HYDE PARK, ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL

What can you do in Hyde Park?

When was St Paul’s Cathedral completed?

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HYDE PARK • Hyde Park is London’s most famous central park.

• You can ride a horse, fishing in allocated places, go boating on the Serpentine or get yourself heard at Speaker’s Corner.

• Hyde Park is one of the largest parks in west London.

• The park was the site of the Great Exhibition of 1851, for which the Crystal Palace was designed by Joseph Paxton.

• Hyde park has been the venue for some famous rock concerts.

• London’s Hyde Park is one of the greatest city parks in the world.

• Covering 142 hectares and with over 4 000 trees, a large lake, a meadow and ornamental flower gardens, there’s a good chance you’ll forget you are right in the centre of London.

• There are pitches for team games, tennis courts, tracks for horse riding and a spectacular children’s playground.

ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL

• St Paul’s Cathedral is the masterpiece of architect Sir Christopher Wren.

• It was completed in 1710, though the first service was held here in 1697.

• St Paul’s Cathedral is a church of England cathedral.

• St Paul’s Cathedral seen today- the fourth, was built between 1675 and 1711 by Sir Christopher Wren.

• The dome of St Paul’s Cathedral is the second biggest dome in the world, after St Peter’s in Rome.