Regent's Park

A classy residential green area which is home to diplomats, city executives, celebrities, overseas residents and the prestigious London Business School . A drive in to the West End will take less than 10 minutes. Highlights of the area include the London Zoo, The Rose Gardens, Rockeries and Open-Air Theatre in Queen Mary's Gardens, and the Boating Lake , and the scale of its rolling, carefully planned layout makes the whole place a joy to explore. Transportation includes buses going into the City and West End and a choice of tube stations: Baker Street , Regent's Park, Marylebone BR and Great Portland Street .

Originally called Marylebone Park , it belonged to the Abbess of Barking until Henry V111 claimed it during the dissolution of the monasteries. In 1539, Geoffrey Chamberlain set aside more than 550 acres of the land as a hunting park. It was soon surrounded by a ditch and fence to keep game inside, and the poachers out. When the King was executed in 1649, the land was sold along with the rest of the Crown's property. The vast amount of wood was soon cleared and sold for the then princely sum of £1,770 and 8 shillings.

Today the Regent's Park offers some of the most prestigious homes in the capital including many elegant stucco fronted properties and also the official residence of the American Ambassador.

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