LIVING IN HYDE PARK

Hyde Park Estate

Hyde Park Estate has been retained and renovated by the Church Commissioners. Hyde Park Estate is surrounded by Sussex Gardens to the north, Bayswater Road to the south, Edgware Road to the east and Lancaster Gate to the west.

Hyde Park Real Estate

Hyde Park was obtained by Henry VIII in 1536 from the canons of Westminster Abbey who had owned it since before the Norman Conquest. For the next 101 years the park remained enclosed as a deer park and private hunting grounds until Charles I opened it to the general public in 1637.

Today the park remains one of the largest in Central London and together with neighbouring Kensington Gardens, covers an area larger that the

Principality of Monaco (625 acres) but with real estate to match.

The area is home to Victorian period properties and original brown-brick, three-storey townhouses with original stucco facades. Residents and visitors alike flock to designer boutiques and exclusive cafes and eateries.

Hyde Park Attractions

Hyde Park is famous for The Serpentine and Speakers Corner and has played host to a myriad of events including The Great Exhibition of 1851 and many present day cultural events. Hyde Park is surrounded by many of Central London's most cosmopolitan areas including Mayfair, Belgravia and Bayswater.

History of Hyde Park

Until the 18th Century the farmland north of Hyde Park was occupied by the infamous Tyburn Gallows where many met their fate at the hands of the executioner. The last hanging to take place was on 3 November 1783, when John Austin, a highwayman, was hanged.

When the Gallows moved out, the developers moved in, with Connaught Square being the first large scale property development in Hyde Park's vicinity.

Hyde Park Shopping

The fashionable areas of Westbourne Grove, Marylebone Village and Connaught Village provide fabulous local shopping areas and where better to head to for entertainment than the West End with its choice of famous restaurants, cafes, casinos, theatres, cinemas and pubs, as well as Whiteleys in Bayswater.

Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens are on the doorstep offering 350 acres of parkland with the major attraction being the Serpentine lake and its surrounding facilities including boating, riding tracks and tennis courts. Riding schools based on the Hyde Park Estate are in Bathurst Mews.

Hyde Park schools

The area offers over 40 primary schools, eight secondary schools and two preprep schools situated on Cambridge and Connaught Squares.

Transport Links

There are excellent transport links close by including:

Tube/Trains:Paddington (Bakerloo, Circle, District and Hammersmith & City, Heathrow Express)

Marylebone (Bakerloo)/Bayswater (Circle, District)/Queensway (Central)/Lancaster Gate (Central)/Marble Arch (Central Line)/Edgware Road (Circle, District, Hammersmith & City, Bakerloo lines)

Road: The major roads of the M40 and M1 provide access to the north and west with the Bayswater road linking Notting Hill to the West End and Oxford Street. For more information please click on the link www.tfl.gov.uk

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