Royal Parks walk

Hyde Park, Green Park, St James Park, The Mall and Trafalgar Square

Big Tree, Kensington Gardens SWC Short Walk 19 - Royal Parks
Big Tree, Kensington Gardens

SWC Short Walk 19 - Royal Parks

Aug-18 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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Birds All Lined Up, The Long Water SWC Short Walk 19 - Royal Parks
Birds All Lined Up, The Long Water

SWC Short Walk 19 - Royal Parks

Aug-18 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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Buck Palace, from St. James's Park SWC Short Walk 19 - Royal Parks
Buck Palace, from St. James's Park

SWC Short Walk 19 - Royal Parks

Aug-18 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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Downing Street SWC Short Walk 19 - Royal Parks
Downing Street

SWC Short Walk 19 - Royal Parks

Aug-18 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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Swan 30.8.18
Swan 30.8.18

Aug-18 • Steven F Coles on Flickr

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Heron 30.8.18
Heron 30.8.18

Aug-18 • Steven F Coles on Flickr

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Serpentine Gallery 30.8.18
Serpentine Gallery 30.8.18

Aug-18 • Steven F Coles on Flickr

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Start Queensway underground station
Finish Charing Cross / Embankment / Westminster underground station
Length

6km.

Time 1.5 hours
Travel All stations are in Travelcard Zone 1.
Walk Notes

An easy straightforward walk, through Central London's extensive parks.

Eat

The destination pub is The Lord of the Moon of the Mall, 16 - 18 Whitehall, SW1A 2DY T: 020 7839 7701 - serves food until 22:00

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Start W2 4SS Map Directions

Finish WC2N 5DR Map Directions

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National Rail: 03457 48 49 50 • Traveline (bus times): 0871 200 22 33 (12p/min) • TFL (London) : 0343 222 1234

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Aug-18 DAC

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Walk Directions

The directions for this walk are also in a PDF (link above) which you can download on to a Kindle, tablet, or smartphone. OpenStreetMap (not OS) mapping is used in the PDF for licence reasons.

  1. Exit Queensway station and turn right for a few metres to cross over Bayswater Road to enter Kensington Palace Gardens.
  2. Go south to the Round Pound, then north-east to the Peter Pan statue.
  3. Then south along the Long Water to cross over the bridge (over Long Water / Serpentine)into Hyde Park.
  4. Go east to the Wellington Monument (Achilles statue) in the south-east corner of Hyde Park.
  5. Leave Hyde Park through the underpass to emerge on the west side of Green Park.
  6. Head to the south-east corner of the Green Park to cross over The Mall to St James Park.
  7. Continue east to the south-east corner of the St James Park to go along Great George Street to Parliament Square, then north along Whitehall to the destination pub on the left after 500 metres, (70m before Trafalgar Square).
The Royal Parks
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