Green Park

One of my favourite parks in London, I've been recently and I agree with other reviewers it is often overlooked. This makes it a great haven of tranquillity and I always tend to find more peace than other London parks which are often filled with tourists and have sports games on evenings and weekends. A great place to relax, read a book, have a picnic or simply take in the lovely scenery. 

I would say Green Park is an underrated London park. Tucked away in St Jame's, near bustling Picaddily, Buckingham Palace and a stones throw from Victoria, it is often overlooked. I think tourists tend to flock to the nearby Hyde Park or venture further afield to Richmond or Regent's Park. Green Park is a relatively small place, with just the one food hut and a selection of deckchairs to hire, but it's a little oasis. Great for picnics on sunny evenings, drinks after work or an impromptu exercise class, you'll spot lots of locals hanging out here.

Green park is often underestimated as it is the only royal park without a body of water or play park, nor does it have formal flower beds, rumour has it Charles the II's wife Catherine found him picking flowers for his mistress and ordered the removal of all the flower beds. What it does have however, is around 250 thousand daffodils that bloom very shortly every year in Spring, as well as being home to Britain's rarest native timber trees the Black Poplar so definitely worth a visit.