Ward's Lake

Ward's Lake, a horseshoe-shaped artificial lake in central Shillong, offers a landscaped garden, boating and a wooden bridge crossing at its centre, functioning as one of the city's most popular and accessible public parks. Its central location makes it an easy stop for visitors exploring Shillong on foot, offering a calm green space within the bustle of the state capital.

Well-maintained flowerbeds and walking paths around the lake give it a genteel, colonial-era garden character, and its position within easy walking distance of much of central Shillong makes Ward's Lake a natural, low-effort addition to a day exploring the city's core.

Named after Sir William Ward, a British chief commissioner of Assam, the lake was developed during the colonial period as part of Shillong's broader civic garden infrastructure, and it remains one of the city's most enduring colonial-era public spaces.

In central Shillong, easily reached on foot from most parts of the city.