Kensington Gardens is one of the Royal Parks of London. It lies immediately to the west of Hyde Park. At 275 acres, it is one of the bigger parks in London. Much of Kensington Gardens is within the City of Westminster, although a small section to the west is in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
Kensington Garden is made famous by the J.M. Barrie's book Peter Pan, which is set in Kensington Gardens, before the characters proceed on their adventures in Neverland.
The land surrounding Kensington Gardens was mostly rural and undeveloped until the Great Exhibition of 1851. Apart from Kensington Palace, other public buildings at Kensington Gardens include the Albert Memorial, Peter Pan statue, the Serpentine Gallery, and Speke's monument.
Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park can almost be regarded as one, separated by West Carriage Drive (The Ring) which forms a theoretical boundary between the two. Of the two public spaces, Kensington Gardens is fenced and decidedly more formal. Along with Green Park and St James's Park, they form an almost continuous "green lung" in the heart of London between Kensington and Westminster.
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