The Green Park GATES OLD PARK LANE DOWN STREET 9.10.14.19.22 PARK LANE PARK LANE BRICK ST 52.74.137.144 HOTEL ATHENAEUM PARK PLACE HOTEL
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Cartography by Nick Gibbard, Roger Stewart & Paul McEwan | www.postermaps.co.uk | McEwan Paul & Stewart Roger Gibbard, Nick by Cartography ALBERMARLE STREET 8 DOVER STREET CLARGES ST STREET HYDE PARK BERKELEY STREET CHESTERFIELD GARDENS UEEN Q CHESTERFIELD STREET REET 9.14.19 22.38 CURZON REET STREET ST STRATTON STREET 2.10.16.36.73 ST ST 74.82.137.148 414.436 DEVONSHIRE PICCADILLY 8 HOUSE 2.10.16.36.38 BOLTON STREET DERBY MAY FAIR 73.74.82.137 TREBECK THE RITZ MARKET MEWS HERTFORD 148.414.436 CURZON GATE HOTEL LONDON HILT ON ARLINGTON STREET HOTEL SHEPHERD STREET HALF MOON STREET GREEN PARK STANHOPE ROW ST ST 2.10.16.36.73 HERTFORD 8.9.14.19.22.38 JERMYN STREET 74.82.137.148 2.10.16.36.73 PARK LANE ST. JAMES’S STREET 414.436 74.82.137.148 WHITE HORSE STREET WILLIAM KENT 414.436 HOUSE BENNETT ST 8.9.14 CARRINGTON ACHILLES WAY 19.22.38 HYDE PARK CORNER DEVONSHIRE 3 mins walk from The Green Park GATES OLD PARK LANE DOWN STREET 9.10.14.19.22 PARK LANE PARK LANE BRICK ST 52.74.137.144 HOTEL ATHENAEUM PARK PLACE HOTEL HAMILTON PLACE RYDER ST QUEEN’S WALK INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL BLUE BALL YARD APSLEY HOUSE WELLINGTON RAF CLUB MUSEUM 14.19 HYDE PARK 22.38 ST. JAMES’S PLACE INFORMATION CENTRE HARD ROCK CAFÉ THE BROAD WALK 8.9 PICCADILLY SPENCER HOUSE LITTLE ST. JAMES’S PLACE 8.9.14 HYDE PARK CORNER 19.22.38 THE CONSTANCE FUND FOUNTAIN MACHINE PICCADILLY UNDERPASS GUN CORPS MEMORIAL WELLINGTON RUSSELL COURT STATUE WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND THE GREEN PARK ROYA L ARCH WAR MEMORIAL ARTILLERY MEMORIAL LUGSMOOR LANE STORNAWAY HOUSE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL MEMORIAL GATES S T . J AMES’S DUKE OF WELLINGTON PLACE PA LACE GROSVENOR PLACE 2.8.16.36.38.52 73.82.148.436 2.8.16.32.38.52 73.82.148.436 STABLE YARD ROAD CONSTITUTION HILL CANADA BUCKINGHAM PA LACE GARDENS MEMORIAL CLARENCE HOUSE LANCASTER HOUSE Register for Royal Parks updates www.royalparks.org.uk/registergreen CANADA GATE Public access 9 Underground 10 PARK MANAGEMENT THE ROYAL PARKS REGENT’S sites (opening 8 PARK & 13 Station Guards OF LONDON PRIMROSE 12 Mr Mark Wasilewski periods vary) 3 HILL 11 7 THE MALL 2 6 QUEEN MILES 1 2 3 The St James’s Park Office 4 5 17 VICTORIA 1 16 HYDE The Storeyard, Horse Guards Road MEMORIAL KILOMETRES 2 3 4 5 KENSINGTON PARK GARDENS GREEN 18 St James’s Park, London SW1A 2BJ SOUTH & WEST Bus Stop PARK ST JAMES’S 14 15 PARK AFRICA GATE Non public 19 T: +44 (0) 20 7930 1793 20 Statue access sites BROMPTON F: +44 (0) 20 7839 7639 CEMETERY 32 DLR 33 35 GREENWICH E: [email protected] PARK 26 29 Railway Station 27 28 34 CHANGING 30 OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE GUARD RAIL & TUBE STATIONS CLOSE TO THE ROYAL PARKS Storey’s Gate Lodge, St James’s Park RICHMOND Memorial Park features PARK 1 QUEENSWAY 15 HYDE PARK CORNER 29 BARNES London SW1A 2BJ 2 PADDINGTON 16 GREEN PARK 30 EAST PUTNEY 3 MARYLEBONE 17 CHARING CROSS 31 NORBITON T: 999 for emergencies. Public Toilets 22 4 LANCASTER GATE 18 WESTMINSTER 32 CUTTY SARK BUCKINGHAM 5 MARBLE ARCH 19 ST JAMES’S PARK 33 GREENWICH T: +44 (0) 20 7706 7272 for PA LACE 21 23 6 BAKER STREET 20 VICTORIA 34 BLACKHEATH 24 31 BUSHY 7 REGENT’S PARK 21 HAMPTON 35 MAZE HILL non-emergencies within the park. PARK 8 ST JOHN’S WOOD 22 TEDDINGTON 9 CHALK FARM 23 HAMPTON WICK RAILWAY STATION 10 MORNINGTON CRESCENT 24 KINGSTON UPON THAMES TUBE STATION The park is open from 5am until 25 11 EUSTON 25 HAMPTON COURT DLR D OCKLANDS LIGHT 12 ST PANCRAS 26 RICHMOND RAILWAY midnight. Kiosk 13 KING’S CROSS 27 NORTH SHEEN 14 HIGH STREET KENSINGTON 28 MORTLAKE Jubilee Walkway Diana Princess AUSTRALIA of Wales GATE Pedestrian Memorial Walk ST. JAMES’S PARK Crossing Permitted cycle path WALKING DISTANCE (MINUTES) 1 2 A BRIEF HISTORY OF T HE GREEN PARK FA MOUS LANDMARKS 1554 The Park was first recorded when Sir Thomas Wyatt led a rebellion in protest against the marriage of BUCKINGHAM PALACE has served as the official London residence of Britain’s sovereigns since 1837. Mary I to Philip II of Spain Changing of the Guard takes place at 11:30am every day in the summer, and alternate days in the winter. VICTORIA 12 mins walk from The Green Park 1668 The land was enclosed by Charles II, stocked with deer and provided with a ranger’s house. It was known QUEEN VICTORIA MEMORIAL is a 25 metre (82ft) high edifice by the sculptor Thomas Brock and the as Upper St James’s Park architect Aston Webb. The whole edifice and statues are of white marble, of which a generous 2,300 tons were used. THE QUEEN’S 1746 Upper St James’s Park became officially known as The Green Park GALLERY CLARENCE HOUSE was designed by John Nash and built between 1825 and 1827 for the Duke of Clarence, BUCKINGHAM GATE 1826 The park was opened to the general public later William IV. It was the London home to the late Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother. 8.16.38.52.73. 82.185 239.507.C1.C10 1827 John Nash re-landscaped the park as part of alterations to St James’s Park. Trees were planted for the ST JAMES’S PALACE was built by Henry VIII alongside the newly acquired deer park in 1532, St James’s Park. first time. Constitution Hill was straightened to make a processional route into the Mall outside It is still the official Royal Court. Buckingham Palace SPENCER HOUSE was built in 1756-66 for John, first Earl Spencer, an ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-97). 1994 The memorial to Canadian soldiers was added to remember people who served in the two world wars Situated in the heart of St James’s, Spencer House is a short distance from St James’s Palace, Buckingham Palace 2002 The Queen inaugurated a war memorial next to Constitution Hill, dedicated to five million personnel in and the Palace of Westminster, and has a splendid terrace and garden with magnificent views of Green Park. the services from the Indian Sub-Continent, Africa and the Caribbean HYDE PARK CORNER is the location of the famous Wellington Arch together with the Wellington Statue. It is also home to the Machine Gun Corps Memorial, The Royal Artillery Memorial, The Australian War Memorial and the New Zealand War Memorial. www.royalparks.org.uk.