St. James’s is the oldest of all the Royal Parks in London. It has the unique privilege of being flanked by three palaces, those of Westminster, St James and most famously Buckingham Palace. Once just a watery marshland, the park was acquired by Henry VIII as a deer park, but it wasn’t until the intervention of John Nash in the early nineteenth century that the park took the shape that visitors see today. Packed with wildlife, cultured gardens, boating lakes and cafes, this park is an oasis of calm in the very centre of the capital.
