Parks, Kensington
Fodor's Review:
More formal than neighboring Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens was first laid out as palace grounds. The paved Italian garden at the top of the Long Water, The Fountains, is a reminder of this, although Kensington Palace itself is the main clue to its royal status, with the early-19th-century Sunken Garden north of it. Nearby is George Frampton's beloved 1912 Peter Pan, a bronze of the boy who lived on an island in the Serpentine and never grew up, and whose creator, J. M. Barrie, lived at 100 Bayswater Road, not 500 yards from here. The Round Pond is a magnet for model-boat enthusiasts and duck feeders. The fabulous Princess Diana Memorial Playground has specially designed structures and areas on the theme of Barrie's Neverland.
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