The cemetery had a short life, opening in and shutting again in The cemetery came to be when Mr Winbridge, the gatekeeper of Victoria Lodge in Hyde Park, donated spots of his garden for people to bury their pets and pay their respects whenever they wished. Before he knew it, the entire garden had become a cemetery. During its short spell as a pet burial ground, owners found solace and comfort in this serene English garden. The first dog to be buried there was a Maltese terrier named Cherry who died of old age.
The Serpentine is said to attract a lot of songbirds to the park, including robins, long-tailed tits and dunnocks, making it a hotspot for birdwatching. Take advantage of all the exquisite flora, fauna and wildlife Hyde Park has to offer during you next London visit.
Hyde Park is an easy to get to and accessible destination for visitors. Take a moment to breathe it all in.
The hyde of the Hyde Park comes from Manor of Hyde which was the northeast sub-division of the manor of Eia. Learn More.
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The British Museum houses one of the largest and most famous collections of antiques tin the world, as well as being one of the world's oldest museums. Camden Town is the best-known part of Camden made popular thanks to its market and the alternative style of its residents. Hyde Park throughout the years The land originally belonged to Westminster Abbey until , when Henry VIII confiscated it and made it into private royal hunting grounds. The fountain was donated by Sir Walter and Lady Palmer and installed in One of the most popular visitor attractions in Hyde Park is this striking water feature, officially opened by Her Majesty the Queen on 6 July , in memory of Princess Diana.
To call it a fountain is a bit misleading; it is a watercourse made of Cornish granite. Water flows in two directions from the highest point, down cascades and over shallows to a deep pool at the base. The design is meant to reflect the popular Princess's life. You will often find delighted small children wading along the watercourse or splashing in the pool, filling the air with their shrieks of happiness.
I think Princess Diana would have approved. Immediately north of the Diana Memorial Fountain is this striking bronze sculpture of a bird, inspired by the Egyptian symbol for the goddess of nature. The sculpture was created by Simon Gudgeon and was installed in The sculpture was donated by the Halcyon Gallery as part of a campaign to raise money for educational outreach projects in Hyde Park. You can see donor's plaques arranged at the foot of the sculpture, which stands beside the south bank of the Serpentine.
One of the park's lesser-known statues, but only because it is tucked away on South Carriage Drive, away from the main visitors' paths. The bronze sculpture is also known as Rush of Green and depicts a family and their dog rushing towards the park, while Pan plays his pipes to urge them on. The statue was designed by Sir Jacob Epstein, one of Britain's most influential 20th-century artists.
It stands near the Edinburgh Gate to the park. Twelve soldiers and six civilians were injured and seven horses died when the bomb was set off while the Queen's Life Guard was passing. In memory of the four guardsmen who died, every time the Queen's Life Guard or other body of the Household Cavalry pass the memorial they bring their swords down to the carry position and observe 'eyes right' or 'eyes left' to focus on the memorial.
Also, any band approaching the site ceases playing until they have passed. Just to be confusing, this memorial is shown on some maps of Hyde Park as the Cavalry Memorial, but since there is another Cavalry Memorial in the park, we've given this site a more accurate label. North of the Serpentine, opposite the West Boathouse, stands this large granite boulder, given by the Norwegian Navy and Merchant Fleet in as a mark of gratitude to the British people for their support during WWII.
Both the front and rear faces of the stone are engraved. The front face reads, ' You gave us a safe haven in our common struggle for freedom and peace ', while the rear is carved with the words, ' Worked and shaped by forces of nature for thousands of years '. Near Hyde Park Corner in the south-east corner of the park is a bronze sculpture depicting St George on horseback, above a defeated dragon.
Around the base of the memorial is a frieze showing galloping horsemen. The sculpture was designed by Adrian Jones, himself an army veteran, and was made with bronze from guns captured during the war.
The frieze around the base was added by Sir John Burnet, and the memorial was installed in Its original location was close to the Stanhope Gate but in it was moved to its current location near the Bandstand when Park Lane was widened.
Close to the east end of the Serpentine, set in a grove of birch trees, stands Britain's first memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. The memorial was created in and was a gift of the Board of British Jews.
The memorial takes the form of a garden of granite boulders. The largest boulder is inscribed with a verse from Lamentations that runs, ' For these I weep. Streams of tears flow from my eyes because of the destruction of my people '. The most modern and one of the most moving memorials in Hyde Park is this sculpture commemorating the victims of the 7 July London bombings. The memorial was unveiled by Their Royal Highnesses, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall on 7 July , exactly 4 years after 52 people lost their lives to terrorist bombs.
The memorial is in the south-east corner of the park, north of Hyde Park Corner and fairly close to the Achilles Statue. The striking memorial is composed of 52 slender pillars made of stainless steel, one for each of the victims.
The pillars are arranged in four groups, one for each location where bombs were set off. Each pillar is marked with a date and time plaque. A further plaque with the victim's names is set on a grassy bank at the eastern edge of the memorial site.
Between Hyde Park Corner and the eastern end of the Serpentine is one of the oldest public bandstands in England. It was erected in and was originally located in neighbouring Kensington Gardens. In it was moved to its present location in Hyde Park. Its octagonal roof gives it very good acoustical qualities.
In the s it was used for concerts three times a week and it is still used today for occasional performances. One of the easiest memorials to overlook in Hyde Park, this combination memorial and bird sanctuary is located north of the Serpentine and east of West Carriage Drive.
Hudson campaigned long and hard to establish wild areas in public parks, to provide areas for wildlife and birds to live. The memorial is based around a carving by Sir Jacob Epstein, depicting the child goddess Rima, who appeared in Hudson's novel Green Mansions. The memorial was controversial when it was unveiled in The Daily Mail, never a publication to steer clear of controversy, pleaded, ' take this horror out of our park ', but here it stays.
The memorial is set in a wooded area created as a habitat for small birds. Almost hidden in foliage beside the eastern end of the Serpentine pond is this neo-classical memorial to Queen Caroline, wife of George II. Her memorial takes the form of an urn mounted on a stone plinth. The memorial was officially unveiled by HM Queen Elizabeth in In the s the area beside Park Lane on the eastern edge of Hyde Park was given over to a sunken garden.
The sunken garden was removed when Park Lane was widened and the Boy and Dolphin fountain had to be moved. In TB Huxley-Jones designed a new fountain, depicting a pair of bronze figures dancing above a pool of water while four children emerge from the water. In the Marie Curie Cancer Care charity planted some 80, daffodil bulbs around the fountain as part of celebrations marking their 60th anniversary. Technically still inside the park boundary, this striking memorial stands on a traffic island in the middle of Park Lane, on the eastern edge of the park.
The memorial marks the contribution of animals that served and died beside British troops during 20th-century conflicts. The touching memorial shows animals large and small struggling through a gap in a curving wall of Portland stone. The silhouettes of more animals are carved onto the wall, while a touching inscription reads simply, ' They had no choice '.
The lake takes its name from its curving shape, which resembles a snake in its sinuous curves. It was created by damming the River Westbourne and Tyburn Brook, causing flooding that linked several medieval monastic ponds.
Technically speaking, the Serpentine is only the eastern half of the lake while the western half, in neighbouring Kensington Gardens, is called the Long Water. The lake offers several recreational facilities including boating and swimming. This iconic multi-arched bridge carries West Carriage Drive over The Serpentine and acts as a boundary between Hyde Park to the east and Kensington Gardens to the west.
The bridge was erected in to a design by architect John Rennie. There are two popular galleries, both free to enter, about 5 minutes walk apart, linked by the Serpentine Bridge. The original Serpentine Gallery was opened in and occupies a former tea pavilion built in In a Napoleonic War gunpowder store known as The Magazine was transformed into a second gallery known as the Serpentine Sackler Gallery.
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