Image description: View over the lake in St James's Park towards Horse Guards on Whitehall, London.

St James's Park derives its name from a medieval hospital for leper women and is the oldest of London's royal parks. Here Henry VIII set up a bowling alley and tilt yard, Elizabeth I hunted, and James I had a formal gardens laid out. It was Charles II who opened it to the public.

London Image: View Over St James's Park Lake Towards Horse Guards

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