Sure, we all love a summer picnic, but it's often autumn when London's parks and hidden gardens are at their most colourful. Just take a look below to see what we mean...
32 cosy photos of autumn in London
See the city's trees put on nature's fireworks display, in this golden gallery of autumnal London
Green Park, golden light
Autumn at the Olympic Park
Autumn skyline
Leaves by the lake in St. James's Park
A deer in Richmond Park
Suddenly leaving
Kenwood Estate, Hampstead Heath
Epping Forest
Red robin
Afternoon in Hyde Park
Red Russian vine
The fall by City Hall
Kingston at night
Clapham Common kickabout
A walk through Regents Park
Green Park's red leaves
Still standing
Autumn leaves in hot tarmac
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George V
Taking in the Thames
The view from One Tree Hill
Peace and quiet
Evening shadows in Greenwich Park
Three colours red
Drop top
Sevendroog Castle, Greenwich
Squirreling away
Seasonal wardrobe
Size swap
Wapping Dock
Sneaking through the leaves
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