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Covering 350 acres in the heart of London, the largest central royal park has hosted royal hunts, Crystal Palace exhibitions, political rallies and rock concerts. It remains a defining green lung for Londoners and visitors alike. Open lawns stretch under plane trees; rowing boats circle the Serpentine. Saturdays bring joggers and horse riders on Rotten Row; Sundays bring speakers on soapboxes at the northeast corner. - • Largest of the four royal parks in central London at 350 acres - • Home to Speakers' Corner, where free speech has been practised since 1872 - • Site of the 1851 Great Exhibition that drew six million visitors - • Hosts BST Hyde Park summer concerts and Winter Wonderland each year

790 acres of ancient heathland, woodland and ponds rising north of Camden, Hampstead Heath feels more rural common than city park. Its three swimming ponds, Parliament Hill viewpoint and Kenwood House draw Londoners year-round. Skylarks trill above the meadows; cyclists climb Parliament Hill; swimmers push out across the bathing ponds year-round. Beech woods rustle in autumn; Kenwood's white stucco shimmers at the Heath's north edge. - • 790 acres of ancient heathland and woodland at London's highest natural elevation - • Three bathing ponds (Men's, Women's, Mixed) with year-round lifeguard cover - • Parliament Hill offers one of London's legally protected skyline views - • Home to Kenwood House with its free Rembrandt and Vermeer collection

Opened in 1828 as a private scientific collection and opened to the public in 1847, London Zoo is the world's oldest scientific zoo. Now home to 750 species, it combines Victorian Grade-I heritage (the Penguin Pool) with cutting-edge conservation (the Tiger Territory and Gorilla Kingdom). Penguins splash behind glass; gorilla feet thud in enclosed rainforest. Children squeal in the Butterfly Paradise; sea lions bark from the pool. Lord Snowdon's 1964 aviary rises above the walkway, part aviary part sculpture. - • The world's oldest scientific zoo, opened 1828 - • Houses 750 species — 18,000 animals in total - • Grade I listed architecture including Lord Snowdon's 1964 Aviary - • Operated by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), a global conservation charity