Green Park

Green Park is one of London’s Royal Parks, lying in the City of Westminster between Buckingham Palace and Piccadilly. It forms part of a continuous green chain that includes St James’s Park, Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. To the north-east are the royal buildings of St James’s Palace, Clarence House and Lancaster House. The park covers just over 40 acres and sits on the site of a former swamp used as a burial ground for lepers. The Tyburn stream runs beneath its turf. The park was first enclosed in the 17th century by Charles II and landscaped in 1820 by John Nash. It has no lakes, no buildings and only naturalised narcissus flowers, unlike its neighbours. Three post-war monuments stand here: the Canada Memorial by Pierre Granche, the Diana of the Treetops Fountain by Estcourt J Clack, and the RAF Bomber Command Memorial by Philip Jackson. In 2016 a wildflower meadow called The Queen’s Meadow was created near the Bomber Command Memorial. Visitors find wide lawns beneath mature trees with the only flowers being naturalised narcissus. Queen’s Walk runs along the eastern edge past the Victoria Memorial towards Buckingham Palace. The park meets St James’s Park at Queen’s Gardens, while Constitution Hill bounds it on the south. Green Park Underground station serves the Piccadilly, Victoria and Jubilee lines at the north end of Queen’s Walk.