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A central London park which has impressive views of [[Buckingham Palace]] to the West. It has a lake in the middle with birdlife including geese and swans; the bridge across this lake provides the some of the best views of the palace. Turn around and you will see the [[London Eye]]. |
A central London park which has impressive views of [[Buckingham Palace]] to the West. It has a lake in the middle with birdlife including geese and swans. |
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The nearest tube is unsurprisingly [[St James's Park Station]] but you can easily walk to a number of other stations nearby including [[Charing Cross Station|Charing Cross]], [[Piccadilly Circus Station|Piccadilly Circus]], [[Westminster Station|Westminster]] or [[Victoria Station|Victoria]]. |
The nearest tube is unsurprisingly [[St James's Park Station]] but you can easily walk to a number of other stations nearby including [[Victoria Station]] or [[Westminster Station]] |
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St James' Park is wedge-shaped with three well-known roads running around it - [[Horse Guards Parade]], [[The Mall]] and [[Birdcage Walk]], all of which are useful for both motor vehicles and cycles, although The Mall is closed to motor vehicles on Sundays. The Mall exits right into [[Trafalgar Square]]. |
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This is the closest park to [[Locale Soho|Soho]], just a few minutes' walk from [[Piccadilly Circus]] (walk down [[Regent Street]] towards the statue at the end of Waterloo Place; the park is just down the steps and across The Mall). At the palace end, just the other side of The Mall and the Queen Victoria Memorial is [[Green Park]]. You can walk or cycle practically all the way from Westminster to [[Locale Kensington|Kensington]] or [[Locale Bayswater|Bayswater]] without leaving parks - cyclists and pedestrians cross from Green Park into [[Hyde Park]] via the [[Wellington Arch]] at [[Hyde Park Corner]]. However, officially you can only really cycle around the roads at the edge of St James's Park. It's still quite pleasant though - these are wide roads with much less traffic than other Central London roads (mostly taxis). You can use deckchairs in the park but they're not free - sooner or later an attendant will come round much like a bus conductor. I think it's about �1.50 per chair. |
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A central London park which has impressive views of Buckingham Palace to the West. It has a lake in the middle with birdlife including geese and swans.
Traditionally, this has been the meeting point for fictional spies, who would choose to sit on a bench feeding the ducks and exchange a few coded phrases and their briefcases before returning to their respective Whitehall departments or foreign embassies. -- aegidian
The nearest tube is unsurprisingly St James's Park Station but you can easily walk to a number of other stations nearby including Victoria Station or Westminster Station
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