Green Park

Green Park is the smallest of the eight Royal parks, it is next to Buckingham Palace and adjacent to St James's Park, but very different in character. A space for sunbathing and sitting, it is more peaceful and popular for resting and picnics.

Unlike Regent's Park and Hyde Park in particular, there are no formal flowerbeds; legend has it that this was Charles II's wife discovered he had picked a flower and handed it to another lady in the park, so she ordered every single flower in the park to be pulled up, and no more planted.

The Diana Memorial walk passes through Green Park (also Hyde Park, St James's Park and Kensington Gardens: find out more about the walk here.) 

The park is bordered by Constitution Hill and Piccadilly, and walking through the park will also bring you to Duke of Wellington place, location of the Wellington Arch, and Wellington's home, Apsley House nearby (or, 'Number One, London', as it was popularly known at the time).

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