Tuesday, April 22 – Harrow on the Hill

Today will be my last trip into Central London before I travel back to Madison on Thursday. And it’s a lovely day, so my plan is to visit some parks. Let’s go!

My first stop will be a return to Holland Park in Kensington. I was there on Saturday, but it was so jammed with visitors that I spent very little time there. Will today be less crowded? Fingers crossed…

On the way to the Park, I came across a couple interesting homes…

8 Melbury Road – The Marcus Stone House (ca. 1875)

The Tower House, 29 Melbury Road (ca. 1881). The current owner of the house is Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page, who bought the house in 1972, outbidding David Bowie.

Holland Park is spread across 54 acres of what used to be the grounds of Cope Castle, a large Jacobean mansion built it in the early 17th century.

And thankfully, there were few visitors to the park this morning…

The Kyoto Garden was built to commemorate the friendship between Japan and Great Britain. It was erected for a Japanese festival in 1991.

As I made my way to Kensington Gardens (via Embassy Row), here are a few more sights that interested me…

The rest of my walk took me through Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, Green Park, and St. James’s Park. I’ve pretty much photographed those areas to death over the years, so I’ll save you the agony, and post just a few more…

A shame Kensington Palace is covered in scaffolding!

Something seems amiss here!

This was a wonderful final walk around the Capital parks!