Photo: Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net), CC BY-SA 4.0Hyde Park & Kensington Gardens
IconicHyde Park and Kensington Gardens join into one big green space in the heart of London. There are numerous trails you can link up to make any distance you like. Come for an early run, a long walk by the water or a lazy afternoon in a deckchair.
Route map & GPS tracks
Tap GPX to download a track for your watch or route app (Garmin, Strava, Komoot and others).
Refresh at a Coffee Shop or a Pub
Co.
4–6 Park Close, Knightsbridge SW1XA small, minimalist specialty coffee bar a few minutes from Hyde Park Corner.
Chill House Coffee Shop
10 Shepherd Street, Mayfair W1J 7JEA calm little coffee shop tucked into Shepherd Market in Mayfair, a few minutes' walk from Hyde Park Corner.
Photo: Matt Brown, CC BY 2.0The Grenadier
18 Wilton Row, Belgravia SW1X 7NRA tiny historic pub down a cobbled mews off Wilton Row, with banknotes pinned to the ceiling for its resident ghost.
Photo: Ewan Munro from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0The Swan
66 Bayswater Road W2 3PHAn 18th-century coaching inn facing Kensington Gardens, with a terrace looking over the park.
Tube: Hyde Park Corner, Marble Arch, Lancaster Gate or High Street Kensington.
Before 8am in any season.
Cafés and toilets at the Serpentine, the Lido and Kensington Palace.