Hyde Park is a 350 acres (140 ha), historic Grade I-listed urban park in Westminster, Greater London. A Royal Park, it is the largest of the parks and green spaces that form a chain from Kensington Palace through Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park, via Hyde Park Corner and Green Park, past Buckingham Palace to St James's Park. Hyde Park is divided by the Serpentine and the Long Water lakes.
Hyde Park, with Kensington Gardens in foreground
The Hamilton–Mohun Duel of 1712. Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun, fighting James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, in Hyde Park; both lost their lives.
Hyde Park, 1890, by Camille Pissarro, showing the footpath along the southern bank of the Serpentine
The Winter Wonderland festival has been a popular Christmas event in Hyde Park since 2007.
Westminster is the main settlement of the City of Westminster in London, England. It extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street and has many famous landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral, Trafalgar Square and much of the West End cultural centre including the entertainment precinct of West End Theatre.
The Palace of Westminster
Western facade of Westminster Abbey
St Peter's Abbey at the time of King Edward the Confessor’s funeral, depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry
Westminster City Hall, completed in 1965
