Parks and open spaces in the City of Westminster Parks and open spaces in the City of Westminster The City of Westminster, a central London borough, has 116 parks and open spaces; these include small gardens as well as larger areas of land. The open spaces are managed by Westminster City Council and private resident and business associations. Westminster is also home to four of the Royal Parks (Hyde Park,Green Park, St. James's Park and Kensington Gardens). The Royal Parks are managed by Royal Parks. Westminster has a selection of typical London squares and formal gardens. Among the sites are: The only Local Nature Reserve in the borough is
The Royal Parks The Royal Parks The Royal Parks is a charity which manages the eight Royal Parks and certain other areas of garden and parkland in London. The Royal Parks charity was created in March 2017 and officially launched in July 2017. Its Chief Executive is Andrew Scattergood. The charity's primary focus is to support and manage 5,000 acres of parkland across London. The charity runs programmes of activities and events to encourage outdoor recreation and public access to these areas. It also allows third parties to run such activities within the grounds to further these objectives, but commercial activity is tightly