Chiswick House and Gardens: Palladian Villa & Gardens
An unplanned wander through Chiswick's quiet streets that ended up through a gateway into a Palladian garden, an…
Royal & Historic Parks
Large parks with royal or estate history, formal gardens, historic houses and grand landscapes.
Waterlow Park: Ponds, Lauderdale House & Skyline Views
Walked in from Hampstead and Highgate Village: five combined estate gardens, 1582 Lauderdale House, a moving-image arts centre,…
Osterley Park: National Trust House, Lakes & Farmland
Walked in person: room-by-room inside Robert Adam's Georgian mansion, the Tudor walled garden and Formal Gardens, a lake…
Trent Country Park: Woodland Walks & Lakeside Trails
I walked Trent Country Park myself: a stretch of the London LOOP, wild deer originally from China, a…
Morden Hall Park: Wetlands, Rose Garden & Snuff Mill
I walked in from Phipps Bridge, past Deen City Farm and the tram line, through the wetlands boardwalk…
Danson Park: Boating Lake & Danson House Guide
Good morning from Danson Park: Steve takes a walk from the manor house café past the volunteer-run Old…
Beckenham Place Park: Swimming Lake & Historic Mansion
Lewisham's largest green space, kept coming back to during the school holidays: a garden of flowers, a playground…
Victoria Embankment Gardens: Thames Views & Statues
A small hidden flower garden between the Strand and the Thames: tulips in every colour, a surprise waterfall,…
Gunnersbury Park: Museum, Lakes & Rothschild History
Honestly, I didn't expect it to be like this: 72 hectares of trails that keep unfolding, dry summer…
Holland Park: Kyoto Garden, Peacocks & Woodland Walks
Bigger than I expected, and the Kyoto Garden isn't even the best reason to stay: a waterfall, fish…