What is Hyde Park, London?
[[Image:Rotten Row - Hyde Park.jpg|thumb|260px|right|Hyde Park: [[Rotten Row]]]] '''Hyde Park''' is one of the largest [[park]]s in central [[London]], [[England]] and one of the Royal Parks of London, famous for its [[Speakers' Corner]]. It is the largest of the eight Royal Parks. The park is divided in two by the Serpentine Lake. Hyde Park is 350 acres (1.4&nbsp;km²) large, together with [[Kensington Gardens]] (275 acres, 1.1&nbsp;km²) that is in the immediate neighbourhood the parks have an overall area of 625 acres (2.5&nbsp;km²). The park was the site of [[The Great Exhibition]] of 1851, for which the [[Crystal Palace]] was designed. The park has become a traditional place for mass [[demonstration]]s. In 1982, four [[British Army|soldiers]] [[Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings|were killed]] in a [[PIRA]] [[bomb]]ing. [[Image:hydepark.jpg|thumb|The Serpentine, viewed from the eastern end]] == References == *Room, Adrian. ''Brewer's Names'', Cassell, London, 1992. {{ISBN|0-304-34077-4}} ==Other websites== {{Commonscat|Hyde Park, London}} *[http://www.royalparks.gov.uk/parks/hyde_park/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517023423/http://www.royalparks.gov.uk/parks/hyde_park |date=2008-05-17 }} *[http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=527250&Y=180250&A=Y&Z=2 Map showing Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930210243/http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M%3FX=527250&Y=180250&A=Y&Z=2 |date=2007-09-30 }} *'Hyde Park', Old and New London: Volume 4 (1878), pp.&nbsp;375–405. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=45205. Date accessed: 06 June 2007. *[http://lebensfilme.de/?Referenz:VideoHyde=1 Hyde Park Union: Documentary about Hyde Park and its speakers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080601025022/http://lebensfilme.de/?Referenz:VideoHyde=1 |date=2008-06-01 }} *[http://www.victorianlondon.org/entertainment/hydepark.htm Hyde Park in the 19th century] *[http://www.european-city-parks.