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  • Ceremonial procession on The Mall to celebrate the Japanese State Visit
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    End of Year Highlights: 2024

    From exciting new projects to conservation milestones and community initiatives, there’s so much to celebrate. Here's a look at some of the key highlights.

    The parks at work | Improvement projects | Volunteering | Events & celebration | Major events | Royal occasions | Nature & wildlife | Pastimes & wellbeing | Art & literature | Health & fitness | Music | Shopping
  • Festive hanging gifts
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    Hyde Park

    The Royal Parks Shop festive gift guide

    Experience the magic of Christmas at The Royal Parks. Visit The Royal Parks Shop in Hyde Park today!

    Events & celebration | Celebrations | Shopping
  • Landscape image of a park with a lake frozen over.
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    Top things to do in the Royal Parks this winter

    Delve into the magic of winter with serene strolls under frosted trees and seasonal activities that give you that warm fuzzy feeling.

    Events & celebration | History & heritage | Pastimes & wellbeing
  • Brown hairstreak butterfly resting with wings closed
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    The Regent's Park & Primrose Hill

    Pollinators in the Making

    Conservation of the brown hairstreak butterfly eggs and caterpillars, and maintaining its habitat.

    Nature & wildlife | Biodiversity | Invertebrates | Plants & flowers
  • An aerial photograph of the barrow cemetery at Greenwich Park - it shows the raised circular barrows in the landscape
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    Greenwich Park

    The Barrow Cemetery

    Did you know that one of England’s best-preserved Anglo-Saxon barrow cemeteries can still be seen today in Greenwich Park?

    The parks at work | Improvement projects | History & heritage | Archaeology | Landmarks
  • Project stakeholders celebrate the Greenwich Park Revealed project at the Wolfe viewpoint
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    Greenwich Park

    Then and now: celebrating Greenwich Park Revealed

    Check out our gallery of then and now photos to see the how Greenwich Park Revealed has restored the park's unique 17th-century landscape.

    The parks at work | Improvement projects | Events & celebration | History & heritage | Landmarks | Nature & wildlife | Biodiversity
  • The Conduit House in Greenwich Park, located near to Queen Mary's Gate - a red brick chapel-like building
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    Greenwich Park

    Conduits in Greenwich Park

    Read about Greenwich Park's historic underground water system.

    History & heritage | Landmarks
  • An old print showing the keeper's cottage sat behind a low wooden fence, surrounded by trees
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    Greenwich Park

    Old Keeper's Cottage

    Near Queen Elizabeth’s Oak in Greenwich Park, the remnants of a lost park building can just be seen.

    The parks at work | History & heritage | Archaeology
  • Yellow stagshorn fungus growing in Richmond Park
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    Bushy Park

    Fungi in the Parks

    We've been taking autumn walks through the parks to survey and record an incredible array of fungi, slime moulds and lichen.

    The parks at work | Volunteering | Nature & wildlife | Biodiversity | Invertebrates | Plants & flowers

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