Holland Park

Beautiful place, especially Kyoto garden, amazing! good place to relax and enjoy sun!

An underrated park in my opinion! Perhaps I just love it so much because I’ve been coming here ever since I was a child, but it’s really got everything — beautiful plants, peacocks, a Japanese garden, adventure playground, tennis courts, café, sports field, sculptures and lots of space to sit and have a picnic or take the dog for a stroll. Best time to visit is in Spring, when all the blossom comes out and squirrels are rife, and before the crowds begin to invade (that said, it never really gets overcrowded).

TAME SQUIRRELS THAT JUMP ON YOUR LEG!
I’ve somehow not ever wandered through Holland Park until recently. What a loss for me! It’s just beautiful and the peacocks, koi fish, and squirrels are delightful. In all the London parks, even when there are adventurous squirrels that will eat out of hand, I’ve never had one jump on me before. I didn’t have food. I wasn’t feeding them. I was just slowly walking past some that were cute and one jumped right on the leg of my jeans. Slightly terrifying, but also quite funny. It’s now definitely on my list of parks to visit more often.

This is probably my favorite London park. Not so famous and tucked away but so pleasant and always full of birds and cheeky squirrels. Plus it has a japanese «Kyoto garden». When you’re here, do not miss «Holland Park Mews» which is the most picturesque street in London/​in the world (!) I’ve ever seen :)

Envie de faire une belle balade en passant par différents types de jardins ?
A la française, néerlandais, roseraie, japonais, …
Quelle découverte pour les profanes et les initiés en botanique !
Ce parc gratuit et très arboré est très calme.
Il y a peu de touristes.
Le jour où j’y suis allée, j’ai cru que toutes les jeunes mamans du quartier s’étaient données rendez-​vous. L’enfants peuvent découvrir la flore alors que nous sommes dans une capitale !
C’est très agréable d’oublier qu’on est en ville, tout en découvrant plusieurs paysage où il y a toujours des endroit où s’installer (bancs, pelouse) voire même se nicher dans un coin pour être seul (s).
NB: A l’intérieur du parc, il y a une auberge de jeunesse, un terrain de foot/​rugby et un théâtre en plein air.

great park with many activities without the overwhelming screaming children like the other bigger touristy parks.

Londres, la ville des parcs, des arbres et des écureuils !
Je né connais pas de villes plus vertes que Londres. Des arbres à tous les coins de rues, dans les jardins et des parcs sur lesquels on tombe par hasard, comme celui-​ci, découvert lors de mon dernier séjour en quittant Notting Hill.
Un pur bonheur, de la forêt, un énorme espace pour les enfants avec plein d’activités dedans, un terrain de rugby et de foot à l’intérieur, des toilettes pour les chiens, des pistes cyclables bien délimitées, des pelouses bien entretenues sur lesquelles on peut s’allonger au soleil — quand il y en a ;) — des jardins à l’anglaise, de l’eau…
Bref, une halte sieste, piqué nique ou pause entre deux visites dans la ville, quand le soleil est au rendez vous, c’est le pied !

A lovely place for an afternoon walk. Since I live nearby I’m visiting it at least once a week with my son and we always have a great time. What I like the most about this place is the wide variation of wildlife, my son loves to play with the squirrels. Totally recommend it to everyone.

Lots of cool little sections. Some of which are more off the main trail so you can feel a little more in the wilderness.
A café in case your posh wittle feetsies get tired walking around the smallest park I’ve been to in London so far. Wimps!
Japanese garden with roaring waterfall and huge koi fish.
They have peacocks!
Go find the statue of Mr. Holland and tip your hat to him. I like this place.

Lovely park!!! Smaller than Hyde, but much better in my opinion. Quiet and peaceful with plenty of green space… but peacocks! And a Japanese garden! Bam!!! Shit just got real.

The Holland Park Sun trap is exactly what it says on the tin. A Lawn where sun shines (when it is shining) pretty much all day and all of 2 seconds away from the entrance of the park. This makes life very easy for me because I live 2 minutes away from the tube station, making it a 5 minute walk to glorious sun worshipping.
It also means that some other parts of the park might get missed out during a nice summery day. There is the beautifully appointed and (well if there are no tourists) tranquil Japanese Gardens; the peacocks, the lawns, the walks and a plethora of well designed playgrounds divided into age appropriate groups.
Towards the Kensington end there is a proper English garden and games ground.
So what else do you want from a little royal park? Well apparently this year they got piggies too.
PS toilets are quite sparse. So far I can tell the only ones are near the games ground and baby playground.

Parc génial et plein d’arbre dans ce parc. Il est très reposant.

Neat park in Kensington. One of many, but I really liked this one because it wasn’t just a big green space, but instead had areas marked off for joggers and cyclists and lots of benches for sitting. I managed to find a quiet spot off to the side and actually had a half hour nap, undisturbed by kids or geese or, well, anything.
A sign out front calls attention to «The Trafalgar Way» which was the route used by Lieutenant John Richards Lapenotiere to carry news of the victory at Trafalgar.

Holland Park has a peaceful atmosphere quite unlike any other park I know in London, and it’s a great place to wander around if you’re nearby and want to clear your head.
In particular, the Kyoto Gardens are well worth a visit: a beautifully landscaped Zen garden complete with gently sloping hills, waterfalls and very friendly Koi Karp, it really is a delight for the senses.
If you like a bit of wildlife, there’s plenty of it here. Aside from the fish, there are the famous peacocks that strut around the paths, lots of squirrels and a wild population of black rabbits.

Holland Park est surtout un petit parc permettant de rejoindre à pied dans un cadre agréable High Street Kensington à Notting Hill.

I’m keeping up with the trend here and giving Holland Park a well deserved 5 stars.
Similar to another Unilocaler’s comment below, I too find the parks to be one of my favorite features of London– my favorite city. I was first initiated with Regent’s Park– then Hyde, and most recently Holland Park.
A friend of mine was living in the Notting Hill area and highly recommended Holland Park, and we grabbed a bottle of wine and some food and headed over. It was such a nice atmosphere! Smaller than Hyde, and more secluded from the hustle and bustle of the city, Holland Park offers a relaxing atmosphere where you can walk in the nature trails, or sunbathe, or play a game of football, all while being surrounded by well to do people who don’t bother you or charge you money for sitting in chairs (ahem– HYDE PARK!)
I love Holland Park and can’t wait to return to London this year so I can go back!

Holland Park reminds me of my dad (R.I.P Jan 2000). He used to take me here pretty much everyday in the summer and we’d sit by the fish pond catching some rays or playing football.
This is my favourite park in London. I grew up within walking distance of Holland Park and I am grateful of this. The Kyoto Garden is lovely! I’ve had a few photoshoots here (I model) so it’s a great backdrop for taking photos, but it’s also such a nice scene just for a walk or to sit on one of the benches.
There are loads of paths and walk ways and hidden parts of this park which make it somewhat magical. There is a play area for children — I used to come here with my primary school.
It’s lovely all year round with the peacocks greeting you in the spring and summer, the lovely fall leaves in the autumn which makes going for a stroll with the kids lots of fun, and the beautiful winter frost making everything look as if it’s frozen in time. Bring your cameras. no matter wha time of year you’re planning on visiting this park.

I was recently stuck on High Street Kensington with some time to kill. It was a sunny day and I didn’t fancy locking myself back in my flat with the Xbox. «A park would be nice,» I thought to myself. «But Kensington Gardens seems a bit open, flat and … Frankly boring and accessible.» Then a thought crossed my mind and my eyes lit up. Holland Park! Why had I not thought of it earlier?
That’s a good question. Indeed while Hyde Park and it’s western annex Kensington Gardens are the well-​known celebrities of the Kensington park circuit, Holland Park is always the understated secret, the struggling underground actor suffering for his art. For no real reason, as it offers in many ways a more varied, contained and unspoilt experience than its more celebrated rivals. Holland Park’s lack of profile is surprising considering it is a big park, sporting football playing fields like its bigger rival, as well as extras like a top-​notch open air opera house, a kids’ adventure playground, tropical birds including peacocks — a big hit with the kids — and a very nice refreshment and café area. It even has a little Japanese garden for those that like their manicured landscapes, bonzai and goldfish.
It is also just so much more peaceful than its larger neighbors. And if one goes into the unkempt paths behind the opera house, you cab get lost in the brackishness an forget you are in London.
So if you are at a loss on what to do next in Kensington, Notting Hill or Shepherds Bush, and bored with the usual, head a little ways west to Holland park. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

Had the greatest time in Holland Park yesterday… there are baby Peacocks in Kyoto Garden! I.KNOW. Babies! One of them ate straight out of my hand, it may have been the most adorable thing I’ve seen in weeks. It did get a little scary when one of the bigger male peacocks started following us after we fed them. I was trying to figure out how to explain this to my landlord if they followed me home.
My friend and I went there, attempting to find colours of fall (i.e., red and orange leaves) and sadly, found very few. However, the wildlife totally made up for it. A squirrel touched my pant leg while begging for food, and the Raven gave me the side-​eye. Wait a couple weeks for more colours in the trees, but TOTALLY hit this park up for the wildlife, the koi pond and the gardens.

Holland Park *might* just be one of my top three parks in London. Make sure you come here in the spring/​early summer to check out the amazing flowers in Kyoto Gardens, which if you haven’t been, is a must-​see for any Londoner.
They’ve got peacocks, koi fish, and squirrels! Nature is alive and well in London afterall! You can go to the south-​side of the park and relax and have a picnic next to the football fields or take a stroll around the orangery and read a book under some flowering vines. It’s really one of the more tranquil parks I’ve been through and I can’t wait to go back to see some of the fall colors. If you’re a nature-​photographer, bring your camera for some postcard-​perfect shots.

Si vous trouvez une belle journée d’été, Holland park est un endroit très agréable pour bronzé et partager un pic nic.

bonito lugar para pasear

My nicknames include «Peacock Head», «Birdy Girl», and «Cutie McHoots». ‘So what?’ You ask? This park has fucking peacocks wandering around free to preen, ruffle their feathers and generally make this park more badass than it already is. At least to a bird nerd like me. On top of that, it’s fabulously cared for-​I mean, there are specific dog toilet areas. Huh? A public bathroom for doggies in a park? You know you’re not in the East end anymore folks.
Seriously though, it’s a great park to take a stroll in. There are numerous paths, either in the open air near Kensington’s shops to take a quick brisk walk through in linear fashion, or deeper in the park where the walkways are more rustic and confusing to navigate, trees shading you from the sunlight and a Japanese garden to stumble upon as you wander along.
This is a small park compared to Hyde or Regent’s, but it’s charming in its own right. I frequently took a walk through it on the way to the shops or just to lay in a bench and watch the peacocks fan their feathers in opulent glory. It’s definitely not your average grassy park, it feels very much a fancy, private land, where nannies push the trendiest of baby-​filled prams, where elderly couples wander their days away hand in hand oblivious to all but themselves and the nature that surrounds, and where little doggies are indulged more than some humans elsewhere in the city. Stratification indeed, but one I could not help but languish in happily. Eep.

Holland Park is an absolute gem in London that often gets overlooked in favour of it’s bigger neighbor Hyde Park. Holland Park has a stunning open-​air opera theatre in the centre that has nightly performances throughout the summer. The park is also home to a number of leafy nature walks, a traditional Japanese garden, numerous playgrounds and pitches and a youth hostel.
It’s not uncommon to see some of the resident peacocks walking around the park as well. For a smaller park, it can feel quite spacious and is a joy to explore.

One of the most picturesque parks in London.
I used to work at the Belvedere restaurant and it was simply a pleasure coming to work every day.
It’s a beautiful place to spend a warm summer afternoon.
Some areas are rustic and overgrown, others are fantastically landscaped.
If you have kids, they’ll love the huge, lovingly maintained playground and the free roaming peacocks.
A lot of celebrities live near the park, so don’t be surprised if you see a famous face or two!

Der Holland Park ist in London mein absoluter Lieblingspark!
Er ist von Mauern umgeben und man hört keine Autos
und nix von London und er ist so weitläufig, daß
man wirklich dort nicht das Gefühl hat in einer Großstadt zu sein!
Das beste finde ich, sind die vielen Tiere!
Man findet dort sehr viele Kaninchen, Füchse, Peacocks
(Straußen), Eichhörnchen uvm.
Es gibt dort auch ein Sportsfield, wo man Sport
treiben kann, zwei Café’s und eine kleine Oper,
wo man in Sommer im Park auch von aussen schön
der Musik lauschen kann.

Holland Park is something of a hidden treasure as, apart from the short frontage on Kensington High Street, it is entirely surrounded by housing.
Although there are some formal gardens, and a small but delightful Japanese garden, much of it is given over to woodland, with rustic picket fences lining the walkways.
The gardens are lovely in summer, but better still is the Opera held outdoors here every year: see website for details (makes a change from outdoor Shakespeare!).
The website also lists lots of family-​friendly sporting activites, including the wonderfully-​entitled ‘Baby Boot Camp’. The mind boggles!

Parc du quartier de Notting Hill
Le parc le plus petit et le plus charmant de Londres. En effet, rien à voir avec l’immensité d’Hyde Park, c’est un petit coin de verdure niché dans Notting Hill. On y rencontre nettement moins de monde, et on y trouve un splendide jardin de type japonais, les Kyoto Gardens…