# The best parks in London

Royal parks, wild heaths and gardens with views: London's favourite green spaces according to Visit London and London National Park City.

- 1810 votes · 14 items
- Aug 16, 2025 · passport_leeds
- https://even.best/en/l/560/the-best-parks-in-london

## Top 10

1. **Hyde Park** (201 · ▲211 ▼10) — London's most popular park, with the Serpentine and Speakers' Corner.
2. **Richmond Park** (152 · ▲165 ▼13) — London's largest royal park, around 2,500 acres, with free-roaming red and fallow deer.
3. **Hampstead Heath** (137 · ▲151 ▼14) — Wild heathland and swimming ponds, with the view from Parliament Hill.
4. **Greenwich Park** (115 · ▲134 ▼19) — Hilltop park by the Royal Observatory with a classic view of Canary Wharf and the Thames.
5. **St James's Park** (100 · ▲127 ▼27) — Royal park between Buckingham Palace and Whitehall, home to pelicans since 1664.
6. **Regent's Park** (100 · ▲117 ▼17) — Park with Queen Mary's Rose Garden, the open-air theatre and London Zoo.
7. **Kew Gardens** (93 · ▲116 ▼23) — UNESCO-listed botanic gardens with the Palm House and treetop walkway. <https://www.kew.org/>
8. **Holland Park** (89 · ▲107 ▼18) — Kensington park with the Kyoto Garden's waterfall and koi.
9. **Victoria Park** (79 · ▲105 ▼26) — East London's 'People's Park', opened in 1845, with lakes and a Sunday market.
10. **Primrose Hill** (57 · ▲84 ▼27) — Small hill north of Regent's Park with one of the best skyline views.
11. **Bushy Park** (56 · ▲78 ▼22) — Second-largest royal park, next to Hampton Court, with deer and the Diana Fountain.
12. **Kensington Gardens** (54 · ▲79 ▼25) — Royal park with Kensington Palace, the Peter Pan statue and the Serpentine Gallery.
13. **Crystal Palace Park** (30 · ▲40 ▼10) — South London park famous for its Victorian dinosaur sculptures from 1854.
14. **Battersea Park** (23 · ▲34 ▼11) — Riverside park opposite Chelsea with a Peace Pagoda, boating lake and children's zoo.

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