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The lake in St James's Park with water birds, framed by trees, and the turrets of Whitehall and the London Eye in the distance.
Free entry

Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

St James's Park

St James's Park is a 23-hectare Royal Park in Westminster, first enclosed as a deer park for Henry VIII in the 1530s. A long lake with Duck Island and a colony of pelicans runs through it, and the park is framed by The Mall, Buckingham Palace, Horse Guards and Birdcage Walk.

When to go

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Mon05:00–24:00
Tue05:00–24:00
Wed05:00–24:00
Thu05:00–24:00
Fri05:00–24:00
Sat05:00–24:00
Sun05:00–24:00

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