Regent's Park

Regent's Park is one of the Royal Parks of London. It is in the north of the City of Westminster and spills east into the London Borough of Camden.

The area contains Primrose Hill with a great view of Westminster and the City. The public space at the center is mainly open parkland which supports a wide range of facilities and amenities including gardens, a lake with a heronry and waterfowl, sports pitches, enclosed children's playgrounds and in the summer has an Open Air Theatre. It also contains Queen Mary's Gardens.

In the north end of the park contains London Zoo. Running through the zoo and around the north end of the park is Regents Canal which joins up to the Grand Union Canal to the west.

Nearest Tube

• Camden Town tube station
• Regent's Park tube station

Nearest Railway

• Camden Road railway station
• Marylebone railway station

History

John Nash designed a private residential estate set in parkland to raise revenue for the Crown. Called Regent's Park it was built from 1811 onwards although it wasn't until 1845 that park was slowly opened to the public.

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There are also Regent's Parks in a number of other cities, see Regent's Park (Toronto).