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The Greenery Of Outer London
s one leaves the area playground, boating lake and
which is known as Central small animal enclosure.
London one will find peace
and quite. First of all one has The Blackheath Park is south-west
left the hustle and bustle of the to Greenwich Park, and has 170
city on top of that one has the acres of open heath and has a
added advantage of visiting may long history. The area was a
parks and gardens which lie in rallying spot for huge groups
the outskirts of London. entering London from the east.
The heath has two ponds, one used
Alexandra Palace which is at the for boating at the weekends.
top of the steeply sloping
Alexander Park, one can have a Dulwich Park is an old park which
panoramic view of London. It has was established in the reign of
the great Victorian glass-house Queen Victoria. It has 75 wooded
and is popularly known as 'Ally acres and there is a great view
Pally', once housed the BBC's of the mast of the Crystal Palace
television studio and the first TV transmitter.
BBC telecast went out live from
the Alexandra Palace studios in Epping Forest is the remnant of
1936. However now the building one of the great oak forests that
is an entertainment and bordered London until medieval
exhibition centre, with an indoor times. There are about 6,000
ice-skating rink. The park has acres of ancient forest, and an
200 acres and has been given free additional 2,000 acres, which
access to public. The park around have been acquired to protect the
the Palace has sporting area from development. Much of
facilities and plenty of the forest is a Site of Special
attractions for children. Its Scientific Interest as there are
features include a children’s over 360 rare plants and animal
species present there and about garden and the famous Maze.
500 deer roam in the forest and
deer sanctuary. Hampstead Heath is one of the
capital's most popular outer
Greenwich Park is a beautiful 163 green spaces. The rolling,
acre park set on a hill between semi-landscaped Heath divides the
Blackheath and the River Thames. hilltop villages of Hampstead and
The Old Royal Observatory and Highgate and was formed from the
Flamstead House, created by Sir grounds of several, separate
Christopher Wren, stand at the properties.
top of the hill. The meridian (0º
longitude) dividing the globe Wimbledon Common is a vast area
into East and West passes through of open heath and woodland,
Greenwich Park at the Old Royal stretching for more than two
Observatory. miles, it is criss-crossed by
paths and horse tracks. In the
The Hampton Gardens and parks north-east place is a windmill
consist of 550 acres of dating from 1817.
deer-inhabited parkland. The main
attraction of the gardens is the The Wetland Centre is the
Pond Garden, a sunken water conception of the late Sir Peter
garden. The Fountain Garden has a Scott's Wildfowl and Wetlands
formal pattern of yews and from Trust. It has 105 acres of
here the Broad Walk runs across disused waterworks, amazingly
Home Park. Long Water, a man-made close to the centre of London.
lake, runs parallel to the
Thames. There is also a Victorian The nature lover will love it.
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