Having got ‘Walking London’s Parks and Gardens’ we planned exploring Holland Park, west of Kensington Garden, on 30th June. We took the tube to High Street Kensington on District Line. The entrance of the park was along Kensington High Street. We went through the Iron Gate and walked through the poplar avenue, and turned let when we saw the remains of the Holland House. We walked past Open Air Theatre on the right and Sport Field on the left. This formal royal ground showed us remains of large houses and terraces to the north and west, and some of the formal gardens, laid out in the early 19th century for Holland House. We found a distinctive round brick building, the Ice House, striking murals on the left side of the terraces, and rose garden, and started
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