{"id":4562,"date":"2015-06-04T10:57:48","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T09:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mappinglondon.co.uk\/?p=4562"},"modified":"2015-06-04T15:59:35","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T14:59:35","slug":"public-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mappinglondon.co.uk\/2015\/public-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"

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London has some grand gardens, many open to the public, and often with a special map to help with their exploration.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the maps of London’s greatest public gardens.<\/p>\n

1. Kew Gardens<\/p>\n

This attractive map<\/a> (see top) gives a good view of Kew’s huge extent (especially as it includes a key) and makes good use of captions. The famous vistas in the gardens are included, although they are quite difficult to pick out. A more detailed map which revealed more about the plants of each area, would have be nice.<\/p>\n

2. Kensington Gardens<\/p>\n

One of London’s Royal Parks, and ajoined to Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens is large, ornamental, and free to access. Much of it is more park-like than garden-like, although it does have some formal areas. Its map<\/a> does a reasonable job of picking out key statues and other features of the gardens, as well as clearly showing public transport around the edges. Curiously it is not shown as a top-down map, but tilted, as if the view was looking from the air, to the south. Therefore, distances are a little harder to understand, and there is no key, apart from a “walking time” bar – which, due to the aforementioned tilt, would be different depending on the direction. Still, it is a pretty map and emphasises the lovely green oasis in central London:<\/p>\n

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3. The Gardens of the City of London<\/p>\n

The City is the square mile that lies right at the heart of the metropolis, and its council, the City of London Corporation, have produced this useful map<\/a> of the many public green spaces throughout the area, many of which are popular lunchtime retreats for the 250000+ city worker who cram into the area. The map is not particularly attractive compared to the other two above, but, unlike them, is presented as a pure vector, so it looks sharp at high resolution and will print well:<\/p>\n

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One other nice London garden map is the Chelsea Physic Garden<\/a> map, although I have to confess I preferred the 250-year-old version<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Covent Garden and Hatton Garden are not actually gardens. And the less said about the planned Garden Bridge, the better… and if these gardens all sound a bit grand, London has numerous roof gardens (e.g. Sky Garden and Crossrail Place Garden) to enjoy. Your local pub might also have its own pub garden.<\/p>\n

See also the Greater London National Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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