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KENSINGTON PALACE
Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens
Most visitors are amazed at how green and pleasant so much of the city
centre is, with three royal parks - St James's Park, Green Park and Hyde Park
- forming a continuous grassy belt that stretches for nearly three miles. Hyde
Park, together with its westerly extension, Kensington Gardens, is the largest
of the trio, covering a distance of a mile and a half from Speakers' Corner in
the northeast to Kensington Palace in the southwest. You can jog, swim, fish,
sunbathe or mess about in boats on the Serpentine, cross the park on
horseback or mountain bike, or view the latest in modern art at the
Serpentine Gallery. At the end of your journey, you've made it to one of
London's most exclusive districts, the Royal Borough of Kensington and
Chelsea (see p.248).
