London is one of the most green cities in the world. In this video, we share our favourite 13 London parks that we visit most often. After 5 years of filming and numerous visits, we know these parks really well and show how you can best experience them each, as they are great free things to do in London. From popular parks like Hyde Park, Regents Park and Richmond Park, to more local options such as Holland Park, Victoria Park and Greenwich Park, we cover them all.
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00:00 Intro
1:00 Hampstead Heath
2:31 Richmond Park
4:22 St James Park
5:05 Green Park
5:42 Hyde Park
6:57 Regents Park
8:36 Phoenix Gardens
9:06 Holland Park
9:38 Victoria Park
10:54 Greenwich Park
11:58 Battersea Park
12:31 Buckingham Palace Gardens
13:16 Kew Gardens
23 Comments
EARLY VIEWERS, hello! Which London Parks are your favourite? What London guides should I do next?
The next video I'm already working on is our epic trip to Jordan, which is a special place that I think will surprise you when you see it. Can't wait to share! Also, Canada will be later in the year also and was incredibly breathtaking. Looking forward to editing that footage together!
I so enjoy watching and learning from your videos. My husband and I were in London Dec 2021 and had a blast! Already dreaming of our next London/UK trip. Would love a video on top day trips from London (where you would not have to change hotels but leave in the am and come back in the evening) Or a video exploring Oxford and/or Cambridge.
Brilliant!! Thanks
Hello sir. Although I am not from London (will be soon), I love to watch your videos because of your video quality and narration. Keep up the good work
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Very useful as I'm a mother I want to see new parks for my children and this is very helpful thank you so much keep updating us with videos like this π
I don't think in all my visits to London that I have visited a single one of these, and I can't wait to go back now and see them all! Love your videos, can't wait for the next ones!π
I haven't been to many of the London Parks despite living here for 2 years now! Regents park is great for pokemon if anyone plays PoGo lol. I will definitely have to get out more and see some of these parks!
love your videos!!!
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Great video!! I love Regentβs Park
I like to know the BEST of the various Ethnic restaurants in London: where is the best American, English, Irish, Chinese, Japanese, French, Italian, Spanish, Middle Eastern, Eastern European, etc., restaurant. Love your vds; well balance of you and wife and scenery; some tubers plaster themselves on the screen blabbing on about themselves and not about the trip. Yours are informative, geared toward the smart travelers. Thank you very much, learned so much and will search before I travel to same destination.
Love your channel, I love how you take the viewer on a journey. I always hear London has the best Indian food outside of India, have you thought about a best Indian food in London episode ? Thanks ππΎ
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Thank you for this. I lived in London for a year and still didn't get to discover all the parks. Could you make a video about London's best pubs? There seem to be many in every borough, but I would like to see your take on the most iconic ones.
I absolutley LOVE your sense of humor in your videos, part of the charm of following you! Thank you for nice tourist tips with a warm and happy vibe to it!
Once again a well-paced and exciting delivery of parks, It says a lot that gardens I have walked in seem to have gained a new appeal after watching your video, Your quality of filming and editing are still massive pluses.
I might say the way of approach and travel through these paks might be improved by the best place to enter or exit or like you did for one telling them the entrance fromBaker St. Richmond park is a park in question and there are warning re deer in the rutting season, but several entrances make it a long park to walk,. I did that one some 40 years ago lol, Life was so different in London then.
As many folks use cars some parks are inaccessible as parking is poor so advice to use public transport?,and this advice might help, For example into Victoria Park as parking in the surrounding streets is dam awful at times. Suggesting the best way to travel .other then if you have long legs and fit feet directions might be of help lol
If you have time then how about following walks of old London such as from Liverpool street market towards the art and buildings of Brick lane and the curry shops/ churches of interest such as the Georgian churches of London/exploring the back streets of Mile end road and the bell makers foundry, there are museums and curiosities all over the place. The Wapping walk to where they drowned pirates or the early tunnels under the Thames, the old dock riverside walk on the South Bank.
Anyway thanks for making London look good and encouraging lazy bods like me to get of my rear and explore them,
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Amazing video as usual..
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Such an insightful video! Learning so much from your videos, very easy to follow and absolutely gripping. Thank you!
An idea: A supermarkets video would be very interesting and helpful including the alternative options, the common ones aside.
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I wish I can travel to England late spring 2023. Already postponed my trip since 2020 due to the pandemic. I β€ parks and gardens, I can literally can spend hours strolling in the parks. London has multiple beautiful parks, my favourite is Hyde park, Richmond and Regent.
Nice to see that Battersea Park got a mention, I grew up in Battersea and it was my playground. However (and isn't there always a sting in the tail?!), why no mention of the stunningly beautiful Peace Pagoda and the fact that it's right on the river and flanked by two of the most beautiful bridges across the Thames?? 'A' for effort, but must try harder! π