Battersea Park
Albert Bridge Road, SW11
Sloane Square tube
Tel: +020 8871-7530
Open 8 a.m. - dusk daily
Athletics track. Boating lake. Cycle/rollerblading tracks. Football, rugby and softball pitches. Tennis courts.

Hyde Park
W2
Hyde Park Corner, Knightsbridge or Queensway tube
Tel: +020 7298-2100
Open 5am-midnight daily
Central London`s largest park, 11?2 miles long and just under a mile wide. It`s also one of the oldest public parks and was first opened in the early seventeenth century. Boating. Boules and bowls. Cycle tracks. Fishing. Horse-rising paths. Putting. Tennis courts.

Regent`s Park
NW1
Baker Street, Camden Town, Great Portland Street or Regent`s Park tube
Tel: +020 7486-7905
Laid out in 1817-28 by John Nash, Regent`s Park still has the traditional formal English atmosphere. Athletics track. Boating lakes. Football, hockey and rugby pitches. Golf school. Softball, cricket and rounders pitches (summer). Tennis courts and school.