London
London
+ Central London
Sights
* Apsley House
* Banqueting House
* BBC Experience
* British Airways London Eye
* Buckingham Palace
* Cabinet War Rooms
* Chelsea
* Clink Exhibition
* Courtauld Gallery
* Design Museum
* Dickens House Museum
* Docklands
* Fleet Street
* Guildhall
* Hampstead
* Harrods
* HMS Belfast
* Highgate
* Hyde Park
* Imperial War Museum
* Inns of Court
* Jermyn Street
* Jewel Tower
* Kensington Palace and Kensington Gardens
* Kenwood House
* Leighton House
* Lloyd's Building
* London Aquarium
* London Dungeon
* London Planetarium
* London Transport Museum
* London Zoo
* Madame Tussaud's
* Monument
* Museum of Childhood, Bethnal Green
* Museum of London
* National Army Museum
* National Portrait Gallery
* Oxo Tower
* Piccadilly Circus
* Regent's Park
* Royal Academy (of Arts)
* St Bartholomew-the-Great
* St Bride
* St James's Palace
* St James's Park
* St James's Piccadilly
* St James's Street
* St Katharine's Dock
* St Stephen Walbrook
* Shakespeare's Globe Exhibition
* Sir John Soane's Museum
* Soho
* Southwark Cathedral
* Spencer House
* Tate Britain and Tate Modern
* Theatre Museum
* Tower Bridge
* Trafalgar Square
* Wallace Collection
* Westminster Cathedral
* Whitehall
* Winston Churchill's Britain at War
Vicinity
+ Vicinity
Walk/Drive
Food&Drink
In The Know
Did You Know?
( Worth Seeing )
The largest and most famous of central London's open spaces, Hyde Park covers around 138ha and was once the royal hunting ground of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. It was first opened to the public by James I. Bounded by Park Lane, Bayswater Road and Knightsbridge, its western extension is Kensington Gardens.
At its northeast corner, at the very end of Oxford Street, is Marble Arch; it was originally erected in front of Buckingham Palace but moved as a result of palace redevelopment. Near by is Speakers' Corner, London's most famous 'soapbox' where anyone may air their views (within reason).
Flowing through the park is the Serpentine lake, created in 1730, and just west of here is the Serpentine Gallery, featuring revolving exhibitions of contemporary art.
Open: Daily at any time
Restaurant: The Orangery (Moderately priced), Kensington Gardens
Metro: Marble Arch, Knightsbridge
Admission: Free
Serpentine Gallery
Phone: (020) 7402 6075Open: 10-6 daily during exhibitions
Metro: Lancaster Gate
Accessible: Excellent
Admission: Free
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