LONDON: Regents park - one of the most beautiful parks in London

LONDON: Regents park - one of the most beautiful parks in London Regent’s Park (officially The Regent’s Park) is one of the Royal Parks of London. It occupies high ground in north-west Inner London, administratively split between the City of Westminster and the Borough of Camden (and historically between Marylebone and Saint Pancras parishes). In addition to its large central parkland and ornamental lake, it contains various structures and organisations both public and private, generally on its periphery, including Regent’s University and London Zoo. What is now Regent’s Park, came into possession of the Crown upon the dissolution of the monasteries in the 1500s, and was used for hunting and tenant farming. In the early 1800s, the Prince Regent proposed turning it into a pleasure garden. The Park was designed by John Nash and James and Decimus Burton. Its construction was financed privately by James after the Crown Estate rescinded its pledge to do so, and included development on