that it’s okay to talk about grief.
The ‘Benches of Hope’ are inspired by Netflix show After Life where the main character Tony (played by Ricky Gervais) repeatedly visits a bench to remember his late wife and talk about his grief with others, who often have their own experience of loss they share with him.
Find the benches using what3words
To make the benches easy to find, what3words teamed up with CALM to find and share their what3words addresses.
what3words is reimagining the way we communicate location. It has divided the globe into 3 metre squares and given each square a unique combination of three random words: a what3words address. This means that every bench has a precise address, like the one in Bath which can be found at ///afford.smiles.either
To find your local bench, download the free what3words app , enter the what3words address and tap ‘Navigate’ to get directions straight to that exact location.
Here’s the full list:
Greater London
- Highgate Wood, London ///damage.orders.chart
- Queens Park, London ///eagles.these.skills
- York House Gardens, London ///headed.piles.exist
- Rookery Gardens and Woodland, London ///latest.judges.pirate
- Ravenscourt Park Wall Garden, London ///double.dame.vision
- Parliament Hill, London ///mutual.rising.probe
- St Mary’s Square, Hemel Hempstead ///volunteered.tree.unity
South East
- Victoria Park, Ashford, Kent ///brick.tooth.sushi
- Lightwater Country Park, Surrey Heath ///presuming.manuals.forms
- Henley Road Cemetery, Reading ///fish.rips.boom
South West
- Gyllyngdune Gardens, Falmouth ///dots.diary.galaxy
- Sydney Gardens, Bath ///afford.smiles.either
- Ashton Court, Bristol ///moment.scan.shorts
- Blenheim Gardens, Minehead ///commuting.dozed.competing
- Vivary Park, Taunton ///fortunate.rated.care
Yorkshire
- Middleton Park, Leeds ///soup.lows.foal
- Meersbrook Park, Sheffield ///care.crisp.laser
Isle of Wight
- Victoria Grove ///magnetic.snuggled.watched
Midlands
- Cofton Park, Birmingham ///cages.half.plank
- Highfields Park, Nottingham ///grow.soft.purely
- Arboretum, Nottingham ///chew.splash.prefer
North West
- Stanley Park, Liverpool ///natively.become.switch
- Woolton Woods Walled Garden, Liverpool ///intro.subway.bleaker
- Wythenshawe Park, Manchester ///regard.fleet.major
North East
- Exhibition Park, Newcastle ///give.violin.prom
Wales
- Victoria Park, Cardiff ///glow.detect.thick
- Parc Cefn Onn, Cardiff ///asleep.supply.gaps
Scotland
- Calton Hill, Edinburgh ///nail.zooms.keep
- Glasgow Green, Glasgow ///ruins.rushed.leaned
Use the free what3words app to save the location of every bench.