Hyde Park

Hyde Park This is by far the most favourite and fashionable park in London. With Kensington Gardens, which is a continuation, it covers over 630 acres. The popular entrances to the park are at Hyde Park Corner, at the end of Piccadilly where in the season the long drive is crowded in the afternoons between and 7), and the Marble Arch, close to Edgware Road at the end of Oxford Street. The flower gardens are well kept inn the spaces opposite Park Lane, and Rotten Rosy is supplemented with a fine display of Rhododendrons, etc. , in the early summer. The Serpentine runs almost across the park, on which boating, and in which, at appointed times, bathing, are permitted. The Achilles Monument, inside the park from Hyde Park Corner, is in memory of "the great Duke and his companions in arms," and Apsley House, the residence of the Duke of Wellington, is close to that entrance. Farther on is the Albert Memorial and Albert Hall, leading to the Museums. Also see section on Kensington Gardens and Palace.