I am obsessed with flowers. Really, I should've been a florist. Flowers and gardens and all sorts of greenery. Did you know that 1/3 of London is garden? I wanted to do a post about Hyde Park since we'll be living so close to it as well as Kensington Gardens, but then I did research on most of the gardens and now I want to see them all! Instead, I'll highlight some that are particularly famous and or beautiful. (Mostly with pictures, since describing them would be almost pointless.)
12/18: Hyde, Kensington, St. James, Primrose Hill, and Hampstead Heath
Hyde Park is one of the largest parks in London being 350 acres. It's even larger when you group it together with Kensington, totaling 625 acres.
Both parks have a handful of memorials and statues to see, including; The Princess Diana Fountain and Playground, memorials to the victims of 7/7 and the Holocaust, Marble Arch, the Peter Pan Statue, The Albert Memorial, and more. Not to mention the carousel in Kensington Gardens.
St. James, another Royal Park, is famous for being a good place to watch the changing of the guard at Buckingham palace. It also holds the Queen Victoria Memorial.
Primrose Hill is located inside The Royal Regent's Park which also houses the Open Air Theatre and the Zoo (and tons of roses in Queen Mary's Gardens!). Your walk to the top of Primrose hill will earn you a magnificent view of the city.
Although not a "Royal Park", Hampstead Heath is a giant 790 acres.You can go swimming, bird watching, kite flying, see a concert, boating, look at statues, walk through woods and unusual fauna, fishing, and picnic near a small zoo or ornamental gardens.
And it's all free, my favorite word.
~Jamie
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