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