Parks and green spaces
Hyde Park, Hampstead Heath, Greenwich Park and the zoo.
London Parks: Regent's Park
Regent's Park is a 410-acre meandering idyll that begins at the northwestern end of Marylebone.
London Parks: Greenwich Park
The oldest of the Royal Parks, Greenwich Park is full of history, attractions and wildlife. Situated at the top of a huge hill, it also offers some of the city's finest views over all of London.
London Parks: Green Park
Green Park lies just across the Mall from St James's Park, but has a very different layout: shaped like a triangle, it's essentially 47 acres of undulating grass with scores of mature trees (mostly…
London Parks: Holland Park
The 54 woodland acres of Kensington's Holland Park provide a welcome respite from a busy swath of west London.
London Parks: St James's Park
St James's Park, the oldest Royal Park in London, occupies 58 acres of prime land right in the center of the city.
London Parks: Hyde Park
Situated seamlessly adjacent to Kensington Gardens, 350-acre Hyde Park is one of the largest green spaces in London.
Royal Observatory Greenwich
The Royal Observatory at Greenwich , designed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1675 by order of King Charles II, is home to the Prime Meridian Line, the official center of Greenwich Mean Time.
London Zoo
The London Zoo, located on the north side of Regent's Park and housing over 600 species of animals, is one of London's biggest tourist attractions.
London Parks: Hampstead Heath
Hampstead Heath is 3 square miles of woodland, grassland, ponds and hills administered by the Corporation of London .
London Parks: Kensington Gardens
Situated seamlessly adjacent to Hyde Park, 275-acre Kensington Gardens is one of the most grand and popular parks in London.
British Summer Time and Greenwich Mean Time
British Summer Time (BST) -- when clocks are moved backward one hour -- runs from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October.
Finding Green Spaces in London
London is one of the world's greenest cities, with tremendous amounts of open space, parks and wildlife areas within the 32 boroughs of Greater London.
Adventure Island: England's Top Free-Admission Fun Park
When choosing a theme parks around London , know that Adventure Island is always free to enter: visitors only have to pay for rides or buy wristbands that allow them onto ride packages.
Thorpe Park: The London Area's Best Thrill Rides
Those looking for a proper theme park near London should look no further than Thorpe Park, billed as "the UK's Thrill Capital." Located about 20 miles southwest of the city center and just a few…
Legoland Windsor: London's Best Theme Park for Young Families
Of all the theme parks near London , Legoland Windsor is definitely the best choice for young families.
Chessington World of Adventures: A Great Theme Park for Families
Of all the theme parks near London , Chessington World of Adventures is the best choice for families with a wide age-range among their children.
Green City Walks in London
Londoners and visitors alike have the chance to take advantage of free guided walks of the city courtesy of a company called Green City Walks which offers three different walks to choose from on…
Hyde Park Calling
After this weekend's Wireless Festival London's Hyde Park has another big weekend on the 23-24 June when it hosts Hyde Park Calling , two days of music on three stages.
Free music in London's parks
There are bandstands in most of the main parks in London and throughout the summer there's a programme of free performances during the afternoons for anyone to sit and listen to.
London Open Garden Squares Weekend
Next weekend, 9-10 June, is the Loire Valley Wines Open Garden Squares Weekend when around 160 of London's private gardens and squares open their gates to the general public to visit and the sponsors…
Holiday weekend at Victoria Park
Victoria Park in East London is hosting a special Bank Holiday event called Paradise Gardens , two days of live music, street theatre, circus performances, a designer village fete, dance groups and…
Central London park re-opening
Over the past year the open area on the south bank of the Thames between Tower Bridge, City Hall and Tooley Street, known as Potters Fields , has been under going a £3million redevelopment.
Jazz in Greenwich
Greenwich holds a eleven day Main Riverfront Jazz Festival each September, this week it also hosts the shorter Spring Riverfront Jazz Festival .
Greenwich Heritage Centre
The Greenwich Heritage Centre is on the site of the old Royal Arsenal armaments factory in Woolwich on the south bank of the Thames in the east of London.
London's gorillas get a new hangout
The gorillas at London Zoo could be the new star attractions after settling in to their new £5million 6500 sq.m enclosure.
Free events in London parks
With the sun out and the weather in London getting warmer people will be starting to spend more time in the parks of central London.
Checking out the wildlife around London
There are three wildlife parks that are within fairly easy reach of central London, all three to the north of the city.
Westminster Green Plaques
Visitors to London who spend time in the centre of the city will be in the Borough known as the City of Westminster .
Greenwich
One of the nicest parts of London for a visitor to spend a day is Greenwich , about five miles east of Westminster, right on the banks of the River Thames.
Hampstead
Hampstead is a suburban part of London about 4 miles north of the West End. It's buildings are mainly Georgian, large four and five storey town houses on some of the main roads, smaller one's on some…
Covent Garden Piazza
<img id="image942" alt=covgarden1.jpg src="/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2006/10/covgarden1.jpg" Come out of Covent Garden tube station, turn right and its a short walk to the…