A big reason London has so many parks is the Royal Parks. These eight magnificent spaces (like Hyde Park and Richmond Park) used to be royal hunting grounds.
They were kept private for centuries, which meant they were never built on. That’s why you get these huge, ancient landscapes smack in the middle of a modern, bustling city.
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Without the royals’ old hobby, London would be a lot grayer. So, thanks, historical hunting traditions?
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Let’s play with that number, 3,000. If you lined up all the parks in London end-to-end, they’d probably stretch from London to Paris. Imagine that commute!
Or consider this: London’s parks cover about 47% of the city’s total area. That’s almost half the city being green. It’s like living inside a national park with a tube system attached.
Compare that to a city like Tokyo, which has about 3,000 parks too but a much denser population. London feels breathable in a way that surprises most visitors.
