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Parks, gardens and open spaces

Find a quiet spot from over 150 parks, gardens, churchyards and plazas - great for resting tired feet, admiring the views or eating an al fresco lunch. Download a map of the City gardens (1mb)

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Photo: Smithfield Rotunda Garden
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Smithfield Rotunda Garden

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Pretty circular park with a gruesome history adjacent to the famous Smithfield Meat Market.

Photo: Southwark Cathedral Churchyard
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Southwark Cathedral Churchyard

Gardens surrounding London's oldest gothic church which were redesigned as part of the Millennium Project in 2001.

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St Alphage Garden Podium

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Admire the 60s archtecture of the Barbican – and an impressive minotaur sculpture – away from the hustle and bustle of the City at this quiet open space.

Photo: St Andrew's Churchyard
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St Andrew's Churchyard

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A quiet church garden with grand iron gates situated right at the west of the City near busy Holborn.

Photo: St Anne Blackfriars Church Entry and Ireland Yard
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St Anne Blackfriars Church Entry a . . .

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A small enclosed paved garden, perfect for a pit-stop while exploring this part of the City.

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St Bartholomew-the-Great Garden

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One of London's oldest churches, St Barts the Great has been the setting for films including Four Weddings and a Funeral, Shakespeare in Love and Elizabeth. Its gardens are secluded and set back from the road.

Photo: St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate Churchyard
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St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate Chu . . .

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A popular retreat near Liverpool Street Station that's packed with lunching City workers come the summer months.

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St Dunstan-in-the-East garden

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Ornamental vines, exotic plants, cobbled paths and bright flowers make this garden set in a church ruin arguably the prettiest in the City.

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St Dunstan-in-the-West garden

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Rest tired legs in one of the City's newest public gardens, situated near the Royal Courts of Justice and UCL Library.

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St Olave Hart Street garden

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Samuel Pepys is buried in the yard of this church (named 'ghastly grim' by Charles Dickens) which is one of only a handful of medieval City churches that escaped the Great Fire of London in 1666.