Green park (London, UK)

The Green Park, usually known without the definite article simply as Green Park, is one of the Royal Parks of London. It is located in the City of Westminster, Central London. First enclosed in 16th century, it was landscaped in 1820 and is notable among central London parks for having no lakes or buildings, and only minimal flower planting in the form of naturalised narcissus.

Green Park covers just over 40 acres (16 ha) between 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.

In contrast with its neighbouring parks, Green Park has no lakes, no buildings, no playgrounds, and few monuments, having only the Canada Memorial by Pierre Granche, the Diana Fountain, and the RAF Bomber Command Memorial. The park consists almost entirely of mature trees rising out of turf; the only flowers are naturalised narcissus.

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 Underground station is a major interchange located on Piccadilly, Victoria and Jubilee lines near the north end of Queen's Walk.

Грин-парк (Green Park) — один из королевских парков Вестминстера, представляющий собой своего рода перемычку между Гайд-парком (к северо-западу) и Сент-Джеймсским парком (к востоку). Южный предел Грин-парка обозначает улица Мэлл, а северный — Пикадилли.

История парка восходит ко временам Генриха VIII. Долгое время это было излюбленное место для дуэлей британских аристократов. В отличие от других лондонских парков, в Грин-парке нет прудов и практически нет памятников. К исключениям относится знаменитый мемориал королевы Виктории, установленный на стыке с Сент-Джеймсским парком (т. н. Сады королевы), напротив Букингемского дворца. Также на территории Грин-парка установлен военный мемориал Bomber Command Memorial.

Filmed in 2013

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