St James's Park, St. James's Park, London

Really nice and convenient and within easy walking of buckingham palace which is always a fantastic site.

Good Place for Break, before you See the changing Guard

Beautiful park with many squirrels who are not shy, if you have some peanuts, they come eating in your hand !

like this park . very nice , quite and relaxing.

Even in winter, this park is still beautiful. It's probably one of my favourites in London, not only for the lake and trees, but for its variety of wildlife (swans, pelicans, waterfowl, ducks, squirrels). Once I was sitting there, under a tree, and a squirrel came from around it and climbed my shoulder!
Also, it's pretty central, walking-distance from Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly Circus, so it's a good place to seat and chill after strolling around the hectic West End.

I like the St James Park very mutch! A realy nice place to relax! :)

Still an enthusiastic tourist, St James's Park rates high on my list of favourite London sights. It's hard to pick the best bits - the myriad breed of birds (pelicans, pigeons, ducks, swans, seagulls to name but a few!) clustered around magnanimous bread distributors, the gorgeous lake, the bridges, the never-ending passing parade of park worshippers, Buckingham Palace looming in the background ... !

It's quite the spot for a picnic accompanied by cheeky cider or ale (BYO of course!) and a meander that will take you through to some of London's best tourist haunts - Westminster, Trafalgar Square and Covent Garden. Divine!

I've been picnicking in this park on an assortment of Wednesday and Friday afternoons most recently, catching the limited English heat to adorn the Queen with a regalia of apricot scented smokin' rings. There have been some recent highs > attempting to decipher the Cyrillic alphabet, chasing an errant Frisbee and imitating a sequence of yoga poses. It's a beautiful park suited for beautiful moments.

I love that however long I’ve lived in the capital there’s always more to discover. Early to meet a friend for lunch one day I started wandering in to St James’ Park and was surprised by just how gorgeous it all looks in there. I thought I’d been there and done that with all the major parks but I think I accidentally skipped this one before!

Just walking in to the park for 5 minutes from The Mall was a lovely respite from a busy day, and I saw a few nice things I’d like to return for when I have more time. The cafe, Inn The Park, looked and smelled wonderful, all wooden floors and walls, loads of seating in different areas (including the roof!) and deliciously rich food smells, all overlooking the calm beauty of the lake. Near that, St James’ Park allotment is open every day at the moment, seemingly to encourage people to grow their own vegetables at home. It looked like there might be people there to get hints and tips of so that could be very useful.

Ten years on from moving to London I think it’s time to do a tour of the parks again - what else might I have missed?!

How can you go to London and not visit this historic place. This park is so Beautiful and safe. try doing that in New York’s Central Park or anywere in the US. london is such a beautiful and safe place. And this park is an example of what countries need to do to keep wildlife and land open to the public. Especially in a major city like London.

Beautiful place to go on a nice summers day, with just tour partner or family.

No rowdy kids like other parls so all good.

Also good if you want to get some work done in piecec and wuiet or just go for a jog

A handy and gorgeous way to get from Buckingham palace to trafalgar square. All the buildings and scenery around here are lovely and walking round here was one of the highlights of my trip to london. I would imagine that this park would be great in the summer, a very posh park to come for a picnic. There is a token pond with ducks as in most parks and of course you can sit and watch the world go by and enjoy being away from the hustle and bustle. This park is not huge, it takes just a few minutes to cross it.

Best in Autumn/Winter for a crisp stroll. It tends to be a bit over crowded in the Summer, for obvious reasons, and it’s not as aesthetically pleasing as, say, Kensington or Hyde Park.

With three palaces at its borders (the Palace of Westminster, the Tudor St. James’s Palace, and Buckingham Palace) St. James’s Park is acclaimed as the most royal of the royal parks. It’s also London’s smallest, most ornamental park, as well as the oldest; it was acquired by Henry VIII in 1532 for a deer park. The land was marshy and took its name from the lepers’ hospital dedicated to St. James. Henry VIII built the palace next to the park, which was used for hunting only -- dueling and sword fights were forbidden. James I improved the land and installed an aviary and zoo (complete with crocodiles). Charles II (after his exile in France and because of his admiration for Louis XIV’s formal Versailles Palace landscapes) had formal gardens laid out, with avenues, fruit orchards, and a canal. Lawns were grazed by goats, sheep, and deer.

About 17 species of birds -- including pelicans, geese, ducks, and swans (which belong to the Queen) -- now breed on and around Duck Island at the east end of the lake, attracting ornithologists at dawn. Later on summer days the deck chairs (which you must pay to use) are crammed with office workers lunching while being serenaded by music from the bandstands. One of the best times to stroll the leafy walkways is after dark, with Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament rising above the floodlighted lake. The hugely popular Inn the Park restaurant is a wood and glass pavilion with a turf roof that blends in beautifully with the surrounding landcape; it’s a restful place for a meal or a snack on a nice day.

A quiet park between Buckingham Palace and Trafalgar Park. I brought my daughter to this park every sunday during the summer for picnic and a bit of play with the dog. It’s absolutely beautiful park and provides a modern santuary in the big smoke city. A must go.

Absolutely fabulous park in between Buckingham Palace and Trafalgar Park and many sights in London.

St James Park has a large lake in the centre with a bridge. Hat and cold foods are served most of the year. Great for quiet strolls, bird watching (especially for infants ) and freeplay.

Watch Trooping the Colour on the Queens Birthday from here along the Pall Mall.

You will love it when you need some peace and quiet or just to relax. Sit on the bench and admire what it has to offer!

PELICANS!!! I had no idea there were pelicans here & thought I was seeing things initially. After the rush of zooming around LOndon, we took a short walk here, sat on the grass & watched the squirrels & pelicans. There were plenty of benches too. After our pit stop, we walked through, bought an ice-cream & wandered off to look at Buckingham Palace.

Pelicans! I go here when I have no money to spend but I just want to take in the atmosphere of London. Don’t go to St James’ if you want to go somewhere quiet, as it rarely is that. What it does have though is a beautiful lake with many different species of birds, (yes including pelicans) and lovely trees and gardens. It is best in Autumn when the colours are amazing. I also love the allotment at the Mall entrance to the park. Last time I went there they had a harvest festival which was really good. Try it!

I just love St James Park. It’s big enough to have a good stroll around and there’s always plenty of life and energy in this park. It always has tourists and city workers and dwellers walking through, or sitting down and taking a break from the city - and this is part of what gives it life.

It has a lovely water area in the middle, full of different breeds of ducks and a few swans and pelicans, which are great.

And the squirrels!! I love these squirrels. They’re so used to having humans around that they feel safe enough to run up your leg if you have fruit or nuts to feed them. They’re so cute!

This is definitely a wonderful park for me, right in the centre of the capital, a refuge from the hustle and bustle of the city.

This is a nice park in central London with a huge lake in the centre. A short walk between Buckingham Palace and Horse Guards Parade it forms a beautiful walk between the two. In summer the gardens and flowers are superb and spot the pelican if you can. Great for a relaxing place to picnic or a romantic stroll.