Hyde Park, London

Hyde Park is one of the largest parks in central London, England, and one of the Royal Parks of London. The park is divided in two by the Serpentine Lake. The park is contiguous with Kensington Gardens, which is widely assumed to be part of Hyde Park, but is technically separate. The boundary between the two is West Carriage Drive, which can be seen running north south on the map linked below. Hyde Park is 350 acres (1.4 km²) and Kensington Gardens is 275 acres (1.1 km²) giving an overall area of 625 acres (2.5 km²).

Poem

:At Rotten Row around a tree

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:With Albert's help did Mr P

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:His stately pleasure dome design:

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:The greatest greenhouse ever seen;

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:A glass cathedral on the green,

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:Beside the crystal Serpentine.

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::(from 'Joseph and His Amazing Crystal Palace' by John Greatrex, parodying Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge)

Related Topics:
Parodying - Kubla Khan - Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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