Why go
The park is Grade I listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. On the northern side of Regent's Park is Primrose Hill, which with a height of 256 feet (78 m) gives has a clear view of central London to the south-east, as well as Belsize Park and Hampstead to the north.
What to look for
- From 1856 it was occupied by Regent's Park College (which subsequently moved to Oxford in 1927).
- Regent's Park is the setting and closing scene for the black comedy film Withnail and I (1987).
- The Regent's Park is the setting for several scenes in Virginia Woolf's novel, Mrs. Dalloway (1925).
The full story
Description The park has an outer ring road called the Outer Circle (4.45 km) and an inner ring road called the Inner Circle (1 km), which surrounds the most carefully tended section of the park, Queen Mary's Gardens. Apart from two link roads between these two, the park is reserved for pedestrians. The south, east and most of the west side of the park are lined with elegant white stucco terraces of houses designed by John Nash and Decimus Burton. The 166 hectares (410 acres) park is mainly open parkland that enjoys 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 northern side of the park is the home of London Zoo and the headquarters of the Zoological Society of London.
Your next visit
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Outdoor visit · 45–90 min
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