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Best park life in London: It’s the place to be for summer sun frivolity

LONDON'S 10 TOP GREEN SPACES: The concept of ‘going to the park’ in Australia conjures up images of children’s birthday parties and unruly teenagers looking for a place to drink after dark. In London, the park stands for something completely different.

Paul Bleakley by Paul Bleakley
09-05-2017 15:55
in Expat Life

If people came with instructions on how to care for them like animals do, Australians would undoubtedly be labelled as an outdoor species. We spend our lazy days sitting on a beach, or by the pool. We pride ourselves on our outdoor living areas, complete with barbeque and a flat-screen TV mounted in the pagoda. The concept of a pub or tavern without a beer garden is, frankly, enough to make you cringe.

It has always been a curiosity to us Aussies as to what people in London do when it actually gets warm. I recall drinking rum by the Thames in Richmond whilst watching foppish English lads fail to steer their boats as they tried to impress their girlfriends with their rowing prowess. I realised, of course, that this Richard Curtis inspired scenario was not the norm and so when the sun rose I set out in search of the quintessential summer experience.

That is when I discovered the secret: in London, it is all about the park.

My local park in Gunnersbury proved to be something of a hidden gem. Located right at the end of my street, I got the shock of my life when I first encountered it in its full summery bloom.

People lazed about on the grass in bikinis, while families gathered nearby for all-day picnics. There was a Mr Whippy van whirring away by a children’s playground, and in the background there were a number of people enjoying the park’s purpose-built golf course.

The concept of ‘going to the park’ in Australia conjures up images of children’s birthday parties and unruly teenagers looking for a place to drink after dark. In London, the park stands for something completely different. It is a place for communities to gather and kick around a football, or sunbake, or even (on one occasion) engage in some unsubtly amorous behaviour.

Forget the river, forget the pub. Grab a few beers from the local offie and pump up that football. Girls, pack your bikinis and head down to the park. In London, it is the place to be in summer!

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London’s 10 best parks, commons and greens for a sunny day picnic

Hampstead Heath

Clapham Common

The Regent’s Park

Hyde Park

St James’s Park

Gunnersbury Park

Richmond Park

Greenwich Park

Victoria Park

Kensington Gardens

TOP IMAGE: Primrose Hill in London’s The Regent’s Park (Via Pixabay)

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