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Hyde
Park is one of the largest parks in
central London, England and one of
the Royal Parks of London, famous
for its Speakers' Corner.
The
park is divided in two by the
Serpentine. The park is contiguous
with Kensington Gardens; although
often still assumed to be part of
Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens has
been technically separate since
1728, when Queen Caroline made a
division between the two. Hyde Park
covers 142 hectares (350 acres)[1]
and Kensington Gardens covers 111
hectares (275 acres), giving an
overall area of 253 hectares (625
acres), making the combined area
larger than the Principality of
Monaco (196 ha/484 acres), though
smaller than New York City's Central
Park (341 ha/843 acres). To the
southeast, outside of the park, is
Hyde Park Corner. Although, during
daylight, the two parks merge
seamlessly into each other,
Kensington Gardens closes at dusk
but Hyde Park remains open
throughout the year from 5 am until
midnight.
The
park was the site of The Great
Exhibition of 1851, for which the
Crystal Palace was designed by
Joseph Paxton.
The park has become a traditional
location for mass demonstrations.
The Chartists, the Reform League,
the Suffragettes and the Stop The
War Coalition have all held protests
in the park. Many protestors on the
Liberty and Livelihood March in 2002
started their march from Hyde Park.
On 20
July 1982 in the Hyde Park and
Regents Park bombings, two bombs
linked to the Provisional Irish
Republican Army caused the death of
eight members of the Household
Cavalry and the Royal Green Jackets
and seven horses.
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