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
Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Wandsworth Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Wandsworth The inner London borough of Wandsworth contains some of green space in the form of parks, commons, allotments and cemeteries, which is the largest amount for an Inner London borough. Central London borders some of the borough's boundary with the Thames the closest park to which is Battersea Park. At , Tooting Commons in the south of the borough, between Balham and Streatham are Wandsworth's largest public open space (not shared with any other borough). It is followed by Battersea Park. This has Battersea Park Nature Areas, the borough's only