Once upon a time, this park was the private playground of the nobility. Dreamed up by Queen Caroline in the 18th century, these celebrated gardens were originally part of Kensington Palace. Today, ...

Where the entire landscape was conceived as a garden as valuable for the living as for the dead. Over 200,000 people lay at peace here, their lives commemorated with scores of spectacular memorials – ...

Slow down and smell the roses. Or work up a sweat. Grab a slice of culture or a slice of cake. Watch the birds or take in that famous view from Primrose Hill. There’s something here for everyone. If ...

For hundreds of years, visitors have flocked here to party, protest and play. This is where suffragettes gave fiery speeches, where the Rolling Stones rocked out by ...

This steep mound is located in Pembroke Lodge Gardens. It is actually a prehistoric burial chamber from the Bronze Age and later was used as a viewpoint for hunting and falconry. It is thought that ...

Due to severe wind gusts caused by Storm Bert, all of the Royal Parks will be closed on Sunday 24 November. This closure includes all cafes, kiosks, park roads and cycleways.

For many of us, the Royal Parks are part of our everyday lives. We visit to meet up with friends and family, to discover things about nature, history or wildlife that we didn’t know before. We visit ...

The meridian line in Greenwich represents the Prime Meridian of the world, Longitude Zero (0° 0' 0"). Every place on the Earth is measured in terms of its angle east or west from this line. Since 1884 ...

Royal Gun Salutes mark special royal occasions. On these days salutes are fired from locations in London and other authorised stations in the United Kingdom and the Union flag is hoisted on government ...

The Mall is a grand processional route in honour of Queen Victoria, which has seen innumerable historic Royal processions including coronations, state openings of Parliament and state visits. During ...

You'll find the recently refurbished Pavilion Café at the top of the hill by the Royal Observatory. Built in 1906, this octagonal building is topped by a dovecote with a weather vane depicting Nelson ...

Every decision we make is guided by our charitable objects and our Corporate strategy and delivered through a framework of Park management plans. Our plans aim to help us protect the parks, the people ...