Hyde Park
photo by Olivier Bruchez

General

Hyde Park is among the largest parks in central London, together with the near Kensington Gardens forming an area larger than the Principality of Monaco. The park and the gardens are separated by the Serpentine lake. This division was made in 1728, when Queen Caroline took almost 300 acres from Hyde Park to form Kensington Gardens and she separated the two parks with a long ditch. The lake was formed by damming the Westbourne Stream. This was one of the first artificial lakes in England designed to look natural. Many of the park's features were created in the 18th century by Queen Caroline.

Contact & location

Be the first one to add a review

Already have an account? Log In
Will never be displayed

The photos displayed on this page are the property of one of the following authors:

Olivier Bruchez, Mike_fleming, Uli Harder, Amanda Slater

Some photos courtesy of: . The photos provided by Flickr are under the copyright of their owners.

This travel guide also includes text from Wikitravel articles, all available at WikitravelView full credits

This travel guide also includes text from Wikipedia articles, all available at WikipediaView full credits

Share this:

My lists

People who've been here (17)

Going to Take a walk in Hyde Park?
... and need recommendations

Ask your friends on Facebook

Ask on Twitter