A park is defined as much by its landscaping as by its surroundings, and one of the pleasures of being in Green Park is to enjoy the views of the buildings on Piccadilly and St James’s which ...

The Temple of Concord in 1814. Image: British Library/public domain. The grandiloquent spectacle was part of a three-day orgy — The Grand Jubilee of 1814 — which saw London more or less close ...

Located on the edge of Mayfair and in the vicinity of three of London’s Royal Parks, it became one of the busiest stations on the line and was quickly renamed to ‘Green Park’ in 1933.