A tick for Postmans Park as well , Soho Square park is another one . Alexandra Park at Muswell Hill has great views of London and also has Ally Pally (Alexandra Palace ) .

Check out St Dunstan in the East. It’s close to
the Tower of London and has some gorgeous ruins. Local area workers sit and have lunch in this lovely setting

https://secretldn.com/st-dunstan-ruin-church-garden/

I also love St Dunstan in the East. It’s all the more remarkable for being such an oasis virtually in the shadow of the hideous Walkie Talkie.

Photos from my visit one New Year’s Eve...

The Square at Temple Church, Fleet Street.

Culpeper Gardens, Islington

Barnsbury Woods, nr Islington

The Potters Fields south of Tower Bridge

The inner square at The Barbican is brutal but peaceful.

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thanks RM that was out of my scope, I was always a South of the river boy, apart from six months of living it up in Islington.

Everyone loves the Barbican.

Btw, there’s an event held every year called Open Squares in which private gardens in the capital are open to the public for one weekend only. There’s a fabulous mix of roof gardens, Regency squares, allotments and courtyards.

i think tix are about 12 quid and that gets you into as many gardens as you can humanly get round in 48hrs.

“Everyone loves the Barbican”

mmmmm.

I spent my second year at Uni sat in their car park night after night, employed just to watch the cars. Some were so expensive that I was given a piece of card to ensure the owners didn’t park too closely to one another. Loved one silver AM DB5 never saw the owner move it in 3 months, I always imagined that they were away on HM service.

Oh yes! Mount Street Gardens! (And Mount Street itself!) We stayed around the corner and it was such a pretty secret little spot.

I forgot Grosvenor Square in Mayfair. It was probably our favorite because it is truly a neighborhood park used by locals in the center of London. There were kids playing, afternoon small concerts, and Pimms cocktails for sale at a little booth set up. There are some beautiful old hotels and mansions that line the Square and the former US Embassy is there. John Adams lived at 9 Grosvenor Square from 1785 to 1788 when he was the ambassador to the United Kingdom. There are several statues, fountains and a September 11 Memorial Garden.

There are very few squares that are left intact after the bombings, so I have to say that my favourite square is Fitzroy Square in Fitzrovia - it is a beautiful intact Georgian Square on all sides. And Guy Ritchie has just opened a nice pub outside the square called Lore of the Land.

I also love St James’ Park...especially the walk across the lake which has great views over to Horseguards with the London Eye begins it and in the opposite direction a very green view of the facade of Buckingham Palace.