Link to the Show / Show NotesLondon's greatest walk - part 3.
All these three walks are good in their own right, and each is different.
This final part goes from Hyde Park Corner to Kensington High Street. We start
at Hyde Park Corner Underground (Piccadilly Line Zone 1) and look at the
Wellington Arch. This is situated in the middle of one of London's busiest
roundabouts, where you can also see memorials to those who lost their lives from
the Australian and New Zealand forces in both world wars, and the memorial to
the Royal Artillery Regiment.
Leaving the noise of the traffic behind, we enter the park and walk beside
Rotten Row and the rose gardens, after admiring a naughty statue erected by
Victorian ladies and a new gate in memory of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
We then walk beside the Serpentine, where I am mobbed by birds. Next comes
the Lido where every day of the year hardy folk swim in the lake. beyond is the
new Diana fountain and the Serpentine Gallery. We then glimpse the Albert
Memorial, the Royal Albert Hall and the Round Pond before arriving at Kensington
Palace, previously home of Princess Diana of Wales.
Finally we pass behind St Mary Abbots church and finish our walk at
Kensington High Street Underground (District and Circle Lines - Zone 1)
So there we have it. Three wonderful walks. A combined length of 5.75 miles. Great variety with lots to see throughout its length. Most of the walks are away from the traffic. I hope you enjoyed London's Greatest Walk - in my humble opinion, of course.
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