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Hyde park is a wonderful place to walk around covering 340 acres its london's largest royal park, have a picnic or simply indulge in some sun whilst taking in the fresh air rustling through the leaves. You can walk across from Marble arch to the museum district think how much time you'll save on tube changes!
Hyde Park is open from 5am – 12pm all year
Enjoy a meal at the following places
The Dell – eastern side of the Serpentine, The Honest Sausage – Speakers corner – north east side, Lido café – south side of the Serpentine
Refreshment points – Speakers corner, the boathouse, playground, Hyde park corner & Triangle car park
There is the Diana memorial which was designed to signify the turbulent & smooth times in her life. You can paddle in the water although watch out some parts are rather deep - Allan (TheView) offered to carry me at one point but I feared we may have both toppled over!
Speakers corner is at the Marble Arch end of the park where speakers meet every sunday to literally get on their high horse (ok well footstool) and speak their mind be it political, religious, cultural or completey ridiculous. Since 1872 people have been allowed to speak at Speakers Corner on any subject they want.
Enjoy yourself walking, rollerblading, rowing, swimming & bird spotting (the feathered kind)
The Serpentine Lido & paddling pool is open to the public 7 days a week from end of June to September.
See if you can find the following statues - Achilles who was London's first nude statue but now wears a fig leaf to save the ladies' blushes. In nearby Kensington Gardens a statue of Peter Pan which was placed during the night for children to believe in the magic of the boy who never grew up. Towards the Albert hall & the museum district is the wonderful guilded Albert memorial
History: Henry VIII acquired the land from the monks of the Westminster Abbey & he often rode through the park hunting for deer. Charles I had the Ring created in 1637 & opened it as a park to the general public. Leave a Comment
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 Albert memorial by sylvie-uk
It contains a statue of prince Albert and statues at the four corners which represent Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. It was restored around 1990.
It situated just opposite the Royal Albert hall. Leave a Comment
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 Hyde park by sourbugger
Hundreds of artists hang their wares on the railings on the north side of Hyde Park, and nearly all of them are original pieces. The exhibits stretch from approximately Bayswater tube station in the west to beyond Lancaster Gate tube in the east. The nearest tube stops are Bayswater and Lancaster Gate.
Whilst some are the most awful twee pieces of rubbish, many others are well painted London Scenes. There are also painters exhibiting their latest 'cutting edge' creations.
From there it is a short walk to Speakers corner (In NE corner of Park) where you can indulge in watching the banter between speakers who just turn up with a box and spout forth on any topic they choose and the assembles tourists, hecklers and genuinely interested people.
It is something of a pity that most speakers these days are the worst kind of evangelicals who lack wit and indeed wisdom. Political arguments are generally far more interesting to watch.
At peak time there might be about a dozen little crowds surrounding each speaker - a good speaker can pull a good sized (100 or so) listeners. Most people think it is a complete 'free for all' but if a person is 'obscene' then they be stopped by the strong arm of the law.
From there the park itself is the main attraction with the softball game, Serpentine Gallery and 1001 places for a picnic.
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Hyde Park is London's largest Royal Park and originally a hunting forest belonging to Henry VIII. It has lots of green grass, nice walking road, even the Love Alley and place for horse-ridding. A lovely park is always full of people and a good place for to rest from the city noise. Leave a Comment Directions: Marble Arch, Hyde Park Corner, Lancaster Gate tubes
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 hyde park by sylvie-uk
Henry 8 acquired the park from the westminster monks abbey in 1536. It was a private hunting ground until James 1 permitted access. Charles 1 created the ring and openned it to the public in 1637.
In 1665, people went to hide from the plague and camp in the park.
At the end of 17 century, William installed the first oil lamps. Queen caroline had extentions carried out and created the Serpentine lake(see photo).
Nowdays , it s a venue for celebrations, for leisure activities, for sports and events. Leave a Comment
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 Aspley house by sourbugger
The House stands on the North side of the terrifying roundabout of Hyde Park Corner in a corner of Hyde Park.
In its' day it was the most prestigious address in London, which meant a letter which simply said "No 1 London" would get there without a problem. (I don't think 'Sourbugger', Boston would work in the same way)
The place itself is really a stately home, plonked down in the middle of London. His fine collections of paintings, sculptures, and other works of art show that he was a very cultured and sensitive man inbetween slaughtering thousands of foreigners in battle.
The place is well priced at just over a fiver to look round, and is actually free one day per year : 18th June, which is of course Waterloo day.
Open from 11 AM, Closed Mondays. Leave a Comment
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One of the things I loved the most about London were the parks. Hyde park was SO HUGE! It was like another world within the city. We spent a few hours just exploring as many of the trails that we could. The park is 630 acres of some beautiful lawns,flowers trees and wildlife. Some magnificent statues can be found also. Hyde is also the home of the Serpentine which is a 41 acre lake where you can sail model boats. The famous speakers corner is also located in the northeastern tip near Marble Arch. Sad to say I have no pictures of either. Rotton Row is the parks 300 year old riding track and also I found out it is the first public road to be lit at night in the country. This was a wonderful area to just go and relax with nature all around. Leave a Comment
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 Crowned lion on the top
of the gate by MedioLatinoLeave a Comment
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 Places like this make for a
peaceful break by lou31
Of course on a sunny day you have to share it with thousands but the place is so big finding a quiet place is not that difficult.
Plenty of signs to show the way to various places of interest and cafes here and there for a fuel stop. You'll need it if you want to walk through all of it! The park is massive. Leave a Comment
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The first time I came here in 2004 I stuck mainly to the Bayswater Rd side of Hyde Park (as this was near my accomodation), but was surprised at the huge number of people spending time and relaxing at Hyde Park - awesome. I definitely recommend a leisurely stroll or having a picnic here, especially after a long day of sight-seeing (or even a short one!). Also try to visit the Italian fountains and their surroundings - a particularly beautiful area of the park (recently seen in the movie 'Wimbledon' and 'Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason').
Update: In 2005 I explored more of this park, it is so big it is hard to see it all. But I walked along the Serpentine River, past the statue of Peter Pan, fed some squirrels, walked around the Albert memorial (for photos of that monument see my travelogue), and saw many other monuments - one of which I was staring at for so long that when a flock of pelicans (or some large bird) went overhead, they scared me half to death! This is a great place to chill at the end of a long day, walk or jog along a track, play a game of football in a field, or just sit against a tree and read a book. I really recommend it.
Although just a note: try to buy drinks (water) before coming to Hyde Park as the stands around the park will charge you twice the normal price! Leave a Comment
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