London Parks
One free and enjoyable activity to do in London is visiting it¡¯s various parks and open spaces.
There are many parks in London worth visiting (in fact, every one is worthy visiting providing you a great time.
- The most famous one is Hyde Park. You can start your walk from Lancaster gate side and go all the way to Knightsbridge or other way around. Huge green areas, water ponds, fountains, statues and fish bars.
- Regents Park is located in north London and London Zoo is part of this beautiful zone. Elegant park designed by John Nash. Another of London¡¯s spectacular John Nash creations, Regent¡¯s Park is a huge, thriving green expanse in the heart of the capital.
- Richmond Park is the largest Royal Park in London.
Only 30 minutes or so from central London, this is English countryside as you might imagine it depicted in a glossily illustrated Robin Hood story: mighty oaks, a thousand years old, dense forests, dinky copses, rolling hills, majestic fallow deer and burrowing rabbits. Covering almost 2500 acres, Richmond Park is the largest Royal Park in London. With such a large space it¡¯s hard to know where to start when visiting. A tall brick wall surrounds the entire park so you need to first work out which gate you are going to use to enter and then plan your route from there. The best way to enter is via Richmond Gate, heading first for King Henry¡¯s Mound. The park¡¯s position on the edge of town affords it some fantastic panoramas of the capital ¨C King Henry VIII¡¯s Mound is the place to head for uninterrupted views all the way to St Paul¡¯s Cathedral. Wherever you chose to roam ¨C via the ponds and Deer Park or circumventing the many lodges, make sure you end up at the Isabella Plantation. Heavily wooded and wholly organic, the Isabella Plantation bursts with massive mounds of azaleas, rhododendrons, camellias and magnolias and really is truly magical. Apart from a couple of roads running around the edge of the park (traffic is highly regulated and, for the most part, unassuming) the park has changed little since the reign of Charles I. Responsible for park¡¯s enclosure and the introduction of deer, Charles I sought sanctuary in Richmond during the plague. These days the park performs much the same function, offering a calming sanctuary from the pressures of city life.- Greenwich Park is an old, enclosed Royal Park.
A World Heritage Site marking the site of the Greenwich Meridian (the base point for World Time and the location of Longitude 0) Greenwich is most famous for being associated with time and with space. As you walk across her spectacular park you get a potent sense of both. With its hillside location on the edge of the city, the oldest enclosed Royal Park stretches out over 183 acres, offering a strong sense of space and some truly spectacular, expansive views. The top of the hill, near the Observatory, affords amazing vistas across the River Thames to St Paul's Cathedral and beyond; head for the Henry Moore statue ¡®Standing Figure Knife Edge¡¯ for the best vantage point. The many historic buildings that surround the park tell a story that dates back over hundreds of years. While its history stretches back to Roman times (look out for the remains hidden among the grass), the park was first enclosed in 1433. It went on to entertain a host of royal residents, for whom the park became their back garden. Henry VIII, Mary I and Elizabeth I were all born here, while Queen Anne¡¯s royal house (Queen¡¯s House) still remains to this day. The park¡¯s various trees also tell a tale of time ¨C some date back to the 1600s, while the truncated shape of others reveals a period during World War II when the tips were cut off to broaden the field of fire for guns positioned in the park. An ancient oak tree, known as 'Queen¡¯s Oak because of its associations with Queen Elizabeth I, still stands firm and proud in the park. Having evolved over time the park now contains a number of more modern attractions - a boating lake, cricket pitch, tennis courts and a bandstand sit comfortably alongside a herb garden, duck pond, rose garden, and ¡°secret garden¡± behind the Observatory. This is probably the most historically significant of all London¡¯s parks. It¡¯s also amazingly beautiful. Make a day of it by taking in Greenwich¡¯s other attractions ¨C the Cutty Sark, Royal Observatory, Queen¡¯s House, the Royal Naval College and Greenwich Market all warrant a trip. End the day on a riverside table outside the historic Trafalgar Tavern.
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