St. James's Park (London)

United Kingdom / England / London
 park, tourist attraction
St. James's Park is a 23 hectare (58 acre) park in Westminster, central London, the oldest of the Royal Parks of London. The park lies at the Southernmost tip of the St. James's area, which was named after a leper hospital dedicated to St. James the Less.

St. James's Park is bounded by Buckingham Palace to the West, The Mall and St. James's Palace to the North, Horse Guards to the East, and Birdcage Walk to the South. The park has a small lake, St. James's Park Lake, with two islands, Duck Island (named for the lake's collection of waterfowl), and West Island. A bridge across the lake affords a Westward view of Buckingham Palace framed by trees and fountains, and a view of the main building of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, similarly framed, to the East.

The park is the most easterly of a near-continuous chain of parks that also comprise (moving Westward) Green Park, Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. The closest London Underground stations are St. James's Park, Victoria, and Westminster.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_James's_Park
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Coordinates:   51°30'11"N   -0°8'4"E

Comments

  • By far, the most charming and beautiful garden in London. Worth spending days in. Its gamekeeper and all workers need to be commended for their labours. Thanks, folks
  • the view from the bridge is worth a look