It might not be as famous as Hyde Park or Regents Park, but Finsbury Circus is by far the oldest public park in London dating originally from 1606.
In that year, the few buildings in the area were raised and the area planted with trees to form the first London park right in the centre of London. Later in 1812 the park was enclosed and the gardens were created by William Montague, as designed by Charles Dance the Younger [ed: they all had strange names back then].
The park was however nearly destroyed by the Metropolitan Railway Company in 1862 until it was saved as being the “most beautiful park in London”.
Today the park still features the gardens and immaculately maintained lawns to give the residents and visitors to the City of London somewhere to get away from all the hussle and bustle of the city life. You can find the park between Moorgate Station and Liverpool Street Station, just off London Wall Street (fairly close to the Bank of England).
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