Green Park

Green Park
Green Park is located in Greater London
Green Park
Green Park
TypePublic park
LocationLondon, SW1
United Kingdom
Coordinates51°30′15″N 0°08′37″W / 51.50417°N 0.14361°W / 51.50417; -0.14361
Area19 hectares (47 acres)
Operated byThe Royal Parks
Public transit accessLondon Underground Green Park
Websitewww.royalparks.org.uk/parks/green-park

The Green Park, one of the Royal Parks of London, is in the City of Westminster, Central London. Green Park is to the north of the gardens and semi-circular forecourt of Buckingham Palace, across Constitution Hill road. The park is in the middle of a near-continuous chain of green spaces in Westminster that includes St James's Park, Hyde Park, and Kensington Gardens. To the northwest of Green Park is the district of St James's including, Lancaster House, Clarence House, and St James's Palace.

First enclosed in the 17th century by King Charles II, it was landscaped in 1820 and is notable among central London parks for having no lakes or buildings, and only minimal flower planting in the form of naturalised narcissus.