Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon for more than 500 UK charities. The route starts and ends in Hyde Park and travels through and past many of central London's famous landmarks on closed roads. It also takes in four of the eight Royal Parks in London, namely Hyde Park, The Green Park, St. James's Park and Kensington Gardens. Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon The Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon, first held in 2008, takes place each October, starting and finishing in Hyde Park. It is the only Half-Marathon that travels through central London and is one of London's largest half-marathons with over 16,000 participants. The Royal
Speakers' Corner Plans for bringing the Amsterdam Speakers' Corner online with a permanent camera and microphone are in a phase of installation. In the meantime the speakers are filmed with a hand-held camera. The Spreeksteen was involved in controversy when they allowed Michiel Smit, a far-right activist, to speak on 1 October 2006. Antifascist demonstrators used noise to prevent Smit from being heard (as happens often when there is a public demonstration of the far-right). There is a Speakers' Corner in Albert Park in Auckland at Princes Street, opposite to the University of Auckland. The Speakers' Corner in Singapore was opened on