Regent's Park

This article is about Regent's Park in London. For Regent Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada see Regent Park.

Description

The park has an outer ring road called the Outer Circle and an inner ring road called the Inner Circle, which contains the most carefully tended section of the park, Queen Mary's Gardens. Apart from a link road between these two, the park is reserved for pedestrians. The south, east and most of the west sides of the park are lined with elegant white stucco terraces of houses designed by John Nash. Running through the northern end of the park is Regent's Canal which connects the Grand Union Canal to the former London Docks.

Related Topics:
Stucco - John Nash - Regent's Canal - Grand Union Canal - London Docks

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The 487 acre (2.0 km²) park is mainly open parkland which supports a wide range of facilities and amenities including gardens, a lake with a heronry, waterfowl and a boating area, sports pitches, and children's playgrounds. The sports pitches were relaid between 2002 and 2004 and in 2005 a news sports pavilion is under construction. The north-east end of the park contains London Zoo. There are several public gardens with flowers and specimen plants, including Queen Mary's Gardens in the Inner Circle, in which the Open Air Theatre is located; the formal Italian Gardens and adjacent informal English Gardens in the south east corner of the park; and the gardens of St John's Lodge. Winfield House, the official residence of the U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, stands in private grounds in western section of the park. Nearby is the domed London Central Mosque, which is a highly visible landmark from parts of the park.

Related Topics:
Lake - Waterfowl - London Zoo - Open Air Theatre - Winfield House - London Central Mosque

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Located on the outside of the southern portion of the Inner Circle is Regent's College, a consortium of institutes of higher education which is the home of Regents Business School London (RBSL), as well as The European Business School and British-American College London (BACL) among others.

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Immediately to the north of Regent's Park is Primrose Hill a park with fine views of Westminster and the City which is owned and maintained by the Corporation of London.

Related Topics:
Primrose Hill - Westminster - City - Corporation of London

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