Spencer House, built in 1756 for John,1st Earl Spencer, still belongs today to the Spencer family. However it is leased out to RIT Capital Partners, a family company of ... read more
Bessborough Gardens were commissioned by the Crown Estate in the 1980s. The landscape architect for the garden square, Peter Shepheard, also designed the Queen ... read more
Centre for Wildlife Gardening has been developed by the London Wildlife Trust since 1989. Located on the former depot for Southwark Council's road vehicles, it ... read more
The Green Park is, with its 16 ha (40 acres), the smallest one of London’s eight Royal Parks. It became Crown property in 1668, under Charles II. It was opened to the ... read more
Hampstead Heath is a 320 ha (790 acres) park, with recent and ancient woodlands, ponds, playgrounds, a training track and marvellous views over London. It has also three ... read more
Kensington Palace was the residence of the (Dutch) Stadholder-King William III and his English wife, Mary Stuart. The house was remodelled for them by Sir Christopher ... read more
The Regent’s Park is one of London’s eight Royal Parks and covers an area of 160 ha (395 acres). It was named after the Prince Regent, the later King George IV ... read more
St Dunstan in the East Church Garden, a public garden and opened in 1971, is constructed on the ruins of the bombed St Dunstan Church. It contains a lawn, wall shrubs, ... read more
The Wanstead Park was once part of the deer park of the former 18th century Wanstead Manor, then owned by the Wellesley family, and still retains some of ... read more
WWT London Wetland Centre, started in 2000, is a 42 ha (100 acres) wetland wildlife reserve, formerly consisting of several small reservoirs. It includes now several ... read more
Charlton House, a fine example of Tudor style, was built between 1607 - 1612 for Sir Adam Newton, tutor to the eldest son of James I, Henry, Prince of Wales. The walled ... read more
Hyde Park, covering 142 ha (350 acres), is one of London's eight Royal Parks. It was created on request of Henry III in 1536, and used as a hunting ground. ... read more
Fenton House, built in the 17th century, was bequeathed to the National Trust in 1952 by Lady Binning, including her beautiful collection of Georgian furniture, keyboard ... read more
Greenwich Park, covering 74 ha (183 acres), is one of the eight Royal Parks. It stands on 'Prime Meridian', the world's time reference point (Royal ... read more
Pope’s Grotto is the last remaining part of the villa, which the famous poet Alexander Pope (1688 – 1744) built around 1720 in Twickenham. Fascinated by geology ... read more
The Hill Garden were laid out between 1905-1925 by Thomas Mawson for Lord Leverhulme for his residence Inverforth House, or 'The Hill'. Today the garden ... read more
The John Madejski Garden, V&A, dates from 2005, and was financed by the businessman Sir John Madejski, born Robert John Hurst. The garden has a stepped, elliptical ... read more
Avery Hill Park is a large and open parkland, maintained by the University of Greenwich. It has a magnificent Winter Garden (hothouse), housing plants from all over the ... read more
Royal Horticulture Society, founded in 1804, is the UK's leading gardening institution, organizing every May the world-wide famous Chelsea Flower Show, held on the ... read more
St James's Park is one of the eight Royal Parks and covers 23 ha (57 acres). The park has a small lake, St James's Park Lake, with two islands, West Island, ... read more