Everything about Green Park totally explained
Green Park (officially
The Green Park) is one of the
Royal Parks of London. Covering an area of about 53 acres (21 hectares), it lies between
London's
Hyde Park and
St. James's Park. Together with
Kensington Gardens and the gardens of
Buckingham Palace, these parks form an almost unbroken stretch of open land reaching from
Whitehall and
Victoria station to
Kensington and
Notting Hill.
By contrast with its neighbours, Green Park has no lakes nor any statues or fountains (except for
Canada Memorial by
Pierre Granche), but consists entirely of wooded
meadows. The park is bounded on the south by
Constitution Hill, on the east by the
pedestrian Queen's Walk, and on the north by
Piccadilly. It meets St. James's Park at Queen's Gardens with the
Victoria Memorial at its centre, opposite the entrance to
Buckingham Palace. To the south is the ceremonial avenue of
The Mall, and the buildings of
St James's Palace and
Clarence House overlook the park to the east.
Green Park tube station is a major interchange located on
Piccadilly,
Victoria and
Jubilee lines near the north end of Queen's Walk.
History
The park is said to have originally been a swampy burial ground for lepers from the nearby hospital at St James's. It was first enclosed in the 16th century by
Henry VIII, when it formed part of the estate of the Poulteney family. In 1668 an area of the Poulteney estate known as Sandpit Field was surrendered to
Charles II, who made the bulk of the land into a Royal Park. He laid out the park's main walks and building an
icehouse there to supply him with ice for cooling drinks in summer. At the time, the park was on the outskirts of London and remained an isolated area well into the 18th century, when it was known as a haunt of highwaymen and thieves;
Horace Walpole was one of many to be robbed there. It was a popular place for ballooning attempts and public firework displays during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Handel's
Fireworks Music was composed specifically for a fireworks celebration held in Green Park in 1749. The park was also known as a duelling ground; one particularly notorious duel took place there in 1730 between
William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath and
John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol.
Gallery
Image:Green Park, London - April 2007.jpg|Green Park in Spring
Image:Green Park, London, England.jpg|Green Park, London
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