London Parks and Gardens

Battersea Park
Albert Bridge Road, SW11
Sloane Square tube
Tel: +020 8871-7530
Open 8 a.m. - dusk daily
Athletics track. Boating lake. Cycle/rollerblading tracks. Football, rugby and softball pitches. Tennis courts.

Hyde Park
W2
Hyde Park Corner, Knightsbridge or Queensway tube
Tel: +020 7298-2100
Open 5am-midnight daily
Central London's largest park, 1½ miles long and just under a mile wide. It's also one of the oldest public parks and was first opened in the early seventeenth century. Boating. Boules and bowls. Cycle tracks. Fishing. Horse-rising paths. Putting. Tennis courts.

Regent's Park
NW1
Baker Street, Camden Town, Great Portland Street or Regent's Park tube
Tel: +020 7486-7905
Laid out in 1817-28 by John Nash, Regent's Park still has the traditional formal English atmosphere. Athletics track. Boating lakes. Football, hockey and rugby pitches. Golf school. Softball, cricket and rounders pitches (summer). Tennis courts and school.