| Kensington
Gardens - Nearest
tube: High St. Kensington
Kensington Gardens is an extension of Hyde Park
and covers an area of 275 acres. One of
the main attractions of the garden is the Boating Pond where locals try out there
model boats. Kensington Gardens is an ideal place to escape from it all as it
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| Chelsea
Physic Gardens
- Nearest tube: Sloane Square
Open form April until late October, the gardens which were founded
in 1673 were set up to research apothecary and the medical values of plants. Today
the research still continues, this means that the garden has a wealth of plants,
flowers and rare trees. This garden is well worth a visit just for the rock garden
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| Green
Park - Nearest Tube: Green Park
This park is a haven from all the hussle and bussle
of Piccadilly and covers over 53 acres. Used in the 17th century for hunting and
duels this park still has some of its old world charm. Green Park leads on to
St. James Park, Hyde Park and Buckingham Palace so it is often quiet, as people
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| Primrose
Hill - Nearest
tube: Chalk Farm/Camden
Town
Primrose Hill is open 24 hours
a day and as the name suggests is based on a large hill, with over 61 acres it
offers some of the best views of London. Open all year round, Primrose Hill lies
between Camden Town and London Zoo and is often used as a cut through between
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| Greenwich
Park
- Nearest tube: North Greenwich
Greenwich Park
has been enclosed since 1433 and is London's oldest royal park. The park covers
183 acres and has something for all the family including red and fallow deer in
the deer park, a flower garden and a children's play ground. The park also has
concerts on Sunday afternoons at the bandstand and Shakespeare performances in
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| Hampstead
Heath - Nearest tube: Hampstead/Golders
Green
Hampstead Heath has some of the
best views of London, it is worth a visit just for these alone. The park also
has a 17th century stately home; Kenwood House which is home to a fine art collection
of English and Dutch masters. In the summer there is a program of free entertainment
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| Museum
of Garden History - Nearest tube: Lambeth North, Westminster or Waterloo
The Museum of Garden History provides an insight into the
history and development of gardens and gardening in the UK, an important facet
in our social history. The Museum houses one of the finest public displays of
garden tools and garden related artefacts and curiosities in the country. For
more information - Click here | |  |
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information on UK Flower Shows - Click here |
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