Green Park, London

London’s royal parks are often busy affairs, filled with flowerbeds, statues, ponds, playgrounds and more. 

Like St. James’s park, Green Park was reclaimed from the marshy meadows that surrounded the Tyburn River as it made its way south to the Thames.

Covering 19 hectares, it lies between London’s Hyde Park and St. James’s Park.

Originally purchased by Henry VIII for enclosed grazing and hunting, the land was made into a formal park in 1667. It was opened to the public in 1826.

It became favorite place for duels, lovers’ trysts, parades, ballooning, and people watching.

Green Park has no lakes, no buildings and few monuments, having only the Canada Memorial by Pierre Granche and the Constance Fund Fountain. The park consists entirely of wooded meadows.

The grass in Green Park is the best in London. With its splendid trees and lack of artificial ornamentation it comes closest to the sylvan-meadow ideal of a great city park.
Green Park, London

Lake District Park

One of the most beautiful parts of Great Britain, the Lake District is characterized by it stunning mountain and lake scenery.

The Lake District National Park was established in 1951 to protect the landscape from unnecessary damage though a programme of conservation legislation and planning.

The Lake District is a protected national park with a delicate ecosystem. It includes a huge variety of habitats supporting distinct and often endangered flora and fauna. A typical Lake District woodland mix of oak, ash, birch, elm and hazel, it has the additional bonus of offering lovely views.

The woodlands are a vital habitat for the regional wildlife, providing breeding sites and hunting grounds for buzzards, warblers, tawny owls and pled flycatchers, while deer, fox, bats, weasels, stoats and more animals use the woodlands for foods and shelter.

The Lake District’s unique habitats have been home to some rare birds over the last few years. Grizedale Forest Park, situated between the lakes of Coniston and Windermere, is the largest forest within the Lake District.

While maturing confers dominate, there are also area with sessile oak, birch and rowan. Certain lakes are identified as free access lakes. Lake Windermere has been heavily used for recreation since the last century.
Lake District Park