Millions of Londoners and tourists visit the eight Royal Parks for free each year. The 5,000 acres of historic parkland provide unparalleled opportunities for enjoyment, exploration and healthy living in the heart of the capital. A simple walk or a picnic in the park, sport, top quality entertainment, community and education projects – all waiting for you.

If it’s history and architecture you’re after, the Parks have hundreds of buildings, statues, and memorials, giving a fascinating insight into London’s heritage.

The Royal Parks manages these spaces and almost everything in them. We also conserve the Parks to ensure future generations can enjoy them too. We look after:

• Bushy Park (with the Longford River)

• The Green Park

• Greenwich Park

• Hyde Park

• Kensington Gardens

• The Regent’s Park (and Primrose Hill)

• Richmond Park

• St James’s Park

We also tend a number of other spaces in London, including Victoria Tower Gardens, Brompton Cemetery, the gardens of 10, 11 and 12 Downing Street, and Grosvenor Square Gardens.

Keeping 5,000 acres of urban parkland stocked with trees and other plants is no small task. We have our own nursery to meet the demand and a dedicated team of plantspeople and Parks staff keep the Parks looking great all year round.

Part of our remit is to conserve the Parks for future generations. We have a Green Housekeeping Committee, which looks at how we can reduce the impact we have on the local and wider environment. We also have an Ecology Officer, who advises on habitat management, sustainability, and biodiversity.

The Royal Parks is an executive agency of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Access

Liberty Drives provides free mobility for anyone who finds it difficult to see all 760 acres of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens.

Electric buggies with wheelchair facilities, each seating five people glide around the parks providing half hour rides. It is also possible to be dropped off at a favourite place and be picked up later.

Contact – Richard Briggs OBE, Chairman of Hyde Park Appeal, Tel. +44 (0)7767 498 096

Further information

Liberty Drives website

If you have extra requirements about accessibility, have signing needs on the day or would like to see any of the FUSE information in large print. Please contact the FUSE events team on 0207 298 2106.