PART 1 – FROM 1848 TO 2005 The Government Gymnasium 1848 In 1848 the Commissioner of HM Woods and Forests, Viscount Morpeth, commissioned the building

The Swan Fountain Avenue Gardens The Swan fountain was first placed in Regent’s Park in 1863 in the Northern part of the Broadwalk but was

Will it be yew topiary or pleached limes? After two years of discussion the decision was made in favour of the former and another six

This is the Regent’s Park Colosseum. Designed by Decimus Burton for a site on the Eastern edge of the park, and completed in 1827, it

In London, old Parish Boundary markers are everywhere.  In Regent’s Park & Primrose Hill they were mainly placed to designate the boundaries between the parishes

I don’t know what pulled me to Queen Mary’s Rose Garden in April 2020.  I moved to St. John’s Wood 1968 and have walked through

Bandstands were once the centrepiece of most parks and a feature of the British way of life for over a century.